Bumpkin's Rich Handsome Husband

Only then did Matthew’s handsome face beam as a smile appeared. Throwing the axe aside out of joy,

he engulfed her in one big hug.

He was overwhelmed by emotions as he soon released her, and he planted a kiss on her lips.

The kiss was hot and passionate, but after recalling that they were at her home, he immediately let go

of her.

“But… when can we get married?” After saying that, Matthew suddenly remembered their previous

agreement. He then said again, “A hidden marriage isn’t a bad idea.”

“We can talk about that next time.”

Veronica stood on her tiptoes and lightly kissed him on the lips. She then turned around and was about

to leave when she realized Hendrey, Skyler, and Miguel were standing in the doorway and staring

intently at her and Matthew.

Her face instantly turned red.

What the hell? she thought, flustered.

The one time she took the initiative to confess had actually been witnessed by the lot of them.

Since when have I lowered my guard so much?

“Tsk! This is overstepping the line. It is too early to be sticking to each other.”

“Isn’t that right? Matthew somehow won her over with his unexpected behavior.”

“Veronica, have you really thought it through?”

Skyler, Miguel, and Hendrey all spoke one after the other.

Matthew’s friends would naturally be happy for him, but Hendrey’s heart quickly sank to his stomach.

“Go on and have fun, you guys. I will decide with my mother what kind of yummy food we will prepare

for your lunch.”

After Veronica blabbered about that, she immediately slipped into the yard.

Matthew couldn’t help but laugh when he saw her scampering away due to embarassment.

After a while, he looked back. Pushing the axe out of the ground with the tip of his shoe, he continued

to chop wood after grabbing onto it.

…

At this time, Caleb had just returned from an unplanned drive to town to buy a small box of chilblain

cream.

When he arrived at Veronica’s house, Miguel and the others were standing by the door while chatting.

Finally seeing Caleb, Skyler started interrogating his friend, “Where have you been the whole morning,

Caleb?”

“Around.”

Caleb didn’t walk into the house and instead, he stood on the side of the road as he took out his phone.

“I will go make a call.”

His ‘call’ somehow brought him away from the entrance of Veronica’s house.

With the chilblain cream in his hand, he went around her house and headed to the river again.

Only this time, Abby was nowhere to be seen.

He went up the small hill and walked a distance, where he saw several houses along the way.

However, he didn’t know which one Abby lived in.

He eventually stopped walking and stood on the spot. As he looked down at the box in his hand, he

couldn’t help but let out a resigned smile.

This was the first time he did something silly like this for a young lady he didn’t even know.

It was probably due to his sense of justice as a police officer that he couldn’t bear seeing pitiful people.

Not wanting to spend more time looking for her, Caleb turned around and left.

Unexpectedly, just after taking two steps, he suddenly heard the sound of someone crying.

As soon as he heard the voice, his expression turned cold and he turned around immediately to go in

the direction the sound came from.

As he reached a house in the east of the village, Caleb saw as he stood by the door that the cruel-

looking middle-aged woman from earlier was brutally whipping a girl’s legs with a thin bamboo stick.

And the girl, who was kneeling on the ground, did not dare to escape.

“Where did this courage come from, huh? I only wanted you to cook lunch, but you are telling me that

your hand hurts? Are you trying to piss me off? I raised you, you useless thing! But what else have you

done other than being lazy?!”

The woman pressed one hand on her hip and held a bamboo stick in the other. She then deliberately

aimed at the girl’s hands as she gave it another good whip. “Didn’t you say that your hands hurt? I will

show you what it means to ‘hurt’. It won’t feel painful anymore after I hit you a few times.”

Ah—don’t hit me. Abby sobbed while signing. I was wrong… I will cook…

“Stop it!” Caleb yelled angrily as he stepped inside. “What the hell are you doing?!”

Upon hearing him, the middle-aged woman and Abby both looked over at him.

Abby’s eyes were red and brimming with tears. That tender gaze her eyes held made her look so pitiful

that anyone’s heart would break upon seeing that.

The woman, on the other hand, pointed at him with the stick. “Who are you to stick your nose into our

family affairs?”

Caleb stood up straight and said solemnly, “This is domestic violence. Anyone has the right to ‘stick

their nose’ into this.”

“You are a friend of the lady from the Murphy Family, aren’t you? Hmph! You are the same as them.

You both have nothing better to do than meddle in someone else’s business. If it wasn’t for Veronica

Murphy and her parents, this stupid girl here would have been married. I am sick of nosy people like

you. Get out!”

Caleb could easily tell how much the woman despised Abby from her words alone.

And the young lady looks like she isn’t even 18 years old yet! What is this marriage talk about?!

He proceeded to take out the police badge he carried with him. “I am a policeman. Do you still think I

shouldn’t bother myself with this?” he asked.

“You… you are a policeman?”

The woman took a look at the badge he took out, and her arrogance disappeared instantly. With her

lips pursed, she looked embarrassed as she smiled and explained, “I was only teaching my girl

because she was disobedient.”