Chapter 42
Veronica and Xavier-both of whom were in the public’s eye-were currently enjoying skewers at an open-
air food stall.
“Well, since your parents have gone back home, when are you nning toe work at mypany?
By the way, what do you do at yourpany?” Xavier asked as he chewed his mouthful of skewered
lamb.
Even thoughi Xavier, a young master from the Crawford Family, which was one of The Four Big Families
of Bloomstead, had graced this humble stall with his presence, other patrons of the ce could still
easily tell that he was on a different level from them. He had a rare kind of elegant temperament that
made it hard for others to approach him.
At his question, Veronica turned to look at him. Besides the pair of sunsses that was gently tucked on
the bridge of Xavier’s nose, he also had on a floral shirt and a pair of simr-looking pants. Even though
he looked frivolous with one arm propped up against the window while the other held onto the steering
wheel, his entric appearance still failed terribly at diminishing his good looks. It was an undeniable
fact that Xavier was a handsome man. With his devilishly attractive features, he was a bad boy to the
bone.
After a few moments of silence from her, he said again, “Hey, I’m asking you a question here.”
“I manage the marketing department,” she quickly answered after she was brought out of her reverie.
“Oh, just join the project department in mypany, then,” he said. “Might as well learn something
there.”
Her interest was obviously piqued at his nonchnt reply. “Can I really?” she asked just to make sure.
“I’m the boss. My word is thew.” His eyebrows were slightly raised as he replied with a pleased smile
on his face.
Unbeknownst to him, Veronica wasn’t asking if Xavier would really take her in. She was, in fact, asking if
she would be able to learn something worthwhile if she were to work in hispany.
A smile then began to grow on her lips too Making do with tea instead of wine, she
raised her cup and lightly knocked it against Xavier’s. “Here’s to cheers for being my future boss then. I
look forward to working under your guidance!”
And with that, their conversation for the rest of the night was filled with joyfulughter. It seemed as
though being with Xavier was the only time she could let go of all inhibitions. After having their full of
skewers, they both eventually parted ways to go back to their individual homes.
It was an instant knockout for Veronica–who had been giving her all at work for the past few days. After
stepping into her room, she made sure to lock her bedroom door before going to wash up and finally
hitting the sack.
She woke up in the early hours of the next morning, and after changing into her workout attire, she
headed out for a morning run.
Morning runs had always been a habit of hers, but ever since Tony had fallen into aa, she had to
spend her days focusing on earning money for both–to take care
old home, a huge chunk of burden had been lifted off her shoulders. That was why, she could afford to
resume going out for morning runs.
Just as she was resting on a bench after running for more than 30 minutes at a park near the river, a
crowd started to form not far from her. A few people walking past Veronica mumbled as they approached
the crowd, and she managed to pick up a few words from them.
“Oh no, what is going on over there? I’ll go take a look.”
“A granny has passed out!”
“Gosh, how did this happen?”
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A bunch of elderly men and women who were doing their morning exercises in the park began to circle
themselves around the unconscious woman, and yet, no one, other than an old man who dialed
emergency, made a move to help the woman.
Veronica stood on the tip of her toe to nce past the crowd, and she quickly saw a figure d in a Tai
Chi uniform sprawled out on the ground. Judging by how the older woman was foaming at the mouth, the
situation was definitely more dire than the crowd made it seem.
Swiftly, Veronica took out her phone and started taking a video of themotion as she squeezed her
way in. “Make way, please. Coming through,” she repeated to the crowd.
She put her phone aside after she reached she unconscious woman, and as she flipped the woman
over, she loudly instructed the crowd, “Please make space for us! She is foaming at the mouth. She
needs air right now.” After saying that, she lowered her head to the woman, only to realize that she
was…
Elizabeth!
“Madam?!” Veronica eximed in confusion. Who would have thought that they would meet under such
circumstances? However, she knew she couldn’t afford to let her mind wander–she had to act fast!
To make it easier for Elizabeth to breathe, Veronica immediately turned Elizabeth’s head to one side as
she unbuttoned the cor of Elizabeth’s Tai Chi uniform. She then started exerting force on two
acupuncture points on Elizabeth’s back of the torso.
“Lady, do you know her?” someone from the crowd asked.
Another person, too, spoke as they looked on, “Be more careful, okay? She is already foaming at the
mouth. It will be troublesome for you if anything happens to her.”
“Just do what you can to save her. I will be your witness if anything were to happen.”
“You are doing good, girl!”
The crowd was in the midst of showering Veronica withpliments when Elizabeth unexpectedly
began to twitch.
Her convulsion was getting worse by the second, and yet Veronica was calm when she removed her hair
tie from her hair. She then rolled the small piece of cloth and put it into Elizabeth’s mouth to prevent her
from identally biting her tongue. The situation was so dire that she didn’t even have the time to worry
about whether or not there was sweat on the hair tie.
Throughout the whole process, she never ceased her massage on Elizabeth’s acupuncture points. Even
though she was drenched in her own sweat, she managed to keep her heart calm as they waited for an
ambnce to arrive.
Having nothing better to do, the crowd started making noise again.
“This is so scary.”
“I know right? She is convulsing and foaming at the same time!”
“Lady, are you sure you know what you are doing? Why did she start twitching so much?”
“Don’t do anything if you don’t know what is wrong with her!”
Elizabeth showed no sign of recovery even after Veronica had been pressing on the acupuncture point
for quite some time, and that gradually made the crowd doubt her credibility.
Despite themotion and distrust from the onlookers, Veronica kept massaging Elizabeth at the same
spots. It took another 10 minutes before an ambnce finally arrived and brought élizabeth to the
hospital. Veronica, too, followed along.
Elizabeth was rushed into the emergency room as soon as they arrived at the hospital. Veronica stood
there pondering for a moment, and even though seeing Matthew was thest thing she would want to do,
she decided that calling to inform him regarding his grandmother’s situation would be the best course of
action.
The call got through almost immediately after she dialed Matthew’s number. “What is it?” came his curt
question.
“I found Madam unconscious in the park. She was foaming at the mouth and convulsing. It was pretty
bad. Come to Central Hospital as fast as you can,” she informed without beating around the bush.
“Okay. I’ll be there as soon as possible.”.
Matthew was suspicious as to why Veronica and his grandmother had been together, but he knew better
than to ask questions now. Therefore, he immediately went to his car and drove straight to the hospital. =
About half an hourter, he finally arrived outside the emergency room only to find Veronica sitting by
herself in the corridor outside.
He stood in front of her and, without missing a beat, questioned, “What happened to Grandma?”
Her head popped up at the familiar voice, and she quickly noted the appearance of the man who
seemingly had just woken up from his sleep. Donned in ck silk pajamas, Matthew had a worried
expression on his handsome face–even his usually-perfectly-styled hair was in an unkempt state as he
stood there looking at her. Despite the mess, he still looked as beautiful as always.
“They are trying to save her,” she briefly said, referring to the medical personnel in the emergency room.
Unsatisfied with theck of exnation, hd let out a frown as he stared at her with cold, prying eyes.
“Why were you with Grandma?” he asked again.
Her face fell the moment she caught the usatory tone he was speaking to her in, and she glumly
replied, “It was just a coincidence. Now that you are here, I will be taking my leave.”
In fact, she did not want to spend another minute longer with this man. However, just as she was about
to turn around, Matthew grabbed her by her arm in one swift motion. “You want to leave? You will have to
at least wait until Grandma regains her consciousness.”
He didn’t have to say the words out directly for her to know what he was implying. Him asking her to stay
until Elizabeth was awake would mean that he was suspecting Veronica of having something to do with
Elizabeth’s condition!
“You…!” she spat. She was so angry to the point where that was all she managed to say. At that
moment, she was extremely grateful for the fact that she had recorded the video before she attempted to
save Elizabeth.
Just as she was about to take her phone out to show him the recording, the doors of the emergency
room were suddenly pushed open from the inside.
Matthew immediately let go of Veronica’s wrist and strode toward a doctor who had juste out of the
room. “Doctor,” he called out. “How is my grandma?”