Chapter 117
However, Veronica wasn‘t a peaceful sleeper; she kept rolling on the bed as she slept, and she ended up squashing her injured arm.
“Ow… that hurts…” she mumbled, before rolling over again.
Matthew couldn‘t exactly stomach this anymore. Worried that she would roll onto her injured arm again, he got up and lay next to her, pulling her into his arms. He carefully took care of her to prevent her from hurting herself again.
The familiar smell put Veronica at ease as she lay in his arms, and she rubbed herself against his chest. Her injured arm wrapped itself around Matthew‘s waist, one of her legs coming to rest on his own legs as well. She fell asleep peacefully then.
Veronica‘s sleep might be peaceful now, but Matthew wasn‘t in a comfortable position. In order to prevent himself from pressing down on her injured arm, he kept his left arm behind himself as he lay motionlessly next to her. It wasn‘t until her fever broke at six in the wee hours of the morning that Matthew finally got up, his body already numb from being stuck in one position. He worked the stiffness out of his body so that he wouldn‘t feel as numb as before.
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A few minutes later, Veronica woke up. “Why are you up so early?” She sat up weakly in bed, her eyes locked on Matthew as he paced the room, “Don‘t you need to sleep too?”
“Did I wake you?” Matthew‘s voice was soft. The harshness from yesterday was absent.
Veronica shook her head. “No. I pretty much wake up at half past six every day.”
“How do you feel now? Feeling any better?” Matthew walked over to her and pressed a hand to her forehead. His heart only slipped back down his throat when he realized that her fever had abated.
“I had a fever last night?”
“Just a low one.”
“Oh,” Veronica replied. She looked at him with a complicated gaze. “Matthew?”
“Yes?” Matthew gently answered her as he sat on the chair next to her bed. His typically frigid expression was like the arrival of spring, soft and warm after the snow had melted.
Even though you‘re being nice to me because of Grandma, I still want to thank you.”
It didn‘matter whether Matthew was using her or if his concern was fake; he did save her, and he did take care of her. Veronica was thankful for that, and she naturally didn‘t dislike him as much as she did before. At the very least, she considered the debt incurred from this f*ckboy sleeping with her cleared. As long as he didn‘t touch her again, she could forget about this part of the past.
It would have been better if she hadn‘t said that, for her words sounded extremely harsh to Matthew. But in the end, he didn‘t have the heart to quibble with her on that. “What do you want to eat?”
“After lying in bed for an entire night, I want to go downstairs for a walk with you.”
“No. The doctors already said that you have to rest.”
“Okay. Then, buy me some porridge. The one from yesterday.”
“You‘re fond of porridge.”
“You got that right. Porridge is my favorite. I‘m not exactly fond of noodles, like in chicken noodle soup.” Veronica smiled, but she ended up looking frail due to the paleness of her face, like a wind would blow her over at any moment. It made Matthew‘s heart ache.
“I‘ll make some for you when we get back.”
“Hahaha, that‘s great. The only thing you know how to make is porridge, and I love porridge. It‘s absolutely perfect,” Veronica murmured. Suddenly, she shook her head. “Never mind, the porridge you make is too expensive. It‘s like, three hundred for a serving. Just forget about it.”
For Pete‘s sake, running around the whole day delivering food would net me only three hundred bucks. And a breakfast from Matthew will run me three hundred bucks. I sure as hell don‘t have the money for that!
“If you behave well, I can consider waiving the fee.”
“Really?”
“Yes.”
“Then, in the future, you can make breakfast for me and I‘ll clean for you. How‘s that?”
“All righi.”
“That‘s great. I can save on rent and utilities and even breakfast expenses.” Veronica mentally calculated everything. In one month, she would save at least two thousand bucks. That would be 24,000 a year. Woohoo, a whopping 24,000. Leaving it in the bank will net me a couple hundred in interest too. Nice!
Şubsequently, Matthew left Veronica‘s ward to buy her breakfast.
A few days later, Veronica was discharged from hospital at last. She flew back to Bloomstead with Matthew. She stood outside of the airport after they had arrived and slowly closed her eyes, breathing in the fresh air. “I‘m back at last. The air in Bloomstead always smells so clean and fresh,” she exclaimed.
“Get in the car.” Matthew walked past her and led her into the car with a hand pressed to the back of her head. The door closed, and Thomas slowly drove them away from the airport
Veronica leaned back in her seat and turned to glance at Matthew. “Where are we going?” she asked.
“The Kings Residence.”
“Oh, okay,” Veronica said, but she didn‘t look all that overjoyed. Just as she thought, Matthew‘s niceness toward her was only because he was cultivating a useful piece for his chessboard; he wanted to use her to improve his relationship with his grandmother
“Miss Murphy, this is the cell phone that Young Master Matthew asked me to buy for you. The SIM card‘s all been handled.” Thomas handed a cell phone to Veronica as he drove.
She took the phone and thanked him. After she switched on the phone, it buzzed for some time; they were all unimportant messages and phone calls.
Before she went to Almeida, Veronica had called her adoptive parents, telling them that she was representing her company for a philanthropic event. She even deliberately told them that she would not have phone reception when in Almeida because she didn‘t want them to worry about her too much.
When they passed a grocery store, Veronica asked for some money from Mathew and went inside to buy some supplements.
They arrived at the Kings Residence half an hour later. Veronica had just gotten out
of the car when Matthews phone rang. He pulled it out and answered the call. “What is it?
Veronica couldn‘t hear what the other speaker said, but she sensed Matthew‘s expression darkened a little. “All right, I‘ll be right over.” He then hung up and walked over to her. “Something just came up, and I have to go deal with it. Go on ahead. I won‘t be going inside with you.”
For some reason, Veronica felt that Matthew was currently being fake, but she didn‘t say anything. She had agreed to become Elizabeth‘s god–granddaughter because she wanted to use the Kingses‘ power and influence; Matthew was having her to get on his grandmother‘s good side, all so that she would become a useful chess piece in the future.
They were both getting something out of this. This was a mere transaction.
Thus, Veronica dipped her head. “Okay.”
Thomas brought their belongings down from the car. With a glance from Matthew, Thomas handed the car keys to him. Matthew then drove away, leaving Thomas to accompany Veronica into the house.
Veronica found Elizabeth inside the living room. “Grandma?” she called.
At the sound of Veronica‘s voice, Elizabeth looked up to see Veronica. A smile instantly bloomed on her face. “My, have you returned at last, Veronica?” She got up and walked over to stand in front of Veronica, the kind smile from earlier still hanging on her face. “Come, come, let me take a look at you. It‘s been a month since we last met. You‘ve gotten skinnier.”
“I‘m fine. I‘ll put the weight back on after returning to my usual diet.” Veronica laughed and stepped forward to hug Elizabeth. “I missed you so much, Grandma.”
Although she did intend to use the Kingses‘ influence for herself, Veronica truly liked Elizabeth
“Haha, I missed you too.” Elizabeth returned Veronica‘s hug. However, she didn‘t know that Veronica was injured and accidentally jostled Veronica‘s wound. It made Veronica suck in a breath.
