Chapter 69


    Indeed, Matthew had said that the previous evening, but he had been lying.


    Now that he changed his mind, he corrected, “You remembered wrongly.”


    “Remembered wrongly?” Carefully, Veronica thought about it. Indeed, she could recall now that there


    had been more than one bed at his penthouse when she was kidnapped.


    At this moment, she was penniless and had no money to rent a room. It was also unclear how the Larson


    Family felt about her right now, so it would be safer and more cost-efficient for her to stay at Matthew’s


    penthouse in Twilight Condominium.


    However…


    “We would be a single man and a woman sharing an apartment. Wouldn’t that be inappropriate?” she


    asked, her tone guarded.


    After taking in her stance, Matthew simply reached out and took the ess card from her hands.


    Ding


    As the elevator reached the second-floor basement, the doors opened and he walked out.


    Immediately, she chased after him. “I’m kidding! Please don’t take it seriously. You’re my brother now. I


    trust your morals!”


    Pah! Only a fool would trust him.


    Nheless, given the dire straits she was in, sleeping at the penthouse was her best option.


    Moreover, she had Elizabeth to protect her. That was why Veronica trusted Matthew wouldn’t do anything


    to her.


    Otherwise, she would castrate him personally!


    After tugging on his arm and pulling the ess card from his grip, she looked up at him. “If I have a


    ce to stay, do I have food to eat as well?”


    “This is what you wanted, Young Master Matthew-“Waiting at the second floor basement, Thomas had


    gone up to greet Matthew upon seeing him walk over, only to witness Veronica holding onto Matthew’s


    hand and skipping alongside him as she joked andughed.


    Both of them were acting intimate without the animosity from before, when they would be filled with


    murderous rage whenever they set eyes on each other.


    “Ah—Thomas!” Veronica eximed upon seeing Thomas approach. “Do you both have something to talk


    about? I’ll wait over there for you, then.”


    With that, she made to leave.


    However, Matthew kept his hold on her hand and said collectedly, “It’s okay. Let’s go.”


    Holding onto her hand very naturally, he led her over to his private car.


    Forsaken, Thomas looked down at the paper bag in his hands. Inside it was all of Veronica’s personal


    information.


    Is Young Master Matthew truly not anxious about it?


    In astonishment, Thomas turned to look at the pair retreating in the


    distance. Since when have they been so close?What on earth happened the previous night?


    Meanwhile, Veronica climbed into the back of the sedan while Matthew got into the passenger’s seat.


    “Where do you want to go?” he asked.


    “To,” she stopped, her expression suddenly sinking. In truth, there were many things she wanted to


    attend to, but she had to go to the police station to have her identity taken care of first. “Send me to the


    police station. I have to reapply for an ID.”


    “There’s no need,” he replied, “Thomas is taking care of it. Come back with me to the Kings Residence


    for now. Grandma wishes to see you.”


    Meanwhile, Thomas, who was entering the car,


    paused. Since when am I taking care of her identification?


    Ever since Veronica disappeared, Thomas had been busy searching for her whereabouts. Then, he was


    rescuing her with Matthew, only for thetter to instruct him to look into her personal information after


    that. In short, Thomas had had no


    time to take care of her identification at all.


    Nevertheless, he kept hisints to himself and only nodded cooperatively. “Don’t worry, Miss


    Murphy. Your ID will be ready in two days.”


    “Alright. Thank you very much.” That was all she could say since it would be much slower for her to take


    care of things herself.


    As one of Matthew’s men, Thomas would receive special treatment and could naturally get things done


    much faster.


    Right then, the sedan started, heading in the direction of the Kings Residence.


    On the way there, Veronica asked to borrow Matthew’s cell phone. “Can you lend me your phone? I want


    to call my mother.”


    Obligingly, he handed his phone to her.


    After taking the phone, she made a call to her foster mother.


    When the call connected, she said, “It’s Veronica, Mom.”


    “Did you change your number again, Roni?” Danie asked upon seeing that the number Veronica was


    using to call her was different from the one from this morning.


    “I lost my phone. I’m using… Matthew’s phone to call you.”


    No boration was needed since Danie had met Matthew at Saint Hospital, and even repeatedly told


    Veronica to treat him to dinner as thanks.


    “So this is Young Master Matthew’s phone? I say!”


    “My phone was broken, so I sent it in for repair. I’m only calling you to tell you that you should rest well at


    home with Dad and that I’ll go back to visit you when I’m free. As for what you said this morning-don’t


    worry. As long as I’m alive, I’ll still be your and Dad’s daughter. I’ll always be your daughter.”


    Veronica didn’t care what kind of fuss the Larsons were throwing. She wouldn’t let it get in the way of her


    family.


    After she said so, the line descended into silence.


    Only after a while could she hear Danie sobbing. The noise made Veronica’s heart clench.


    lupy


    “Alright, alright. I believe you. I really do,” Danie told her in a choked, hoarse voice.


    Even through the phone, Veronica could feel her mother’s worry.


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    “Veronica, you have to be careful of the Lars—”


    “Shut up, you idiot!”


    Since Danie had answered the call in hands-free mode, Tony could hear Veronica talking as well and


    wanted to tell her about them being kidnapped.


    However, Danie was afraid that Veronica would worry, so the former interrupted and scolded him.


    “What was that about, Mom?”


    “N-Nothing. Your dad only wanted to tell you to be careful and not to trust anyone in Bloomstead.


    Remember, Roni-no one in this world other than us would give everything up for you, so don’t trust


    anyone apart from us too easily, okay?” Danie warned, still not telling Veronica about her and Tony


    being kidnapped.


    “I promise I’ll be wary of the Larsons, Mom. Otherwise, there’d be no one to rescue you when you’re


    kidnapped.”


    To assuage their worry, Veronica told them about the arrangements she made.


    For a moment, there was silence at the other end of the line as her parents exchanged looks of


    heartache.


    “Silly Roni, I know you sent someone to watch out for us,” Danie chided now. “If things get too


    dangerous for you to stay alone in Bloomstead,e home, okay?”


    “It’s not dangerous. I forgot to tell you, Old Mrs. Kings—” At that point, Veronica nced at Matthew


    before continuing, “Matthew’s grandmother, that is, has recognized me as her god-granddaughter.


    Nothing will happen to me under the Kingses’ protection.”


    While there were some things she hadn’t wished to tell her parents, Veronica was afraid they would


    worry about her if she didn’t tell them.


    Every single one of the things the Larson Family did to her family was imprinted in her mind now. Even if


    she left Bloomstead, she wouldn’t be able to extricate herself easily.


    “Good. That’s good.”


    Only after she heard her foster mother’s reassured tone did Veronica’s heart finally leave her throat. After


    some further small talk, she finally hung up the phone.


    Upon hanging up the phone, she rested her forehead against her hand and sighed, still clutching onto


    the phone.


    It was a good thing her parents didn’t pay much attention to the entertainment news gossip on a regr


    day. Otherwise, once they found out about Matthew and Tiffany’s engagement, they would no doubt have


    her be guarded against Matthew as well.