Chapter 123
Xavier sensed from Veronica‘s doleful expression that something was wrong. Concerned, he asked, “What‘s the matter?”
“Nothing. It‘s just that I ate too much at lunchtime, so I‘m not hungry yet at the moment.” Veronica gave him a perfunctory smile. Then, she pointed at the documents on her desk, saying, “I‘m reading these documents. I‘ll be going home to sleep after a while.”
“Okay. In that case, I‘ll stay here with you. As it happens, I don‘t feel like eating either.” Xavier came and sat down next to her. Darting a look at the documents on her desk, he said, “Is there anything you don‘t understand? I can explain it to you.” He knew that Veronica had something on her mind, but instead of asking her about it, he merely kept her company in silence as she worked late.
After they finished work, Xavier took Veronica to have some late–night snacks and drove her “home.”
Veronica told Xavier she was staying in an alley across from Twilight Club, but after Xavier left, she returned to Matthew‘s Twilight Condominium. At first, she wanted to refuse the man‘s offer to drive her home, but she really couldn‘t resist his raging enthusiasm.
It was pitch–dark inside when she entered the apartment. In the dim light from the outside, Veronica took off her shoes and walked over to the living room sofa wearily. Lying down on the sofa, she closed her eyes without saying a word.
Ring! Just then, her cell phone rang in her pocket. She took out her cell phone, only to see that it was an incoming call from Xavier. “Bro? What‘s the matter?” she asked languidly while resting her head on the sofa‘s armrest.
“Where are you?”
am I?” Veronica was startled; she didn‘t understand why Xavier would ask such a
the other end of the line. Then, he continued with a slight drawl in a way that seemed meaningful, “I‘m asking you where your place is. I‘d like to visit your
on the sofa, thinking, Could he have learned something? She
I‘m a bit tired, so I‘m going to sleep, And besides, I‘m renting the place with a few other girls, so it‘d be improper for you to
We‘ll talk about it
“Good night.”
up. Thinking that she had worried too much, she
his hand, he stared hard at
on the laptop. After opening the browser, she keyed in a URL and entered a mysterious website, reading the information on the website while carefully keeping a
door to the study
the same time, however, she surreptitiously closed the website and quickly removed the traces of her having visited the website. Then, she switched to an online novel website that she had opened beforehand, pretending to
a black shirt paired with a dark–colored casual necktie, Matthew strode toward Veronica with his sleeves rolled up to his elbows. As he walked, he loosened his necktie and undid the two buttons on his collar. His muscular chest was partly hidden and partly visible, and it, along with his outrageously good–looking face, made him appear as noble and aloof as a perfect Prince Charming that came straight
who was immune to men‘s masculine charm, couldn‘t help being fascinated by
help narrowing
“How could you read this
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