Chapter 243 Matthew’s Immense Anger
Since that was the case, Matthew didn’t want to pursue it any further.
As Veronica watched his car gradually drive off, she reached out and stroked her chin. Suddenly, she felt her face flush red.
This annoying man seemed to be behaving much more tenderly toward her than ever. Her heart raced and thudded frantically. This is too much!
…
Two days later, the charity project of Bloomstead was held at Hilton Hotel.
That afternoon, Veronica sorted out all of her work at the company and was about to leave for Hilton Hotel.
At that moment, an unknown male walked into her room and stood in front of her. “Hi, Miss Murphy, I’m Troy Ritter, and I’m President Kings’ newly appointed personal assistant. This is the gown he sent me over with.”
“Newly appointed personal assistant?”
Veronica frowned. “Thomas was doing the job well, so why was he replaced?”
The person in front of her also had the same last name as Thomas—Ritter—and he had a strong resemblance to Thomas, but he was slightly taller and darker. This man seemed to exude a righteous air. Though he wasn’t exceptionally handsome, he was quite masculine and his looks were quite comfortable on the eyes.
“The other day, that brat Thomas was rude toward you, Miss Murphy, so President Kings gave him some time off.” Troy smiled and responded politely.
“Has he been dismissed?”
“No, he has just been given some time off and has gone on a break.” Troy didn’t dare to reveal much, so he didn’t tell Veronica the truth.
Matthew had not brought up this matter with Veronica, so she didn’t bother about it too much. She took the gown from Troy and mentioned, “Thanks.”
“President Kings said he would be here later to pick you up and drive you to the event.”
“Okay.”
Veronica affirmed this, and subsequently, Troy left.
She took the gown and changed into it at the company. After doing that, she waited patiently for Matthew to arrive.
The exquisite and pretty gown she had on attracted the attention of her colleagues, and everyone was full of praise and admiration. She had no choice but to tell them that it was a rental gown.
Ten minutes later, Matthew arrived at the entrance of her company, and there was a buzz on her phone from the notification by Matthew. She instantly grabbed her square bag and walked out to get into the front passenger seat of his car.
She was dressed in a figure-hugging, strapless gown that was cinched at the waist, and the silver gown was adorned with sequins. The special material glittered slightly like the night skies as the sunlight hit the dress. It was stunning.
Matthew glanced at her, and his eyes shone at the sight of her. He was once again wowed by her stunning looks.
She looked good in anything that she donned, and she always seemed to be able to bring out the best and prettiest features of every gown that she put on. She looked just like an elegant princess coming out of the castle, and there was an air of nobility that she exuded.
“You have good taste.” Veronica was generous with her praises.
In response, he curled his lips into a slight smile and retracted his gaze. As he drove, he replied, “It fits you very well.”
Ding— As he drove, there was the sound of a text message notification on his cell phone.
His cell phone number was not generally known to many people, so it must be something urgent if the other party contacted him.
He took a look at his cell phone while waiting at the traffic lights, and he saw that it was a text message from a bank with the reminder, ‘Bank of Destor- Transaction of 328888.00 completed by Veronica Murphy on October 8th, 17:05. Your current balance…’
As soon as he saw the message, his expression instantly turned thunderous, and he turned to look at her with a cold expression in his eyes. “What do you mean by this?”
“It’s an expression of my gratitude for your help in picking out a gown for me. You’ve saved me the effort of picking out a gown by myself.” Veronica beamed at him, and her red lips curved slightly.
She had checked the price of this gown and the exact cost was 328888.
She didn’t want to have any unnecessary monetary entanglements with Matthew, so after checking the price of the gown, she swiftly transferred the amount it cost to him.
As for the gown that she had on, she didn’t remove the tags at all because she planned to return the gown to the merchant after today’s event. After all, the gown was too expensive.
He looked at her from the side of his eyes, and he kept his cold eyes intently on her without saying anything for quite some time. There were plenty of emotions masked in his dark eyes.
Meanwhile, she felt slightly apprehensive under his watchful eyes, and she turned her head in the other direction before muttering, “The light just turned green. You should start moving. The car behind us is honking loudly.”
She was quite clear that her actions would trigger his displeasure, but she honestly didn’t want to be entangled with him unnecessarily.
As for Matthew, he started the car and drove along with his eyes in front of him. He didn’t say a word at all along the way.
Veronica sensed that he was in a bad mood, so she didn’t say a word either and silently watched some videos to kill time.
Half an hour later, they finally pulled into Hilton Hotel.
The event was held at the grand hall on the second floor of Hilton Hotel.
Although it was a charity event, it was a special charity event organized by the Bloomstead local government. It was actually a cocktail party and an auction.
The benefactors donated their antiques and collector’s items to be auctioned, and then the entire proceeds from the auction would be used for charitable purposes.
The people in attendance at this charity event were the top scions of society in Bloomstead, so there was an array of luxury cars in front of the hotel entrance. Everyone had on custom-made suits or gowns, and they were dressed to the nines. It was like a fashion show.
Matthew got out of the car and looked at Veronica, who was walking in his direction. Subsequently, he lifted his arms slightly and signaled to her with his eyes.
“I don’t think this would be appropriate.”
She realized that he intended for her to hold on to his arms. Although she was his god-sister and partner for the event, she was still quite against the idea of it.
“You’re grandma’s god-granddaughter and you’re also…”
“Roni?”
Matthew hadn’t finished his sentence when suddenly someone called out her name affectionately from behind.
Both of them turned around to look and saw that it was Yvonne, dressed in a black, lace pleated dress, and she was walking quite briskly toward them in her high heels.
Perhaps it was because Veronica and Yvonne had an open and honest conversation with each other in the restaurant that their relationship was better than before. Yvonne had now started to address Veronica as ‘Roni’.
“Yvonne, you’re here as well?”
Veronica suddenly realized that Yvonne was her lifesaver, so the former intended to keep a tight grip on the latter the best she could.
As soon as Veronica realized this, an idea popped into her mind. “Are you here by yourself today during such an event? Where’s your partner?”
“President Kings, you’re here too.” Yvonne revealed a slight smile and greeted Matthew. Subsequently, she turned to look at Veronica and shrugged. “I wish I had a partner too, but unfortunately I don’t have one.”
“There is one for you!”
Veronica lifted her brows and dragged Yvonne along. Subsequently, the former shoved the latter right in front of Matthew and smiled sweetly at him. “Matthew, here’s a partner for you.”
As soon as Matthew heard her words, a cold look appeared on his face, and he glared at her with a dark look in his eyes. “I don’t need one.”
After he had said that, he flung the coat he held in his arms straight at Veronica, and somehow, it hit her squarely on the forehead. He then strode off angrily.
Meanwhile, Veronica pulled the coat off her head. She knew that this was a jacket prepared for her by Matthew. After all, it was late autumn now and the weather could get quite chilly. One would definitely freeze in the cold if they had a gown on without any jacket.
A month earlier, the temperature during the day could get up to 86 degrees, but now it had dropped to the fifties, so it was definitely hard to get used to this change in temperature.
“Roni, what are you trying to do? President King seems mad.” Yvonne nudged Veronica with her elbows to remind her.
However, Veronica draped the jacket over her shoulders and reacted quite nonchalantly. “I’m not his mother, so I’m not responsible for his emotions.”
“Matthew?”
As Veronica and Yvonne were talking about Matthew, a voice rang out and interrupted them. They saw Ruka dressed in an emerald two-piece suit, and her full cleavage was quite evident from the deep neckline of her suit. Her luscious dark hair was slightly curled and hung loosely on her shoulders. She had on a pair of red tassel earrings, which made her complexion look much prettier and more milky-white than ever. She exuded elegance.
She was in a pair of stilettos as she strode to Matthew’s side. With a tilt of her head, she curved her red lips into a wide smile. “Matthew, do you not have a partner? I don’t have one either. Let’s pair up and head inside.”
