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Chapter 853 Held the Grudge for Too Long

From Xavier’s look, it was obvious that he had just woken up. Only then did Veronica know that Matthew didn’t look for him.

“Um… I…” she stammered and tried her best to think of a reason. In the end, she lied. “I couldn’t sleep, so I wanted to call you to thank you, but your phone couldn’t be reached. I thought you were in danger, so I came here to check on you.” She still didn’t mention anything about Matthew.

With his hand on the door handle, he recalled everything that had happened a few hours ago with a clear mind. Suddenly, his gaze turned dark, and he demanded coldly, “Are you saying a liar will care about me? Haha. Am I supposed to thank you?”

Suddenly, he estranged himself from her because of Matthew’s fake death and all the lies she told him.

“Xavier…” She whispered his name and raised her head to look at him. The moment she looked him in the eyes, she could feel the iciness emanating from them. After just a glance, she lowered her head in guilt. “I know I lied to you, but you and Matt hate each other. I knew what we wanted, so the only thing I could do was hide it from you.”

moved at all. “Please

leave but lifted her head and asked with anticipation,

no matter who got hurt, it was not what Veronica wanted to see. Everything would be sorted

he turned around to look in the direction of the bedroom before walking out and softly closing the

hands in the pockets of the bathrobe and stared at her.

were difficult for him to say, but even when he didn’t, she knew about his tragic past and his sister, Melissa’s

want to ask. Are we still friends?”

After a few seconds, he parted his lips and answered, “A few

Disappointment flashed in her eyes, and all her memories with him came into her

the moment they met at the Twilight Club, this childe didn’t despise her ‘ugly’ look after she dressed up, and then he found out her identity and pretended to be her boyfriend in front of her

they became good friends eventually. After that, because of those things that Melissa did that provoked Matthew, he started taking revenge on the Crawfords and Xavier kidnapped