Chapter 366 Veronica Chases Matthew Away
When Veronica saw the people who showed up at the front door, she was stunned. Shouldn’t he already be abroad? “Why are you here?” She simply asked coldly, and there was not much of a happy look on her face.
“Hey, Veronica. Merry Christmas!” Like always, the talkative Skyler warmly greeted her. When Caleb saw Veronica, he just greeted her by nodding slightly.
As for Miguel, he kept his composure. “Merry Christmas. Sorry for the abrupt intrusion as we come here without notice.”
Matthew stared at her with mixed emotions as he stood before Veronica bearing gifts. After a while, only then did he speak, “I’m here to see Mr. and Mrs. Murphy.”
In the meantime, Veronica stood by the door and held the door with both hands. It was as if she had no intention of welcoming them. “Are you that close with my parents? You don’t need to visit them.”
When she recalled the day she accidentally saw Matthew being intimate with a woman and even lied to her on the phone. She felt that she didn’t know him all that well.
But it’s perfect this way as it just so happens that I feel that I’m not worthy of Matthew either. So, I should end things here once and for all.
Once she finished speaking, the four men all had different expressions on their faces. Finally, their gazes landed upon Matthew. Only Skyler pouted out of guilty conscience and dared not utter a sound.
At this moment, he was almost certain that Veronica must have seen the content of the video in the hospital that day.
It was just that her reaction at that time was too calm. Now that Skyler recalled it carefully, he felt that her calm state was horrifying.
“Roni, you—I-I have been busy recently and couldn’t accompany you…”
Matthew did not understand why Veronica was mad at him to the point that she constantly refused to answer his calls and reply to his messages.
At once, the man’s intuition told him that something was off. Therefore, he immediately took a flight and flew back home.
“Since your homies are here, let me just set some things straight. The trial period agreed upon by us is three months, but I can tell you my conclusion now. I have concluded that you and I are not suitable for each other, so let’s just break up. Also, you guys better hurry up and go back. There’s no place for you guys to sleep, considering I won’t let any of you stay overnight,” Veronica said calmly.
At this moment, Daniella’s voice came from the living room and asked, “Roni, who’s outside?”
“No one, Mom.” She turned her head back and responded. Afterward, she glanced at Matthew coldly again, shut the door with a ‘bang’, and locked the clasp. The action was ruthless and heartless.
If Matthew had not stepped back in time, he would have slammed his nose against the door.
Veronica turned back, headed straight to the living room, and ignored them.
Veronica’s thoughts wandered off as she sat in the living room and watched the Christmas show. In her mind, she thought, It’s the 24th of December today, yet the four of them gave up the opportunity to spend Christmas with their family and drove all the way here?! Am I too cruel for shutting them out?
Whoosh—pop!
Suddenly, the sound of fireworks sounded outside.
When Veronica looked back, she saw fireworks shooting into the sky in the front yard. The fireworks exploded and bloomed all over the sky, which was absolutely gorgeous.
Daniella frowned at the sound of fireworks as she asked curiously, “Roni, who’s setting off fireworks at the door?”
Veronica scratched her nose sheepishly upon hearing Daniella’s inquiry. She knew that it would be impossible for her to hide things from Daniella, so she replied candidly, “It’s Matthew and his friends.”
“What? Little Roni, Matthew is here? Why didn’t you invite him into the house? Such a mischievous young lady,” Daniella reprimanded Veronica.
While saying that, she went to open the door.
Veronica immediately gripped Daniella’s hand as she briefly explained the situation. “Mom, Matthew, and I aren’t of equal social rank, and we belong to utterly different worlds. So, it’s not suitable for us to be together at all. What will that mean if you open the door now and let him in? Does that mean I agree to be with him or disagree to be with him?”
After Daniella heard Veronica’s side of the story, she nodded and sighed. “Yeah, you’re right. We’re an average family. It’s already overwhelming enough that you could claim ties with Old Mrs. Kings by becoming her god-daughter. How can you get married to Matthew?”
“I’ll handle this myself. But, mom, you go to bed first.” Veronica looked at her with rare seriousness.
Daniella hesitated for a moment before she smiled in gratification. “Roni, you have grown up wanting to take care of things yourself in the future. Okay, I’ll go to bed first.”
Of course, Daniella wouldn’t be sleeping after hearing such information. She simply wanted to give Veronica the space she needed to deal with the situation outside.
“Good night, Mom.”
Daniella hummed, entered the bedroom, and closed the door behind her.
Then, Veronica got up and walked to the living room corridor. As she stood there, she watched the fireworks blooming outside and felt very uncomfortable.
But I have made a decision. I won’t go back on my own words.
Finally, she returned to the house and continued to wait for Christmas Day.
During this period, Matthew kept calling and texting her. Yet, Veronica ignored them all and eventually blocked him.
In fact, she did not even reply to a single message sent by Skyler. Furthermore, she rejected all his voice calls. Eventually, Skyler was also yet another contact on her blacklist.
Later, Veronica sat in silence as she waited until the clock struck midnight and the host of the Christmas show on TV started wishing everyone a Merry Christmas. Only then did she hold a tray of firecrackers weighing 10,000-ton and lit them up in the yard. First, she cautiously lit the firecrackers. Then, she immediately ran to the corridor to watch the firecrackers crackle and explode as they flashed sparkling firelights.
Once she lit all the firecrackers, the whole yard was filled with the smell of gunpowder smoke. When that was over, she simply whispered lightly, “Merry Christmas, Veronica.”
She wished herself a Merry Christmas. After that, she went into the house without looking back and went straight to bed.
According to the Christmas tradition in Bloomstead, one should not turn off the lights at night.
Hence, she lay on the bed and was bored. As she constantly thought about the guys outside, she became increasingly agitated. Therefore, she switched on her computer and started playing games. She stayed up until 4 or 5:00AM, and only then could she fall asleep.
Finally, she was able to fall asleep. However, Veronica only slept for a while until she was woken up by her phone.
She opened her phone and saw a bunch of Christmas wishes.
First, it was the Legion of Vin’s group chat. One of the members of the group mentioned Veronica. ‘Merry Christmas, Boss! Give us our presents.’
‘President Murphy, Merry Christmas! We want presents!’
‘Guess what’s missing for my Christmas? Of course, it’s a present. I’m tagging and mentioning all three bosses here. Please give us our presents.’
‘President Murphy, what about the year-end bonus? Is there any year-end bonus?’
…
Later, the chat group of Vincere Games became lively too.
‘Merry Christmas, everyone!’
‘I hope your Christmas is filled with joy this year!’
‘How time flies. It’s already the final week of this year.’
‘Dear my fellow bosses, Merry Christmas, and don’t forget about our present.’
‘Guys, what are we waiting for? Let the gift exchange session begin!’
…
Following the other two chat groups, the Encounters Bridal Store’s chat group seemed boisterous as well.
‘President Murphy, wishing you a Christmas that’s merry and bright!’
‘Yahoo! Let the exchange of presents begin!’
‘Boom! Here are some gift cards. Come and grab them!’
Suddenly, one of the employees mentioned Veronica in the group chat. ‘President Murphy, come on out and give us some benefits!’
…
Back then, many colleagues left the group chat when Veronica announced the closure of Encounter Bridal Store. However, Matthew took over the company’s operation later.
And thus, Veronica directly retained some colleagues in the group and gave them paid leaves. Hence, there were still quite several colleagues in the group.
Later, she received a text from Hendrey. ‘Merry Christmas!’
After Hendrey, it was Ruka. ‘Merry Christmas! I’ll throw you a welcoming dinner once you’re back in Bloomstead later.’
Shortly after, Veronica received a Christmas wish from Sean. ‘Merry Christmas! Although you’re Starshine Media Agency’s newcomer, according to the rules of Starshine Media Agency, everyone will receive their Christmas presents in monetary forms.’
Subsequently, Monica also texted and wished Veronica. ‘President Murphy, thank you for helping to save my son. Here’s my Christmas present for you. It’s my token of appreciation, so you must take it. Merry Christmas! I hope your holiday season is full of peace, joy, and happiness.’
Apart from all the above, Veronica also received Christmas wishes from Shirley, Elizabeth, Conrad, and Yvonne, respectively.
While holding her phone, Veronica read through all the messages one after another. It was as if her phone was about to explode from the number of incoming messages. At that moment, she felt a migraine incoming as she wasn’t used to all of these.
Veronica lay on the bed as she took her phone and checked the presents that they gave to her one by one. As most of them were monetary, she basically logged into her Venmo account and checked the money wired to her by her friends. Once she went through her statement, she realized she received 1,000 from Sean, 888 from Hendrey, 100,000 from Elizabeth, 5,000 from Monica, and a million from Matthew.
One by one, Veronica thanked those who gave her monetary presents by wiring the money into her Venmo. She even personally gave Elizabeth a call and wished her a Merry Christmas.
