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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

to leave, she didn’t turn around to leave but lifted her head

eventually, and no matter who got hurt, it was not what

turned

in the pockets of the bathrobe and stared at her. “Listen

him to say, but even when he didn’t, she knew about his tragic past and

I want to ask. Are

he parted his lips

all her memories

found out her identity and pretended to be her boyfriend in front of her stepmother, right until he and Matthew came to save her in

did that provoked Matthew, he started taking revenge on the Crawfords and Xavier