Chapter 468 Each Takes What He Needs

Veronica was reminded of the ‘wild’ things that went down in the cave earlier as she stared at Matthew’s figure. She couldn’t stop herself from blushing, and there was even an odd sense of joy that bubbled within her as she thought about it. Right then, Skyler came over with a bottle of beer. “Here you go. You’ll have to finish three bottles as punishment,” he teased.

“Fine, fine. It’s my fault, anyway.” She took the beer from him and chugged it while thinking… Doesn’t Matthew like Sasha? Why would he get involved with me? Is this what others mean when they say that the grass is always greener on the other side? Even with Sasha committed to him, he still misses the excitement of being with me. Is that why he was so wild and passionate earlier?

I guess this is the only way I can make sense of it. Well, there’s no harm done, I guess. We’re all adults, and it’s not wrong to say that we have to fulfill our bodily desires. Furthermore, I don’t have a boyfriend, so… what I’m doing isn’t wrong, is it? Veronica felt better after comforting herself a little.

“Woah, your alcohol tolerance is impressive, Veronica,” someone commented. “Roni’s tolerance is no joke!” “How impressive. She drank it all without hesitating.” “It really seems like no amount of alcohol can get you drunk, Demoness.”

“Woah, woah. That’s great. You’re so cool, Veronica.”

she finished all three bottles of beer. Then, she took a seat on the ground beside Larry as he handed her a few skewers. “Here. Try some of my cooking.” There were fried fish cakes, squids, and

said before taking a bite of the food. She

like it. I’ll prepare

paused for a moment before making a statement to strengthen the lie she had told earlier. “Your skewers are so much better than

who was sitting opposite them, sent a glance in Veronica’s direction every now and then. He looked rather displeased to see how attentive and sweet Larry

they gathered and played some Five Card Draw. Since they were from different family backgrounds, Shirley, Monica, and Abby preferred to play Fighting the Landlord, while Larry, Matthew, Veronica, Caleb, and Stephen preferred playing Five Card

heading home herself. She had just gotten to the entrance of her house and was changing her

and had a relatively good impression of him. Furthermore, he had agreed to

of Conrad, and she was terrified of Zac. So, the best choice was to hand the child to Matthew for hiding. Yvonne figured that she would take care of all the expenses. “Are you sure?” Veronica hadn’t expected Yvonne to agree with having Matthew as the

able to control Zac and that he might force me to hand him the child,” Yvonne explained in a helpless and dejected tone. Veronica knew that Yvonne probably felt like she was at her wit’s

for a moment. I’ll give him a call.” Veronica changed back into her shoes before heading downstairs once more. As she walked out of her unit, she stopped near the parking lot and gave Matthew a call. Beep beep beep… The dial tone sounded thrice before he picked up the call. Veronica knew the call had gotten through, but Matthew was silent on the other end of the line. At that moment, she couldn’t help but recall what had happened

of tomatoes as she thought about the incident. Fortunately, there aren’t a lot of people who know about the cave in Qurra Mountain. It’s not a very popular spot. Furthermore, even though

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