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As he spoke, he lifted her left wrist and pointed at the medium-sized wound on her wrist. He described

everything with a flair. In order to ensure that Veronica would believe his words, he had actually asked

the doctor to make a little cut on her wrist. However, it was just a minor slit made.

“What was that thing then?” She was quite persistent in her questions.

“It was an invisible insect and special equipment was needed to identify the creature. In order to avoid

further repercussions, the hospital disposed of the creature immediately.”

“What?! It’s been disposed of? You should’ve saved it for me!” Veronica stared at Matthew intently and

the more she did so, the more she thought he was lying.

Veronica was smart, but so was Matthew. He took out his phone and showed her his well-prepared

evidence. “I couldn’t snap a good picture, so I told the person who saw that creature to draw a picture of

it.”

He placed the screen in front of Veronica. She stared intently before she realized that the insect in the

drawing resembled the one on the Michelin logo.

Feeling as if her stomach was about to turn, she could not bear to look at it any longer. “Oh, disgusting!

Get the phone off me.”

Veronica reached out to support her forehead as soon as she recalled that Michelin-looking insect

making its way around her body. Geez, that was awfully disgusting!

“Not to worry. The doctor mentioned that the creature is harmless and poisonous, so there won’t be any

after effects,” Matthew recited as he lied to her.

As much as he did not know when her intense headache was going to happen again, he still wanted to

save her some unnecessary worry so as to not worsen her existing insomnia.

After he had said that, he glanced at the trio with his side-eye in hope to get backup for his lies.

They received his hint and instantly went along with his words.

Skyler spouted nonsense once again, but this time with a serious face. “Veronica, that thing was horribly

disgusting! You should have seen it! I even nearly threw up my digested meal from last night. As soon as

I heard that the creature was able to burrow itself into someone’s body, I almost hacked at it with the forty

meters long cleaver in my hand.”

Caleb maintained his usual silent and solemn look but he added, “The doctor said that you should

monitor your condition for the time being, but there shouldn’t be any major issues.”

As for Miguel, he added, “Drew’s just spouting nonsense, so ignore him! It wasn’t that scary. That

creature was invisible in the first place, so no, not scary.”

The three of them tried their very best to put on an act as they went along with Matthew’s words.

Veronica felt slightly doubtful earlier, but after hearing their words, her suspicions were alleviated.

It was necessary to reserve doubt as it was her body that got hurt afterall. But… Why didn’t the doctor at

least show me the creature before disposing of it? I really can’t relax with just a piece of drawing as

proof.

However, she did not think too much of it so as to not further burden herself.

She lay back in bed and tilted her head to look at Matthew’s hands which were wrapped in bandages,

both left and right hands.

“You… Are you fine?”

After getting out of the water, Veronica recalled getting resuscitated by him after choking a mouthful of

water.

“I’m alright.” He lifted his hand and casually looked at it.

The doctor had mentioned that the spot where she had bitten him would definitely leave a scar

thereafter.

As such, from then on, he would always be reminded of someone whenever he saw the scar on his

hand. Which is, you know… everyday.

Veronica would not be able to forget how indebted she was to him for saving her life.

She recalled the past when she was tricked abroad by Yvonne, as well as the episode where she was

washed away by the floodwaters at Dawnpol Village. Today, he had saved her life once again during her

drowning episode.

Having her life be saved over and over again made her feel extremely indebted to him.

“But…” Matthew paused for a moment before a cheeky look took over his dark eyes. “You’ve lost the

bet.”

“I…” She pouted slightly and glared at him with displeasure. “Well, the circumstances were unfair;

therefore, it should be redundant. My last record with my master was five minutes and thirty-six seconds

underwater. Although there was swimming involved this time, I could definitely have persevered and

broken my personal record.”

She was actually right this time as there was indeed an unexpected situation that had popped up. Since

she had agreed to get into the water with him, she was definitely confident in herself. After all, a person

who appreciated their life would never play jokes with it.

“Well, a bet is a bet. What only matters is the outcome.”

He lifted his brows and revealed a smug smile on his handsome face. Subsequently, he leaned forward

and placed one hand supportively on the bedside while he supported his other hand on the headboard of

her bed as he spoke in a low voice, “If you’re down in a warzone, you’re down. No enemies are going to

care whether you’re sick or alive. ” Undeniably, Matthew’s words made perfect sense.

“That’s unacceptable. Let’s compete fair and square one more time.” Not willing to admit her defeat, she

haughtily challenged him again. Hmph!