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Chapter 357 To Die at the Prime of Her Life

“Yvonne, Roni is leaving. Better bid her goodbye if you haven’t,” said Conrad. Veronica gave Yvonne a side glance but didn’t turn to look at her. Instead, she strode past the man and left without saying another word.

‘Sometimes, one has to walk to the end of the route that they had chosen no matter how much they will regret it later.’ That was Veronica’s last advice for Yvonne.

Yvonne couldn’t help feeling disappointed as she watched Veronica leave. She walked toward Conrad’s side. “Conrad, how will we clear the misunderstandings between you and Roni? It hurts me to see you guys going against each other. S-She’s a good friend.”

After all, the girls had been through hardships together, and she liked Veronica. “Time will heal everything.” He stroked her hair and gently pushed her into his arms as he reassured her

She indulged in the warmth and his scent with closed eyes as she pressed her cheek against his chest. “Conrad, I believe that we will clear up the misunderstandings one day, and things will return to their rightful place.”

“I think the same too, but Roni is being paranoid. I don’t know what to do with her.” A calculative Conrad was on the move again. “She doesn’t trust me, let alone Matthew. So, the projects I had with Spinfluence Group are called off.”

“What?” Yvonne pushed herself away from his embrace, frowning in confusion. “What do you mean? Why do you say that both of them don’t trust you?”

She couldn’t quite wrap her head around it.

“Don’t you know what kind of relationship they have right now?”

“What kind of relationship? Matthew is Roni’s god-brother,

photo we saw on the news? The guy next to Matthew was Little Roni. She was

man?!” She raised her

“You didn’t know about that? You were still close with her. Didn’t

Yvonne shook her head. “No. But are you sure, Conrad? The person in the photo was a man! How could it possibly be Roni? You must’ve made a mistake. If she truly wants to be with Matthew, there’s no need for her to hide their relationship. Besides, the scandal has affected Spinfluence Group negatively. Grand-Auntie was so livid that

conceived his child, she should change the way she

she would’ve told you because you were still close back then.” Conrad shook his head, pretending to be confounded. “Mom knew about it. Otherwise, she would’ve held Matthew responsible for

she didn’t tell me such an important matter?

out an ambiguous smile as though his scheme

Roni now and ask why she didn’t tell me about it. Does she even think of me as

reasons. Nothing good will

the news broke out, we were still best friends, and I called her to comfort her. I even scolded Matthew! I guess I acted like

given her the last advice when she went to Veronica’s place. She was now certain that Veronica was trying

with determination. “Conrad,

cupped her cheeks and responded gently, “Yes.

worry about those.