Chapter 311 The Awkward Call
Veronica was so popular right now, so if she became an internet broadcaster and sold some products, surely she would be able to earn a lot.
She felt slightly regretful at the moment.
If she wasn’t restricted by her identity, she would definitely take this opportunity to engage the crowd and introduce Vincere Games to them. Perhaps then she would be able to make some money from her current popularity. Unfortunately, she could not do so under her current circumstances.
She arrived back home and rested for a moment before her cell phone chimed.
She grabbed her cell phone to take a look, and she saw that it was Elizabeth on the line.
Veronica furrowed her neat brows and remained lost in thought. Since the start of her trouble, Elizabeth had not contacted her at all, but right now…
She thought of everything that Matthew had done for her, and she couldn’t help thinking that perhaps it was done under the instructions of Elizabeth in private.
“Hi, Grandma.”
As soon as the phone was put through, Veronica greeted Elizabeth affectionately.
For some reason, each time she spoke on the phone with Elizabeth, she felt a sense of familiarity. Perhaps it was because Elizabeth was an affable person and Veronica got along well with her.
“Veronica, you must have been in so much torment for the past two days. I didn’t contact you for the past two days, so are y-you… mad at me?” Elizabeth smiled warmly, and she seemed quite kind.
“Of course not! I just hope you haven’t found me a nuisance.” Veronica stood in front of the window and looked at the night skies outside. She couldn’t help heaving a huge sigh.
“I knew about your matter from the start of everything. I purposely went to see that brat Matthew on your behalf, but he said that he wanted you to go through this as training, so he refused to interfere. This is all his fault!”
Elizabeth suddenly realized that Matthew’s silly suggestion was such a bad idea. “Come to think of it, you’re a girl, and all those speculations were indeed very damaging to your reputation.”
“Grandma…”
Veronica pursed her lips and hesitated before saying, “Actually, Matthew helped me a lot secretly.”
“Oh? Is that so? That’s great then. Hahaha. That’s great!” Elizabeth was in great spirits as soon as she heard her mention that Matthew had helped her a lot secretly.
She instantly responded, “It’s quite late now and I feel bad for making you worry about me. It’s late, so you should go to bed. I’ll pop by to visit you tomorrow.”
“Sure! That’s great. I haven’t seen you for so many days and I miss you.”
“Okay, I’ll go back to visit you tomorrow.”
After she had chatted with Elizabeth for a while, she hung up the phone.
Veronica was worried that her adoptive parents back in her hometown would worry, so she gave them a call and explained the situation briefly.
Finally, she managed to alleviate the worries of the Murphy couple.
She sensed that their anxious feelings had dissipated and they had calmed down significantly, so she hung up the phone after realizing that.
She sat in bed and switched on her computer to conduct a video conference with the other partners of Vincere Games.
The various partners started off by expressing concern for her situation over the past two days, and then they discussed some company matters. It was only when they had finished the discussion did Veronica end the call.
She lay in bed and played on her cell phone. She couldn’t help but click into Matthew’s WhatsApp profile.
She recalled that night when he had handed over the flash drive with the evidence to her. It had been late at night and bitterly cold then, but he had silently done so much for her without even taking credit for anything. She felt quite bad about that.
She tapped into a conversation with him and typed, ‘Are you asleep?’
She studied those words carefully for quite some time before finally pressing backspace.
Subsequently, she altered the text message, ‘What have you been busy with lately?’
After she had typed that sentence, she hesitated for quite some time about whether or not she should press send. Finally, she deleted the words slowly.
“Gosh! This is so frustrating!”
She scratched her head frustratedly, and finally, she ended up dialing Matthew’s number.
“Doo. Doo. Doo.”
His cell phone went off, and even though it was just a short moment, she found that the time seemed to drag on. Suddenly, his face popped into her mind.
She envisioned his indifferent look as he spoke coldly, “It’s the middle of the night, so why did you call me?”
He generally handled things quite abruptly and lacked affability, so after some consideration, she instantly hung up the phone. Forget about it! I shouldn’t call him. I wouldn’t know what to say to him if he answered the phone.
At that moment, on the other end, Matthew had just come out of the bathroom with a bathrobe on. He walked toward his desk and was about to answer his phone when the ringtone suddenly stopped abruptly.
He took up his phone to take a look and was quite surprised to find that it was a missed call from Veronica.
His almond-shaped eyes instantly curved into a smile, and there was also a slight smile on his lips.
He kept his eyes on the red indication of a missed call on his call log, and he remained silent for a few seconds before calling her number.
Doo—
“Hi.”
As soon as the call was put through, Veronica answered the phone almost instantly.
Matthew’s expression turned solemn and the smile on his face disappeared as he asked in a low voice, “It’s the middle of the night. Why did you call me?”
At that moment, Veronica was significantly speechless. Indeed! I was right! She couldn’t help suspecting that she was able to read his mind to be so familiar with his ways.
Awkwardly, she reached out to stroke her nose as she picked her nails anxiously with the other hand. “Uhh… E-Everything’s fine. I’m just…”
I’m just what?! For a moment there, her brain whirred as she tried to come up with the words to say, but her mind was blank.
Finally, she replied, “I dialed the wrong number.”
Matthew was rendered speechless by that, and his expression instantly turned ugly.
He clenched his slender fingers tightly on the phone as he held it by his ears, and he remained silent for a moment. He seemed to be waiting for the woman on the other end to start a topic.
However, Veronica kept silent as well.
He waited for quite some time but didn’t hear her utter anything, so he asked, “If you don’t have anything to say, is it fine for me to hang up?”
“Ah? Oh… That’s fine. Bye.”
“Okay.”
As such, their phone call ended abruptly.
Veronica lifted her hand and placed it on her forehead. Subsequently, she smacked her forehead. “Gosh! Why couldn’t I even come up with a thank you.”
This was the first time ever that she found it so hard to come up with a ‘thank you’.
…
The accident at the wedding was finally resolved for Veronica.
The next morning, she went to the hospital to pay Jackson and Emma a visit. However, Jackson’s and Emma’s hands were injured in the explosion, and they were undergoing skin graft surgery.
Despite her sincere apologies and offer of compensation, the Leonard Family refused it.
Although Damien was the mastermind behind this incident, it had happened at the wedding location she had organized, so from a humanitarian perspective, she had to provide compensation.
In the end, she offered a million to the Leonards as compensation, but to the Leonard Family, that was a measly amount of money, so they refused to accept it.
Resigned, she had no choice but to leave the hospital.
Surprisingly, she bumped into several reporters, so she answered their questions frankly before driving off.
She went back to Encounters and stood in the middle of the messy place as she recalled how perfect the place was a few days ago.
In just a few days, the company that she had started up was single-handedly destroyed.
“Veronica?”
Suddenly, Shirley turned up and called out her name from behind.
Veronica turned around to see Shirley there, and the former was slightly surprised. “Shirley? Why are you here?”
“You instructed me to keep Monica company, but she has gone back to her parents’ house. I had nothing to do, so I came back to take a look at the place. I didn’t expect to bump into you here.”
Shirley beamed, and she seemed to give off the fresh aura of a newly-graduated university student. She exuded a fresh and wonderful feeling.
Veronica walked to stand in front of Shirley and placed a hand on the latter’s shoulder. Subsequently, Veronica heaved a sigh, “Gosh. Our company’s gone. You should start to find another job.”
