Chapter 231 An Unclimbable Wall
“Mr. Con…”
Seeing Conrad appear nearly made Veronica call him ‘Mr. Conrad’ by instinct. However, upon remembering that she was now the god-granddaughter of the Kings Family, she should naturally address Conrad as ‘Uncle’.
Smiling, she greeted Conrad. “Hello, Uncle Conrad.”
Matthew only matched his gaze with Conrad’s as he nodded in greeting.
“I’ve heard about your incident with Matthew. I had planned on visiting you two during the past few days, but I’ve been so busy dealing with the affairs of the company as Matthew’s stand in. I think you won’t blame me for that, will you, Roni?”
Conrad wore a white shirt today and matched his casual gray suit with a pair of gold-framed glasses to give off an air of maturity and sophistication. Paired with his mixed-blood origin, he looked like an elegant vampire.
Even though Veronica had gotten used to Matthew’s good looks, she still thought that Conrad’s devilish attractiveness had its own charms.
Especially when Conrad was only nine years older than her, but he still referred to her as ‘Roni’. This made her feel a bit of affection.
I don’t think he and I are too close.
Yet, since I’m considered half his niece now, it’s only natural he would address me like this.
“You jest, Uncle. Why would I mind?”
Veronica shook her head.
“Alright now, it’s quite cold outside, so let us not stand here any further and have our meal inside.” Elizabeth held her hand before they all sat at the table and began to eat.
Out of concern for Elizabeth’s weakening body, Matthew and Veronica had discussed before coming here that they would not disclose what happened in the secret basement to her, or she might get worried.
“Roni, what is your current occupation? Matthew and I are thinking of letting you come to work at Spinfluence Group. What’s your opinion on this?”
Elizabeth chatted with Veronica while eating.
“N-No, I’m doing fine at my company.”
Slurping the mushroom soup, Veronica shook her head vehemently. “Grandma, I have my own job. I don’t need to go to Spinfluence to work.”
She did not want to see Matthew every day because she thought it would be depressing.
Besides, she was managing a bridal company with over twenty employees, so she needed to stay there and continue developing her career.
This was all so that when her company got big enough, she could open a branch in her hometown, and then she could finally go back and keep her foster parents company.
“That’s nice. When you’re thinking of quitting, just tell me or Matthew. We’ll arrange a job for you at the company. You can treat it as training as well.”
Elizabeth tapped on the back of Veronica’s hand and smiled kindly.
“Mother’s suggestion is not bad.” Conrad also agreed with Elizabeth before he continued, “If you don’t want to work at Matthew’s company, you can also come to mine.”
Even though Matthew was set as the current president of Spinfluence Group, nobody could predict who would come to control it in the future.
As for Conrad, he had also set up his own company that was doing fine thanks to the support of Spinfluence Group.
“Thank you, Grandma and Uncle Conrad.”
Veronica then raised her glass of juice before toasting Elizabeth and Conrad while smiling brightly.
Yet, she knew deep inside that working at Spinfluence Group was not an option. As for Conrad’s company, it was a more dangerous choice that one must not approach.
It was just that she still had to agree to this to keep up appearances.
Hearing this, Matthew landed his gaze on Veronica before directing it to Conrad with an inexplicable expression. In the end, he chose not to speak.
After lunch, Veronica accompanied Elizabeth as they walked around the garden. A while later, Elizabeth stated that she was a bit tired and went for a nap.
Then, Veronica and Matthew were about to leave the residence in their respective cars. Nonetheless, just as she was about to bid farewell to Matthew at the entrance, the man only threw his keys to Thomas and got into her car.
Sitting in the driver’s seat, Veronica looked perplexedly at Matthew. “Why are you in my car?”
“Let’s go. I’m bringing you to a place.”
“A place? What place?”
“You’ll know when you get there.” The man did not want to divulge anything.
Even though Veronica was a tad annoyed, she did not say anything and just drove under Matthew’s directions. Finally, they reached a private estate after twenty minutes.
It was a Baroque-styled castle, with the gate adorned with floral engravings. Standing at the entrance, one could see a fountain with a pair of dolphins on it as the surroundings were filled with all kinds of flora and fauna.
Veronica stood at the entrance and looked at Matthew. “Is this your home?”
Yet, the man only said to her, “Come in.”
The two entered as Veronica saw that the Baroque-styled castle had a private golf course, swimming pool, garden, gazebo, and anything else that one could think of.
The inside of the castle was also very well-designed, featuring a grand-looking chandelier with lights bounced off the obsidian floor tiles propping up the display case, which housed all kinds of antiques, as the spiral staircase had a few famous paintings.
The interior of the castle had given rise to the words ‘filthy rich’. It could only be more extravagant if one chose to cover it in gold.
The most important thing was that in a city like Bloomstead where land was a premium, he managed to own such a massive private mansion. He really is… insanely wealthy.
Veronica’s only thought came to mind, Are all wealthy people insane?
“Do you live here alone?”
Veronica looked like a country bumpkin as she was shocked by every detail of the place.
It would be nice if I also had this kind of money.
“Pick a room that you like. You can live here from now on,” said Matthew, while he was giving Veronica a tour of the villa.
“A room that I like?” Stunned, Veronica pointed at herself. “You mean to say that I can live here from now on?”
Even though the sudden news overwhelmed her with joy, she quickly shook her head in disapproval afterward. “No need. I can find a place… It’s too far from my company, so it’ll be an inconvenience.”
She wanted to say that she could find a place of her own. However, now that Matthew was her ‘god-brother’, he could just order her around.
So, she came up with an excuse on the spot.
In reality, Veronica had heard about this private estate before, and she knew that it was a rich person’s home, which they had invested millions upon millions to build. She had never thought that it actually belonged to Matthew, though.
Yet, it was true that there was a certain distance between here and her workplace.
If there was no traffic, it would take thirty minutes; but if one encountered the peak hour traffic, it would take at least fifty minutes.
Coincidentally, the shortcut to Encounters from Spinfluence was also the fastest way to get back.
“I’ll pick you up after work from now on.” Matthew interrupted Veronica.
The reason he was staying at Twilight Condominium was because there was still ongoing construction here. With the workers still redecorating the garden, there were a lot of people, so Matthew did not stay here.
It was only a few days earlier that the garden was completed.
