Chapter 236 Thomas Revealed the Truth
Matthew’s refusal wasn’t something unexpected. Veronica leaned against her chair and looked at the documents with a frown. “If I weren’t Grandma’s god-granddaughter, the company wouldn’t have achieved such a success. As much as I am grateful to you, I am indebted to the Kings Family. Nonetheless, I can’t deny that it’s a burden too.”
She laid out her genuine thoughts without hiding. “It’s your call whether you want to accept the offer or not.”
If Matthew didn’t sign it, she would shut down the company due to the guilt of receiving the money.
Suddenly, a knock resounded on the door, and a waiter walked inside to serve the food. Veronica thrust the documents back into her bag before pointing at the dishes. “Let’s eat. The filet steak is amazing. Try it.”
Veronica poured Matthew a glass of wine before raising her wine glass and smiling sweetly. “Anyway, thank you so much.”
While his eyes were fixated upon her, he wasn’t feeling as happy as he was when he first stepped into the restaurant. Mixed feelings were churning in his stomach as he silently raised his glass in a toast to her.
After polishing off the drink in one-go, she exclaimed, “The wine’s not bad. I guess I should dig in now.”
Humming in response, he savored the sweetness in his mouth. As incisive as he had always been, he noticed the exhaustion behind that wry smile on her face. He then gazed out of the window, drifting into a pensive rumination.
When they first met, there was a dazzling smile on her face all the time, as though no pall of sorrow could ever rein her in. Yet, she rarely smiled nowadays, and it pained Matthew to realize that.
Throughout the meal, they conversed lightly about the trivias before separating ways to their own companies.
Holding the unsigned contract, Veronica arrived at her store. Before she could even announce the sad news, Thomas dropped by her place.
“Miss Murphy.” The man in a suit strode into the store and made his way to Veronica, who happened to be in the hall on the first floor.
She turned to him in confusion. “Mr. Ritter, what brings you here?”
“I have something for you. Can we talk privately at your office?”
“Sure. This way.” She nodded before giving her assistant an order. “Shirley, please bring us some coffee.”
While Shirley went to prepare them some coffee, they headed upstairs to the office. Along the way, Veronica inquired, “Did Matthew ask you to come?”
“Yes.” Thomas let out a smle. “So, here I am to relay the good news.”
After entering the office, they sat opposite each other. With a business smile, Veronica piped up, “What good news?”
The enigmatic smile on Thomas’ face was beaming so brightly, as if he couldn’t suppress the gleeful feeling in his chest. He placed two documents before her. “Young Master Matthew mentioned that the business at your bridal store has been pretty good recently, so he would like to be a shareholder. However, considering that the store is quite small, he asked someone to rent the abutting ten-storey building for ten years. He especially noted that you must fill in the share rights by yourself.”
“Ten-years rental?” She was awestruck by someone’s generosity.
Renting a ten-storey building for ten years in this kind of place? Is he trying to monopolize the industry in the city?
“Yes, for ten years.” Thomas nodded with certainty.
Veronica sifted through the contract, only to find the equity division still blank under the written terms. She hadn’t filled it in yet, but Matthew had already signed it beforehand.
While she was focusing on going through the contract, Thomas added, “Young Master Matthew said it is up to you.”
However, he had already jumped to conclusions in his head. I bet someone greedy like her will have the lion’s share. She’s not going to pass up such an opportunity.
“Since he has rented the place, I should sign the contract, of course.”
Matthew was a businessman who only had his eyes on promising projects. Judging from how he had rented a ten-storey building for a decade, he knew how much profit was ahead of them.
She took a pen and flipped open the document again to fill in the blank space. However, just as she was going to sign her name on it, Thomas piped up, “Miss Murphy, what do you think of Young Master Matthew?”
“He’s a nice guy.”
“After working for him for so many years, it’s my first time witnessing how he treats someone nicely.” Thomas smiled sheepishly as he blurted out the implicit words.
Remaining silent, Veronica merely glanced at him coldly.
Then, he asked the very question, “How are you going to divide the equity, Miss Murphy?”
At that, she stopped short and looked at him dangerously. “Mr. Ritter, are you trying to teach me how to handle things?”
From the moment he passed over the documents, she was aware of his whirring mind as his curious gaze had given him away, but she forbore from breaking the ice by ignoring it.
As he had not expected such a direct and indifferent question, Thomas pursed his lips before flashing a wry smile. “It’s a misunderstanding, Miss Murphy.”
Next, he zipped his lips under her scorching gaze. It wasn’t until then that Veronica wrote ‘95%’ on the paper.
Bang!
In a fit of rage, Thomas slammed the table. “Don’t you think that you’ve gone overboard, Miss Murphy? If it wasn’t for Young Master Matthew, do you think your bridal store could’ve done the same? The rent alone surpasses millions. It will be a massive amount of money, including the renovation. Do you think that everything comes for free, Miss Murphy?”
His brusque action startled her, but she smiled sarcastically in return. Paying no heed to him, she continued filling up the contract.
Meanwhile, the man stared at her while grumbling furiously, “When you were kidnapped on the cruise back then, Young Master Matthew relinquished a contract worth billions and took a flight from Castron immediately just to save you; he risked his life to rescue you when there was a deluge in the Dawnpol Village; besides, he found out about your insomnia, so he elft the underground chamber and…”
At the mention of the underground chamber, Thomas suddenly recalled Matthew’s warning, and he immediately glossed it over by saying, “Young Master Matthew went to lengths to find you the medicine, but he didn’t tell you in case you might feel a burden. Not only that, he even hired some people to live as your parents’ neighbors just to keep them safe. He sacrificed so much for you, but how can you repay his kindness in this way?”
Veronica’s hand stopped when she heard that. Her eyes glazed over as his words kept ringing in her ears.
