Chapter 126
Ai the sight of the scene, Yvonne compressed her lips into a smile. “That‘s what I like about you. You‘re frank.” She picked up her handbag and took a check out of it. “Here‘s a check of 500,000. As long as you‘re able to help me ask Matthew out, this will be yours. If you can help me collaborate with the Spinfluence Group, I‘ll pay you another one million.” In total, the reward would be 1.5 million.
Veronica‘s eyes instantly shone with greed. She straightened up, asking, “Will you keep your word?” To think that someone is offering me money right when I‘m short of money! God is really smiling upon me, she thought. She had been guessing Yvonne‘s identity at first, but now it seemed that the latter was apparently not interested in her. Instead, Matthew was the one Yvonne was actually interested in. After all, with the Kingses‘ current social standing, many would scramble to collaborate with them.
“Of course!” Yvonne curled her lips into a smile.
Veronica darted a look at the check on the table. After some deliberation, though, she shook her head, saying, “With Honeycloud Cosmetics‘ current standing, as long as you guys collaborate with the Spinfluence Group, you‘ll no longer be a third–rate cosmetic brand that depends on social media to promote and sell your products as you currently are. Instead, you‘ll instantly join the ranks of the first–rate brands. So, I‘m afraid it‘s not sincere enough to offer such an amount of money.” She didn‘t know much about Honeycloud Cosmetics, but she knew that its products were most widely promoted on Instagram Stories. Furthermore, Honeycloud Cosmetics cared a lot about its brand image, and it kept countless buyers coming back for more by putting a great deal of effort into the quality of its products.
“Name your price then,” Yvonne replied without hesitation.
Veronica pondered for a moment. Then, she put out her left hand and held up three fingers.
“Deal,” Yvonne readily agreed without thinking.
“Can I go back on it? You agreed so readily.” Veronica suddenly regretted it a little. She couldn‘t help thinking that the three–million sum that she asked for was too little. Otherwise, why would Yvonne agree to her demand so readily? “I can promise you, but you must give my necklace back to me.” She didn‘t like wearing someone else‘s jewelry.
“Well… Okay. Sigh, you‘re so petty…” Yvonne muttered as she took off her necklace and gave it back to Veronica.
In the afiernoon, Veronica called Matthew on her initiative for the first time.
Sitting in his office, the man looked at the phone number displayed on his phone‘s screen. Even though the phone number wasn‘t on his phone‘s list of contacts, the familiar number had already been engraved in his mind. He answered the phone, saying, “What‘s up? Wanna come back already?” .
On this end of the line, Veronica thought for a moment while glancing hesitantly at Yvonne, who was sitting across from her. It‘s three million! It‘s all money. I‘ve got to reap every penny I could from Matthew, she thought. “Uh–huh.”
She didn‘t say anything, but she heard the man on the other end let out a chuckle. He asked, “Are you hungry? Let me treat you to lunch.”
“Alright. Let‘s meet up at Phil‘s Restaurant then.”
“Okay,” Matthew agreed without hesitation.
Veronica hung up while looking at Yvonne, who was sitting across from her, with a cheeky grin. “Don‘t you want to get to know Matthew? Pay me another one million, and I‘ll let you stay in Matthew‘s home. How about it?”
“In that case, what about 800,000?”
“That‘s too expensive.”
“700,000?”
“That‘s expensive.”
“What about 500,000? 500,000 is my bottom price. It all depends on whether you cherish this opportunity or not. Who knows? Maybe you could establish a long–time business partnership with the Kings Family.”
“Hm, you have a point. Alright then, 500,000 it is,” Yvonne replied.
Veronica‘s lips curled into a meaningful smile as she lowered her head to drink coffee.
OC
An hour later, Veronica and Yvonne were sitting in Phil‘s Restaurant‘s private room while waiting silently.
Soon Mathew showed up at the private room‘s door. As soon as he came in, he douced Yvonne.
Seeing the man coming in, Yvonne immediately stood up and greeted him, saying, “Nice to meet you, President Kings.”
Matthew gave her a slight nod while seating himself across from the two. “Have you been waiting for a long time?” He darted a glance at Veronica with what seemed like a hint of displeasure in his eyes.
Veronica turned a blind eye to this, though. “I‘m hungry, so let‘s order our meal. I‘m gonna eat whatever‘s the best and expensive.” F*ck, it pisses me off to think that this *sshole molested me yesterday.
“Okay,” Matthew replied while pressing the call button on the table.
The waitress came in, saying, “Hi, ladies and gentleman. What would you like to order:
“Please give us two servings of the most expensive single set meals,” Matthew replied, before raising his eyes to look at Yvonne. “What would you like to eat, Miss Spencer?”
“I‘m fine with anything,” Yvonne replied with a polite smile. Then, she said to the waitress, “Just give me a cacio e pepe and a French steak.”
The waitress jotted down their orders. “Please wait a moment, ladies and gentleman.” With that, she turned around and left the private room.
The private room slowly quieted down.
Finding a subject, Yvonne teased, “It‘s really enviable that you‘re on good terms with President Kings, Roni.”
“Stop flattering me. He‘s my godbrother, so just treat him as one of us.” Veronica picked up the glass of drinking water on the table and took a sip from it while casting a sidelong glance at Matthew with repressed anger.
“Oh, no wonder.” Yvonne nodded repeatedly. Then, she said to Matthew, “President Kings, you must be very happy to have such a vivacious and adorable sister.”
“Uh–huh.” Matthew‘s manner was cold. Since he rarely spoke to Yvonne, she dared not bring up the subject of the collaboration.
The three had lunch in an awkward atmosphere that made Yvonne feel incredibly
suffocated and almost out of breath. Afier leaving the restaurant, instead of driving her own car, she got into Matthew‘s car with Veronica as per what she and Veronica had agreed upon.
Sitting in the driver‘s seat, the man looked at the two ladies in the back seat, asking, “Where are you staying, Miss Spencer?“:
“…” Looking embarrassed, Yvonne threw Veronica a look to ask for help.
Grasping Yvonne‘s hint at once, Veronica immediately said, “Yvonne hasn‘t found a place to stay yet, so I‘d like to let her stay with me.”
Matthew glanced at Yvonne through the rearview mirror. Seeing that the lady was silent, he started the car and headed back to Twilight Condominium without saying a word. I just knew it! With this damn woman‘s stubborn character, why would she give in and come back after she‘d left? Turns out that she‘s got someone backing her up, huh?
After the three arrived at Twilight Club‘s second basement, Matthew parked his car, and the three took the elevator to the top–floor apartment. Even though the top–floor apartment was spacious and had many rooms, the study, the home gym, and the movie room had taken up most of the rooms, making the master bedroom and the second bedroom the only bedrooms available.
Before Matthew could speak, Veronica said, “Yvonne will be sharing a room with me from today onward.”
“As you wish.” Matthew didn‘t say anything else. Instead, he merely unbuttoned his suit jacket gracefully with his slender fingers. After taking off his suit jacket and hanging it on the coat stand, he turned around and went to the study.
After the door to the study was closed, Yvonne patted Veronica on the shoulder and asked in a whisper, “Oh, my God! So you two are living under the same roof?” She had an animated expression, as though she had pictured the story of a domineering company president falling in love with an ordinary lady in her mind.
Veronica shot a disdainful look at her. “What are you thinking about? He‘s just my godbrother, and he‘s engaged to his fiancée. Not only that, but his fiancée is already pregnant.”
“That‘s the thing. Since his fiancée is already pregnant, shouldn‘t he be living with her?” Yvonne asked.
Veronica curled her lips with a shrug. “Maybe the Kings Family is so strict with their children that only married couples can live together.”
