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Chapter 700 Encountering Hendrey

Peering into the far distance, Veronica could vaguely see the thin mist coiling around the mountain pass. It added a mysterious mood to the place with the help of the lights in its city center.

“Master Crayson hardly comes back here. How did he earn their trust, though?” she questioned out of the sudden.

She recalled Crayson leaving the countryside at least four times for a long period of time annually. Whenever she asked where he had gone to, he would say that he went for a trip and stayed at a friend’s place. He did not mention anything else other than that. Now that she thought about it, he might have returned to the hidden clan all along.

“He returns at least five to six times a year and those people would look for him sometimes. You might not know about this, but he has power here. No one can threaten his place.” Mateo then added, “He’s a great man.”

She coldly snorted. “He is a great man.”

Noticing her disapproval of Crayson, Mateo quickly descended the stairs and looked up at her. “Miss Murphy, you must’ve misunderstood Grandpa. He’s—”

“How old are you?” she interrupted.

two days older than me,” he

with the polite way of him addressing her, yet she felt

seems like you know a

much, but I mostly heard it from Grandpa. He says that you’re an

the honorifics. Just address me

“Oh. Sure, Roni.”

was rendered speechless as she never knew that they were this close to have him

continue the topic further as she remained indifferent to

before, were a whole new world to her. Even so, she was not in a state of mind to enjoy the mood due to the heavy

Murphy?” someone called her

see Tiffany standing behind her. There was another

expected to see

blue buttoned shirt and a blue embroidered floral skirt. The silver cap on her had a silver tassel dangling

shade as his black head scarf, making the man as handsome