Chapter 507 Establishing Contact with Thomas
The mysterious figure only walked stealthily toward her and they did not seem to be sneaking around, judging from the way they walked; instead, it looked as if they were about to prey.
Without waiting for Veronica to speak, the person sat down by the bed and said, “I know you’re not asleep.” She thought that the person’s silhouette seemed a bit familiar. As expected, it was Xavier.
Even though she did not respond, her body tensed up as she was wary of him. “Does it still hurt?” he asked gently and his mood was clearly different from the bloodlust tone he had in the underground cell earlier.
Still, it was a weird thing to ask, seeing that it would be impossible for her injuries to not hurt. Since Xavier knew martial arts, he kicked her with all his power while treating her as if she was his mortal enemy and nearly beating her to her demise.
Although a few hours had already passed, Veronica still felt agony all over her body. “I’m sorry,” he apologized sincerely. “I brought some ointment for you. Apply it.” He set the medicine on the table and fell into silence.
With conflicting emotions, Veronica did not know how to face him. She then asked after a long hesitation, “Then, was it not your intention to kidnap Matthew?”
She recalled that in the cell, Xavier did mention that it was not him who threatened her into coming here. This also means that someone else is behind all this.
“If I say no, would you believe me?” Xavier asked after a brief moment of silence. Understanding what he meant, Veronica asked, “Why did they kidnap Matthew and made me come here?”
“I don’t know.” “Will I die?”
“Maybe you won’t.” Xavier was not sure either, so he could not give her a concrete answer. “Is your backer the head of the triads?”
“I don’t know.”
“You don’t know or you don’t want to tell me?”
“I don’t know,” he replied truthfully as he really had zero clue.
From the simple conversation, Veronica asked a lot of questions, which she did not get any answers to, making her even more high strung and uneasy.
In the dim bedroom, one was lying down while the other was sitting in mutual silence.
In the tranquility, they could hear the footsteps of the patrol walking outside as well as the wind caressing the leaves.
Seeing that Xavier had no intention to leave, Veronica purposefully made her breathing sound more stable so as to chase him away before she could execute her rescue plan.
Yet, Xavier knew her all too well.
“The security here is very tight with a world-class security system in place. It’ll be close to impossible if you want to rescue Matthew out of here.” As he reached into his pocket, he took a cigarette out before lighting it aflame.
The dark room was suddenly illuminated and Veronica opened her eyes to find an exhausted Xavier.
The scar on his face that she left with her necklace was still clearly visible as it looked like a struggling centipede, despite the lengthy six months.
Taking in a huge drag, he snorted it out through his nose, filling the room with the smell of nicotine.
“I couldn’t care less if you broke up with Matthew for real or not, you best give up on that thought if you want to keep your life.” Xavier gave her a warning.
This, however, was precisely what Veronica was struggling with.
If Xavier really wanted to harm her like how he treated Matthew, she could easily come to terms and despise him with all her being. Yet, that was not the case as he had always been protecting her whenever he could because of all the feelings he reserved for Veronica. This was why she found it hard to hate him in spite of all that he had done, and she even shared bits of his pain.
“I’ve told you that his men are watching my family. If I can’t rescue Matthew, they will make my family disappear.” Veronica held onto this excuse.
“I’ve already sent my people to your hometown and took care of those people,” said Xavier while looking at her.
In the dim room, his frowning eyebrows were highlighted by the burning cigarette butt as he heaved another long puff.
“I don’t believe you.” Veronica did not expect that Xavier would act this fast, so she quickly thought of something else and continued, “U-Unless you let me go and I’ll make sure of my parents’ safety myself.”
Yet, her words were like a rock that sunk into the sea as it received no reply. Eventually, she found herself waiting for nothing before she lost her patience and questioned again. At that moment, Xavier flicked the cigarette ash into the ashtray and took a drag. With the cigarette in his mouth, he uttered, “You’re getting naughtier, Roni.”
Naughty?
Am I some pet of his?
“If you dare to even step out of this castle, I will immediately kill Matthew,” he warned her.
After that, Xavier did not wait for Veronica to answer as he stood and left.
Arriving at the door, he reminded before closing it shut, “Forget about rescuing Matthew. I’ve said it, the security here is airtight. Unless you can walk on air, don’t even think about it.”
Clack.
The door was shut and the room regained its silence.
As if she was dead, Veronica lay hopelessly on the bed.
From Xavier’s words, I don’t think he’ll kill Matthew today.
I still have a chance.
Two hours later, it was 3.30AM.
Locking her door from inside, Veronica went to the balcony and made sure that there was nobody patrolling nearby before she went under the camera’s blind spots and jumped down to the ground.
After passing by a road, she hid herself in the nearby bushes before carefully heading to the building in the north.
After five minutes, she successfully infiltrated to the first floor of the building and entered the study.
Before she came to the castle, Thomas had already briefed her on the layout of the place, so she found this study purely using her memory.
Switching on one of the computers in the study, Veronica quickly hacked the security system.
Just as what Xavier described, the airtight security and solid defense system required Veronica to use half an hour to hack into the mainframe.
By then, she was already sweating all over.
She first used the computer to contact Thomas in secret, sending Matthew’s exact location to him before shutting down the security system of the castle and leaving the room. Finally, she headed back to her bedroom.
The most fortunate thing was that nobody found out about her little outing.
Now, all she had to do was lie on her bed and patiently wait for Thomas’ rescue.
Even though she wanted to help, she knew that the odds were against her. Moreover, she could not ascertain the reason as to why Matthew broke up with her and she could only assume that he was involved in a bigger plan somehow.
If I just recklessly charged in, I might ruin his plans.
So, might as well I leak the news to Thomas. I believe that he will know what to do next.
The time seemed to pass by ever so slowly.
Veronica watched the sky turn from sundown to sunrise. Alas, she did not receive any message from Thomas.
At 6.30AM, she decided to get out of bed and head downstairs after which she saw Xavier in the living room.
“Have you washed up?” He was sitting on the couch and reading the newspaper.
Veronica nodded in response.
“Good. Come and have breakfast, then.” Xavier put the newspaper down and led her to the dining table.
Placed before her was an incredible spread as Xavier gave her a cup of milk. “Drink it. After this, I’m going to bring you to meet a friend.”
