Due to Matthew currently in between a rock and a hard place, Veronica was forced to break up with him.
Moreover, she was aware of Zac and Conrad's highly paranoid nature. Hence, she knew very well they might not believe Matthew would genuinely break up with her.
She agreed to be humiliated by Quest today because she wanted to offend him and use his or Mia's help to post the video on the Internet.
By that time, she would definitely be mocked by others, while Matthew would undoubtedly hold his ground and ignore the news. So, when Zac and Conrad saw that, they would finally let their guard down and believe that there was no way that the breakup was a fluke.
On the other hand, she could pretty much secure her current job, too.
"Of course, I'm scared. Why wouldn't I be?" Veronica stared at Quest in resignation, who had left the place with Mia, and sighed with regret. "But who wouldn't seize a single chance to line our pockets?"
"You don't say! Throwing away your dignity just for the sake of earning that little amount of commission," the salesperson on the side, Lillian Daubney, ridiculed her with her backhanded 'compliment'. Then, she continued. "Look at your face. It's all swollen like risen dough. I feel disgusted just by looking at you."
Veronica gazed at her coldly before retorting, "You speak as if you're not here to earn a living. Well then, since you think so highly of yourself, you might as well be a volunteer. So, why should you stay around and work hard to hit your performance target?"
"You!" Lillian's face reddened with anger when Veronica refuted her. "No matter how desperate I am to earn a living, I won't ever slap myself as you have."
"Sounds logical."
Veronica nodded very pertinently. "After all, your worth isn't on par with the price of the car sold even if you slap yourself so hard that you might need plastic surgery to recover.”
"I-"
Lillian still wanted to say something else, but Patrick, who was standing by the side, immediately stood up and mediated the conflict. "Alright.
Alright. Stop making such a fuss. Anyway, Veronica sold the most expensive car on her first day of work today. This can be considered recordbreaking in our sales, so no doubt. It's something worth learning from."
The two slaps on the cheeks that Veronica gave herself earlier made Patrick witness her resolution: she would do anything to reach her goals. Likewise, it made him more interested in this woman.
Lillian rolled her eyes when she heard Patrick's words. "So, you're asking us to learn how to slap ourselves like her? Hell no! I'm not as shameless as her. Am I right, Hanson?"
When Hanson saw that Lillian had dragged him into the argument, he merely scratched the back of his head awkwardly as he gave her a dry smile but didn't add in his two cents.
"Shut up!" Patrick couldn't help but reprimand her, "As co-workers, you guys should help one another. Don’t you think you’re being too rude to your new co-worker?"
Once he had reprimanded Lillian, Patrick turned to look at Veronica with a concerned look. His attitude toward Veronica changed drastically after she managed to sell a luxury car. "Look at how swollen your face is. Come, let’s go. I’ll take you to the hospital, and you can take the rest of the day off. Report to work again after the swelling on your face subsides."
"Thanks, Mr. Simon."
Veronica could feel her cheeks burn with pain, and what she really wanted now was to go back and rest.
Considering the two overly hard slaps she gave herself earlier, she was slightly worried that she would be disfigured. The only reason why she could still waste her time arguing with her co-workers was that she could tell that her cheeks weren't bleeding.
Thus, Veronica got into Patrick's car as he drove them to the nearest hospital.
At the same time, Matthew was sitting at his desk working on documents in the Speilbenz Group. Suddenly, the phone on his desk vibrated.
However, instead of immediately looking at his phone, he simply signed the document after he read it. Finally, he closed the file, put it aside, and pulled his phone toward him. He unlocked it and clicked open the WhatsApp message.
He saw it was a message from Miguel.
As he leaned lazily against the executive chair, he clicked on Miguel's message on WhatsApp and saw that it was a video.
Once he played the video, he realized it was taken in a 48 Center. He immediately recognized the person in the video was Veronica.
Just when Matthew wondered why Miguel sent him this video, he abruptly heard a brisk slapping sound and saw Veronica slap herself hard in the video.
At that moment, his grip on the phone tightened slightly. He furrowed his eyebrows and sat upright as though he could feel the rising tension through the video.
After he watched the video, he exited his WhatsApp and looked through the contact list on his phone. Later, he contacted a number. "Help me find out which hospital Roni went to."
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