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Chapter 431 Matthew’s Schemes

The conversation fell into silence until Hendrey asked in ‘surprise’, “What… Did you say? Tiffany, she’s… she’s gone?”

Although Veronica could not see his expression right now, she could already feel the sadness in him. It was not an agonizing feeling, but he could not pretend that nothing had happened before, considering the fact that he had shared a past with Tiffany.

“Her funeral is over, though.” In other words, Veronica was wondering if he was still going to return. Yet, the man merely sighed and did not reply.

“Hendrey, are you okay?”

“I just need some time alone,” he responded before hanging up the phone without hesitation. Du… Du… Du…

Now that the call had ended, she pondered, He must be in despair to know the sudden news.

She went back to the living room and sat for a while until Caleb, Skyler and Miguel arrived with the sushi. They sat on the dining table and began to revel in the food happily. Amidst the laughter of merriment, they raised their glasses and cheers. Before they realized it, they had already finished seventeen bottles of red wine.

The light drinkers—Miguel and Caleb—had passed out with one of them lying on the couch while the other on the table. Skyler held his glass and let out a hearty laughter. “Sasha, see? Caleb and Miguel are really bad at drinking. You wouldn’t be able to build up your alcohol tolerance if it wasn’t for me.”

In the meantime, Matthew drank his wine while hugging Veronica’s shoulders with one hand with her head resting on his shoulder. She was good at drinking, so she was slightly tipsy. With her leaning against his shoulder, she listened to their childhood stories attentively. It was probably because she liked him so much that she was rather curious about his past.

down the wine before setting down the glass with a thud. Fighting through the dizziness, she struggled to look at Matthew while pointing at him.

super sad about it.” A drunk Skyler was a mess as well. He could recall the memories pertaining to the duo, yet he left out the fact that Sasha had left the country for

a sip of the wine, lost her appetite. She

and Matthew was super sad about it? So…

a glance of the woman, who was leaning against him, with downcast eyes. He could tell that she was

Skyler. Matt won’t be sad because of me.” Sasha grabbed the wine bottle to fill Skyler and her glass. They toasted before downing it in

like him regardless if he was sad or not. I fell in love with him at first sight back in the

know anything. Matt… Matt loves you so much…” Skyler poured himself another glass of wine and polished it off before blabbering

do you think he would marry Tiffany? It’s because he thought she was his savior. It’s… It’s merely an

your place if you’re

Veronica. “Matt, why are you angry? Roni’s… Roni’s sleeping. Besides, I… I’m telling the truth. Only the truth! You don’t love her. You wanna marry her because her personality resembles Sasha. You know that—hiccup—You do know that Sasha’s returning, so you hooked

He hates how you left without a word, so… He

he set down the glass on the table with a thud. He patted

cheeks and realized that her wine glass was already on the table

was sure that she was ‘sleeping’ given the zero

trust me.” Skyler slammed the table before pointing at him. “Honestly, I don’t think you and Veronica suit each other. Her personality is similar to Sasha’s, but she’s not Sasha after all. Since Sasha’s back for good, you… You better not be silly and marry Veronica. If this is how you’re going to take revenge on Sasha, you won’t be able to handle