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“Umm… It really is nothing. It‘s just Xavier. He…” She sputtered out the best excuse she could come up

with at the moment, “He has appendicitis and is currently in surgery. I‘m worried about him, that is why I

was thinking of going to pay him a visit.”

Her heart, however, felt apologetic for using her friend to get herself out of the pickle. I‘m sorry. I‘m so

sorry! The situation calls for it. Don‘t kill me, Xavier! she silently howled.

She could only blame herself for being tight with Xavier, and for making Xavier someone that Daniella

could trust.

Daniella answered thoughtfully, “Oh my, is that so? You really have to go see him then! But before that,

why don‘t you bring him one of our village chickens as a token of your sincerity?”

“No, that‘s not necessary, Mom. He isn‘t short on chickens. Okay! I really have to go now. Bye bye!”

Veronica hurriedly bade her farewell.

lict skin wasn‘t thick enough for her to proudly bring a chicken back to Bloomstead. I was just a lie that

Xavier had appendicitis after all!

Furthermore, she doubted the thugs would spare her time to catch a chicken.

“Huh? You punk, why are you rushing?” Daniella scolded. “Let me ask your dad to send you.”

Veronica was already hopping out of the house then, but she didn‘t forget to remind Daniella. “It is okay,

Mom. I already called for a cab in town. I‘m off! Take care of yourself?”

The older woman followed after Veronica for a short while before halting her steps. Standing by the side

of the road, she could only shake her head slowly with a melancholy smile tugging on the corners of her

lips. “That brat is really concerned about Xavier, huh? She must like him a lot,” she mumbled to herself

before letting out a sigh. “All daughters have to leave home someday…”

Her heart then began to ache at the thought of her only daughter having to get married someday.

If only she knew that what she was currently worried about was only a lie Veronica could best come up

with in the heat of the moment…

On the other hand, Veronica sprinted her way to the vehicle waiting for her, and after getting in, they

went on a hurried 4–hour journey back to Bloomstead.

She was brought up to Matthew‘s place and locked in as soon as they reached Twilight Condominium,

where a sense of familiarity immediately hit her as she stood in the middle of the room.

Then, she promptly plopped herself onto the sofa and checked her phone, only to see that she had

missed a few calls from both Matthew and Xavier.

She would probably be worried if she had missed someone else‘s call, but to get missed calls from the

two men? A pretty normal occurrence she would say.

But why would Matthew call her?

She took some time to ponder the possible reasons before finally deciding to call him back.

After giving him two calls which went straight to voicemail both times, she lay down on the sofa and

started to browse Twitter on her phone.

The wait nurned out to be one that went on for hours.

Her eyes watched as the hour hand of the clock hit 2, and when her tummy started making loud gurgling

sounds from her hunger, she shot up from the couch and angrily banged her hand on the table.

“Freaking Matthew. Is he coming or not? I‘m leaving if he isn‘t!”

.

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Ring!

As soon as she stood up, she heard the sound of the elevator reaching outside the main door

The door then slowly opened, and there stood a familiar figure–Matthew!

Unable to hold back her anger when she saw the man, she stomped in front of him and glared. “Matthew

Kings! Why did you get your goons to bring me all the way back here?”

She couldn‘t believe that he had gotten those thugs to get her just as soon as she was finally on her

long–awaited break from Bloomstead!

Despite her outburst, the suit–clad man only stood there with an unreadable expression on his

handsome face and his captivating eyes studied Veronica before he suddenly declared, “It is my birthday

today.”

The unexpected announcement swiftly earned a stupefied ‘huh‘ from the woman. When she finally

processed his words, however, her eyebrows knitted into a deep frown, and she eventually went off on

him. “Are you crazy?! Don‘t you think you are after the wrong person? What has your birthday got to do

with me? I‘m sure there are tons of people who are eager to celebrate the birthday of the Kingses‘ heir.”

This guy probably has a loose screw! What a weirdo. We aren‘t even close, Veronica grumbled to

herself.

Matthew‘s face immediately fell when he heard her words.

As his hands rested in the pockets of his suit pants, his grip on his phone tightened. Unbeknownst to

Veronica, there was an image currently being displayed on the screen of Matthew‘s phone.

In the photo, two figures could be seen seated across each other at a table of a gazebo, enveloped by

the darkness of the night. It was a photo of Veronica celebrating Xavier‘s birthday with him. She

appeared to be singing Xavier a birthday song, whereas his eyes were closed, and his fingers were

intertwined as he quietly made his

birthday wish. .

Matthew had come across the photo on social media late last night, and oddly enough, he began to feel

peevish as he looked at it. In fact, that had been the sole reason he had unreasonably forced Veronica to

return to Bloomstead.

“I want you to celebrate my birthday with me,” he admitted.

Veronica let out a scoff as she rolled her eyes at him. “Sure,” she unexpectedly agreed with a humorless

smile on her face. She then raised her right hand up and began to list out, “Why don‘t I provide you with

a one–stop service. Give me 100 thousand, and I will prepare you a birthday cake, birthday wishes, and

a birthday party.”