Chapter 193


    Chapter 193 The Evaporated Two Billion


    “Let go!” Veronica took a step back, but her movement was restrained because Melissa was clutching


    the hem of her trousers.


    “Veronica, save me from here and I’ll give you 100,000. 100,00, alright? I-I can even write you a check.”


    Melissa continued to plead.


    Next to them, Xavier was still in a fight and said to Veronica in between punches, “Roni, please. Please


    take Melissa away from here!”


    “Heh!”


    As a smirk tinged the edges of Veronica’s lips, a look of ruthlessness crept over her petite face. Tilting


    her head at a bodyguard next to her who was holding a gun in his hand, she narrowed her eyes, raised


    her hand, and hooked her finger at him.


    Following her gaze, the bodyguard realized that she wanted the handgun, but he was afraid to pass it to


    her. In the end, he cast an imploring look at Matthew, who didn’t give him any instructions.


    When she didn’t receive any reaction from the bodyguard for a few seconds, Veronica snatched the


    handgun from him directly, pulled the bolt quickly, and fired a shot, aiming it urately for Melissa’s right


    leg.


    A deafening bang sounded in the air, followed by a shrilling cry of pain from Melissa.


    The people who were fighting at the side stopped fighting and turned to watch this scene in disbelief.


    Xavier’s eyes grewrge, and he looked from Melissa to Veronica several times. Atst, when he saw


    Melissa holding her wound and crying in pain, he was sure that Veronica had indeed fired a shot at her.


    “What are you doing, Veronica?!” Shoving aside the security guard in front of him, he lunged at Veronica.


    In that moment, Xavier, whose rationale was overwhelmed by his burning rage, carried his injured leg


    and hobbled toward Veronica. “You said that I’m your brother, but this is how you treat me… Uh!”


    He had yet to finish speaking when Veronica had already raised the gun and shot his injured leg when he


    was about three meters away from her.


    His body turned limp, and he kneeled down on one knee unwittingly. When his knee hit the ground


    heavily, he gasped in pain, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.


    The sweat mixed with the blood on his face and flowed down, staining his white shirt red, and he


    appeared as forlorn as a survivor who had just crawled out of battle.


    “W-What are you… doing?” Gritting his teeth, he was close to breaking down from the pain, but his


    disappointment in Veronica was greater.


    Ignoring his gaze, Veronica stared at the gun which was still smoking slightly and tossed it to the


    bodyguard behind her.


    “Is money really omnipotent?” she muttered and took out her purse, from where she fished out a 500,000


    check and threw it at Melissa.


    The thin check slipped and rolled around with the wind beforending on Melissa’s face, and a corner of


    it was drenched by the tears on her face.


    “500,000 is enough for your treatment.” Chuckling in a self-deprecating manner, Veronica closed her


    purse with a loud snap. “Phew, so this is how amazing it feels to spend money!”


    Her series of abnormal behavior shocked Xavier, and he was in stunned silence for a long time. At the


    same time, Melissa was not the only one who was equally stunned, but also Thomas and Matthew, who


    were standing nearby.


    Matthew’s eyes were filled with shock, but very quickly, he seemed to have understood something, and


    the slight depression in his eyes was reced by distress.


    She’s doing this…


    “Melissa Crawford, I really hate the way you’re showing off in front of me with money,” Veronica said


    sarcastically before she turned around and left.


    The second she turned around, she clutched her purse tightly and concealed her trembling hands by


    swaying them naturally as she walked. With her head lowered, she paced to Matthew, pursed her lips,


    and recollected her emotions.


    When she lifted her eyes at him, she shrugged and smiled bitterly. “Thank you for finding out the truth.


    Let’s go and have a drink. Mr. Ritter, you’ve worked hard with your men. Let’s find a ce, and I’ll foot


    the bill.”


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    Veronica, who was usually stingy, was especially generous today. For a second, Thomas was confused,


    but he quickly understood her intentions. Quietly, he nced at Matthew.


    With aplicated look in his deep-set eyes, Matthew gazed at Veronica, who seemed like apletely


    different person now. “Sure. You’re paying, then,” he said with a smirk. Then, he turned and started


    walking out, not forgetting to say, “Thomas, make arrangements for the men tonight and ce it under


    my tab.”


    “Got it, boss,” Thomas said and bowed lightly. After that, he waved to the twenty bodyguards. “All of you


    have worked hard, and the boss said that we’re going to have a party tonight.”


    “Woohoo, great!”


    “Boss is so generous! Let’s get wasted tonight!”


    “Damn, it has been a tiring evening today.”


    “That guy, Xavier, is quite a fighter.”


    “Damn it, he knocked out one of my teeth.”


    …


    The bodyguards chatted amongst themselves while walking out of the warehouse.


    Standing in the crowd, Veronica turned back to nce thoughtfully at Melissa, who was slumped on the


    ground and had passed out from the pain, with Xavier lying next to her. Without saying anything, she


    then walked away.


    Staring at Veronica’s back, Thomas unwittingly felt that she was an interesting and loyal person.


    Even though she had fired at Melissa and Xavier, it was exactly these shots that had saved Melissa’s life.


    Otherwise, with Matthew’s style of handling matters, Thomas was afraid that there would be an extra


    member in hell now. If even he could tell such a simple thing, of course Matthew had seen through it as


    well.


    After leaving the warehouse, Veronica got into the passenger seat of Matthew’s car; he was the driver.


    “Thanks.”


    The car started rolling slowly, and while looking ahead, Matthew nced at her from the corners of his


    eyes; she had a grim look on her face, and there was sorrow in her eyes.


    “I’m not the one who suffered a grievance. Why should you thank me?” he muttered.


    Veronica knew very well that what happened at the wedding today would cause an unimaginable loss to


    the Kings Family after this. With the Kingses’ status in Bloomstead, what happened today was enough to


    make Matthew take Melissa’s life as the price.


    In order to cut off this thought of his, Veronica had no other choice but to shoot at the Crawford siblings,


    and she knew that Matthew would definitely know what she meant by doing this.


    Sure enough, this man didn’t disappoint her.


    “You’re right. I’m responsible for the wedding today, so you don’t have to give me the bnce payment.


    Take it as yourpensation.”


    “Okay, that sounds fair. At least I recovered my losses indirectly.”


    “I can forget the bnce payment of 150 million, but you’ll have to give me the 100 million for saving


    your life.”


    “Deal.”


    Finally, a smile broke out on Veronica’s glum face, but when she turned to look out the window, it was


    gone from her face in an instant.


    After that, they simply found a ce to eat before returning to Twilight Condominium. Saying that she


    was tired, she returned to her room, washed up, andy in bed without leaving her room again.


    Meanwhile, Thomas went upstairs to Matthew’s study and stopped in front of his desk as he passed a


    document to him. “Some journalists still managed to sneak into the wedding today and uploaded the


    video on the Inte. It caused a hugemotion online, and the stocks of Spinfluence Group


    plummeted because of this canceled wedding, resulting in two billion evaporating into thin air.”