Bumpkin’s Rich Handsome Husband novel Chapter 44

“Madam, let’s talk about that another time, okay? You need to rest for now,” Veronica urged. Despite feeling conflicted, she couldn’t help but feel proud to be on the receiving end of such affections.

Upon hearing Veronica’s words, she immediately corrected her, “Don’t call me Madam anymore! Call me Grandma!”

Veronica let out a chuckle as she looked at the hard-headed Elizabeth. “Alright, Grandma,” she said with a smile. “Please get some rest. I’ll be leaving now.”

Matthew, too, had an anxious look on his face as he reminded, “The doctor said you have to keep your talking to a minimum and rest as much as you can.”

Unlike the gentleness Elizabeth had shown Veronica just seconds ago, she was impatiently waving Matthew off. “Okay, okay. I got it. Now get out.”

Without saying another word, Matthew stepped out of the ward before closing the door behind him. As soon as he caught sight of Veronica waiting for the elevator in the corridor, he strode toward her and pulled her back before she could enter the elevator that had just arrived.

“What the hell are you doing, Matthew Kings?!” she growled as she struggled to loosen her arm from his grip.

He then quietly dragged her to the stairway and pinned her against the corner of the wall. “What do you want? Why did you approach Grandma?” he spat.

Seeing that she was being accused, she fumed, “What do you mean I approached her? You are delusional!”

She immediately brandished her phone and thrusted it into Matthew’s face. The video of her heroic actions was currently playing on the screen of her phone. “Take a proper look. This is a video I took when I saved her. I didn’t even know that it was your grandmother before I flipped her on her back.” Then, she continued sarcastically, “Am I a god or deity to you? Do you think I can foresee the future or something?”

He merely took a look at the screen before his eyes went back to staring at Veronica.

His long, elegant fingers firmly grabbed her chin and tilted her head up so that she was looking directly into his dark eyes. “Listen,” he coldly warned. “Watch out for whatever line you can and cannot cross now that you are part of the family.” He then inched closer to her. “If I were to find out that you are planning something behind Grandma’s back, I’ll make sure you live the rest of your life wishing you were dead.”

Immediately, she forcefully pushed him away after hearing his threat. “You crazy prick!” she cried. “To you, everyone but Tiffany has something up their sleeves, don’t they?”

Veronica couldn't understand how Matthew still couldn’t see that Tiffany had been the mastermind behind all the incidents that had happened.

At the mention of Tiffany’s name, Matthew suddenly recalled the details of the investigation Thomas had done on Veronica. Instead of answering Veronica’s question, he interrogated her in return. “But I am curious about something. How did you manage to swindle two million

from the Larsons?”

At once, that had caught Veronica by surprise. Does he know about the money ? Baffled, she asked, “You had me investigated?”

“Of course I have to do that to someone who has ill intentions toward my grandma. How else would I know how evil you are?” he replied in a matter-of-fact tone.

“Ill intentions?” Veronica softly sneered at that as Matthew was getting more and more ridiculous by the minute. She didn’t have it in her to continue the one-sided conversation that they were having. So, she started to move away from him.

However, he stopped her from walking away by unhurriedly grabbing her by the collar of her shirt, and then sternly said, “Just stay here since Grandma likes you so much.”

“What? And what about my job?” she rebuked, perplexed by his suggestion that didn’t make sense. “You are the one who suspected me of having bad intentions, and yet, you are now asking me to stay here and take care of Grandma. Matthew, stop

contradicting yourself. This isn’t the right way to live, you know?”

Ignoring the mockery in her words, he curtly answered, “Just do as I say.”

“Nope.” She wasn’t backing down either. “I need to go to work. I need the money.”

He then proposed a deal that Veronica couldn’t say no to. “I will pay you 10 thousand a day.”

“Deal,” she immediately agreed to it. “But you have to pay me first.”