Chapter 442 Matthew, You Jerk
Veronica stomped toward the front yard and from that distance, she saw Matthew leaning against the gazebo by the pool. He happened to be sitting where she was sitting just now.
Veronica only glanced coldly at him before she looked away and walked off. “Grandma has an appointment for a check-up at 3.30PM. What are you going to tell her if you were to leave now?”
The man leaned sideways on the seat as he rested his elbow on the railings. He had a cigarette between his fingers as he spoke to Veronica as she stood nearby.
Almost all her anger immediately dissipated when she heard his words. Well, I did promise Grandma I would go to her check-up later with her.
After all, I know her character well. What if she gets angry and doesn’t want to go to the hospital for a checkup because I am not around?
Veronica came to a stop as she thought about this. Feeling too embarrassed to go back to the living room, she then walked in front of Matthew.
Her fair cheeks were flushed with anger and after she stood in front of him, she looked at him from her height. “Don’t you think you are going overboard, Matthew Kings? We might have broken up, but shouldn’t you have come to help me up when you saw me fall?”
She was simmering with rage for some reason.
She could feel her temper flare the moment she recalled how he only watched on when she took the heavy fall earlier.
The man flicked away the cigarette ash with his fingers before he put the cigarette onto his lips and took a drag. He then blew a faint cloud at her. “I have already helped you once just now,” he casually reminded her of how he had caught her just in time when she fell backward after bumping into him earlier.
She had pushed him away and as she took a few steps back, she accidentally stumbled on the threshold, making her fall backward again.
He definitely did not help her then.
Because…
Conrad had come.
“You…” Veronica gritted her teeth. “Did you do that intentionally? You like doing that or something?”
“Not really.”
“Then why did you—”
“Because I… don’t… like you at all,” Matthew coldly cut her off without even giving her the chance to finish her words.
His answer that he deliberately dragged on shattered the last bit of remaining hope in her heart.
After hearing his reply, Veronica only stood there stiffly, her gaze incredulous.
She couldn’t believe that this cold-blooded man she was looking at was the same Matthew who used to care so much about her.
He had changed too much within such a short period of time.
She didn’t understand what was going on. She even felt like something was amiss at some point but no matter how much she pondered over it, she didn’t know what the problem was.
She did notice how their relationship had deteriorated ever since Sasha’s appearance, though.
Perhaps, Sasha was Matthew’s true love.
“Matthew Kings, you…” Veronica pointed a finger at him. “You are such a jerk!”
As rage swallowed her whole like a forest fire and clouded her judgment, she raised her hand in a fit of anger and swung at his cheek, giving him a hard slap on the face.
A crisp, loud sound reverberated throughout the place.
Conrad, who was walking in their direction, just happened to see what was happening beside the gazebo. When he realized that, he ducked behind a plant beside him to hide himself.
The impact of the slap made Matthew turn his head to the side. Even the hair on his forehead had become messy and it fell into his face.
He slowly closed his eyes. Standing up, he brought the cigarette to his mouth again and took a deep breath before he opened his pair of sharp eyes.
He then grabbed her by the wrist and warned, “I owe you this one slap, Veronica Murphy, but if you dare overstep your boundaries again, don’t blame me for turning my back on you.”
She started to struggle out of his painfully tight hold on her, but he didn’t have the slightest intention to let go. When she finally couldn’t take it anymore, she brought a leg up and kicked him.
She put all her strength into that kick she aimed directly at him, causing him to stumble backward before he found his footing again.
“From now on, you and I don’t owe each other a thing. You will go your way, and I will go mine. Whether you live or die has nothing to do with me anymore!”
After she roared that statement with her finger pointing at him, she trampled out of the gazebo, feeling furious.
She probably wanted to vent her anger at him because of the grudge she held on him.
Veronica had thought that her mood would turn better after ranting, but the truth was completely different from her expectations.
Not only did she not feel better, she felt much worse after that.
As Veronica left the gazebo angrily, Conrad quickly backed away when he saw her approaching.
He had seen it with his own eyes how the couple not only broke up, but also had a fallout with one another.
Does this mean that I can pull Veronica over to my side now? he contemplated.
On the other hand, Veronica had started to play games on her phone after she went to a room to rest.
Not long after, a servant came over and informed her that Elizabeth was awake, leaving Veronica no choice but to stop her gaming and go to Elizabeth instead. She helped Elizabeth out of the house, and together with Matthew, the trio got into the car and headed to the hospital.
After they came to a private hospital, someone specially came to welcome Elizabeth and bring her for a series of comprehensive medical examinations.
While she was undergoing the physical examinations, Matthew and Veronica quietly sat in the lounge again as they waited.
As Veronica didn’t even want to look at Matthew, she quickly logged into her game again to play with four other players.
However, she received a call from Larry just before she pressed into the game.
“Crazy?” she called out after accepting the call.
“Demoness!” He then urgently asked, “Have you found your Grandma?”
It was only then that Veronica remembered how Larry had told her when she was leaving to message him if she had found Elizabeth.
She had somehow completely forgotten about his request.
“We found her. She’s alright. I forgot to let you know.” Veronica let out an embarrassed chuckle.
Matthew was eavesdropping on the call at the side when his ears perked up at her reply.
Who the hell is Crazy?
They seem pretty close.
“I owe you one.”
“Sure, sure. When are you free? Let me suck you dry.”
“Should we go for a movie, then? I have time these days. I promise I will be there if you are buying.”
“Sure thing. See you!”
Matthew’s mood had suddenly dampened when he noticed how cheerful Veronica was as she happily chatted with another person on the phone while she sat on a couch for one.
That guy is even asking her on a movie date!
“How unexpected for you to have found your next man so quickly.” He inquisitively brought up the subject.
Veronica was looking at her phone when she heard his odd remark. With her eyebrows raised, she asked in return, “Is there a problem? You have your Sasha, and I have my toy boy. Besides, we can act like siblings with a good relationship when Grandma is here, but now that she is not, you can totally keep your mouth shut and not utter a word.”
The last thing she wanted to do now was bother herself with Matthew.
“Is that so?” He nodded. “Having a toy boy really has made you much more confident now, but does he know that we broke up just recently?”
“Is there something wrong with your head? Am I not allowed to find another man after we break up? A toy boy, you say? It has got nothing to do with you even if I were to be with different toy boys everyday, alright?!”
