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“Right. She must have been blabbering nonsense. Why would Young Master Matthew call the police on

her if what she said was true?”

“That is hard to say. Young Master Matthew made us come over here even though he himself knows

where she lives. This is something that someone of his capability can solve at a snap of his fingers, and

yet, he wanted to do it the hard way. I don‘t think we should completely disregard what she said.”

“But we can‘t completely believe her either.”

“That is true.”

As Veronica walked in front, she could hear the whisperings happening behind her. but she chose not to

say anything despite feeling frustrated by it.

Then, they took the elevator down and hopped into the police car before finally leaving for the station to

get Veronica‘s statement taken.

Meanwhile, Matthew was already seated in the main hallway of the police station when they arrived. With

his legs crossed and torso leaned back against the backrest

of the chair, he managed to look as casual as he was intimidating.

Veronica‘s temper immediately flared when her eyes fell on him. As if nothing had happened, he

nonchalantly lifted his eyes to stare into her angry gaze. The fleeting smile he had on disappeared from

his cold face before it turned into a full grin.

“Matthew Kings!” she called out as her steps came to a halt. She then tore away the bottle of 1945

Romanée–Conti from the hands of one of the officers before stomping toward Matthew and slamming

the bottle on a table nearby. “Here is your red wine. I‘m giving it back to you!”

Instead of replying, Matthew only quietly stared at her. He didn‘t have to say even a word for others to

feel the menace emitting out of him.

Getting timider by the second, Veronica unconsciously gulped. “It is just a bottle of wine! Did you really

have to call the police for something like this? You are just wasting government resources,” she

continued in a slightly meeker tone.

She swore to the heavens that the only reason she took it was that it looked like it would be a good bottle

of red wine!

Furthermore, she had always drunk from Matthew‘s alcohol stash without his permission when they lived

together.

However, this scumbag of a man completely turned his back on her after Veronica announced that she

would no longer stay by Elizabeth‘s side as she would be leaving Bloomstead soon. His attitude toward

her had changed almost instantaneously because she no longer held any value for him.

During that one night when she couldn‘t fall asleep, her eyes lingered on Matthew‘s wine shelf, and that

was when her eyes eventually fell on this delectable–looking bottle of wine. So, she took it but left it

unscathed in her bedroom.

Then, she decided to bring it along with her when she left Twilight Condominium, never expecting the

bottle of wine–looking nothing out of the ordinary–to be priced at a staggering 3.9 million!

Maybe it was her fault for taking the expensive wine, but why did Matthew skip contacting her first before

heading straight for the police?!

Sull sitting without even moving an inch, Matthew lifted his head slightly to peer ar the woman before him

and questioned her in a low voice. “Do you know how muchi this boule you took is worth?”

“Who wouldn‘t know that this is a 1945 Romanée–Conti–“She stopped abruptly halfway through her

sentence when she realized that she had fallen right into the trap Matthew had just set.

For Matthew to call the police despite knowing that she was the one who took the wine made it obvious

that Matthew was trying to convict her for ‘knowingly going against the law‘ if she were to confess that

she was aware of the value of the wine she had taken

Without waiting for Veronica to come up with another retort, Matthew gave an indifferent wave as his

head tilted to glance at the officers standing behind Veronica. Officers, I‘m sure you all have heard her.

She knew the value of the wine when she took it,” he informed.

*F*ck!” she finally spat. “Matthew, you piece of sh*t. I—” Knowing that her following words would come to

naught, she bit her tongue and said, “You were the one who gave this to me! As for how I knew its price,

Xavier was the one who told me about the price of the red wine when he came over to my condominium

earlier. I was so surprised that I almost called the police, only to have them knock on my door before I

even rang them!”

Matthew‘s face immediately fell when he heard Veronica‘s words. At that moment, his gaze turned a few

notches colder too.

Earlier?Xavier went to her place?

Her words kept reverberating in his head as he casually lowered his head to look at the Rolex Blue Dial

watch resting on his wrist. But it‘s already 11 nearing midnight!

“Oh, really? Can anyone prove that?” His fingertips lightly tapped on the back of his hand. Even though

he appeared calm as he threw the question at Veronica, his heart was thumping hard in his chest.

“Of course!” she exclaimed while taking out her phone. “I‘ll give Xavier a call right this moment!”

Just then, Matthew suddenly stopped her in her tracks. “You have a close relationship with Xavier. He is

not a reliable witness. You have nothing to back your words.” He then slowly took out a thumb drive from

the inner breast pocket of his suit before continuing, “I, on the other hand, have a surveillance recording

of you committing the crime.”

Immediately, Veronica‘s eyes glued to the thumb drive in Matthew‘s hand, and even though she didn‘t

say a word in return, her blazing pair of eyes were sufficient for

others to read the exact thoughts and emotions that were going through her head and heart.