Bumpkin’s Rich Handsome Husband novel Chapter 97

Since the chief had already said so, Veronica could only accept the fact calmly.

After all, this was not the city where they had plenty of choices to choose from.

She took out her towel and body wash from her luggage and proceeded to head out to the pond by the entrance with a flashlight. Sitting on the stone used for washing clothes, Veronica dipped her foot in the cool water before swinging her legs, making the water splash about.

Ribbit, ribbit, ribbit.

The sound of the frogs croaking paired with the grasshoppers chirping made for a relaxing scene.

Suddenly, small balls of green light appeared in the dark, to which Veronica looked at dazily.

When she was young, fireflies were a common sight. However, now that she was an adult, she rarely saw them again, so she didn't expect such a large number of them here.

Splash.

Veronica jumped into the pond and took a satisfying bath since there was nobody around in the dead of night.

The pond at the entrance was deep with cobblestones underneath while its water all came from the mountain.

After swimming for a while, she took a bath as she sat on the washing stone with soaked clothes before washing her hair. Basking in the night wind, she felt a tad bit cold yet she wasn't drowsy at all and didn't want to sleep either.

Crack.

The sound caused Veronica to turn her head behind as she saw a man lighting a cigarette. From the dim light illuminated by the lighter, she recognized at once that the man was Matthew.

"When did you arrive?"

Was he actually peeping on her when she was taking a bath?

Although she was wearing activewear that consisted of a pair of shorts and a T-shirt, she didn't accidentally reveal anything. Rather, it was because he already knew that she was there and still chose to linger around.

What a shameless man.

Matthew leaned against a tree as he silently took a puff from his cigarette; the sight of his cigarette becoming dark before lighting up again made it seem like there was a glowing red firefly there.

Matthew's silence merely notified Veronica that he was annoyed about her scolding him earlier in the day.

However, she didn't care enough to coax him; she merely stood up to return to her room.

After shutting the door, she changed into another set of clothes and lay on the bed.

An insomniac Melissa saw her lying down and closed in to ask, "So, you're my brother's girlfriend. I heard from Dad that you intentionally made yourself look ugly. What was that all about? Was it because you looked like Tiffany's doppelganger?"

The Larsons, who had exposed Veronica's identity, repeatedly claimed multiple times in front of the media that they were going to bring her back to the Larson Residence as one of them.

So, it wasn't strange that the Crawfords knew about her identity.

Acting like a gossipy middle-aged woman, Melissa continued to ask enigmatically, "Why did the Larson Family abandon you back then? Was there something wrong with you?"

"I don't know whether my body is ill or not, but what I do know is that something's wrong with your brain!" Veronica retorted angrily as she raised her head.

"Wow, Roni. You're so fierce."

Now that she was resting face down on the bed, Melissa swung her legs and propped her face up with her hands to look at Veronica. "No wonder my brother likes you so much. I fancy your personality too, but I prefer Matthew. Hey, I also heard that you have saved Old Mrs. Kings before. She wants to recognize you as her godgranddaughter, is that right?"

The seldom happenings in the upper echelon would often spread like wildfire.

"Why are you asking something that you know the answer to?"

Veronica wasn't really in the mood to humor Melissa.

"So, it's real?"

The moment she heard Veronica's words, Melissa tugged on her elbows and probed, "That's great news! Can you tell me more about Matthew?"