The Life Of A Billionaires Wife

The Life Of A Billionaire’s Wife Chapter 118

Chapter 118

Veronica let out a hiss.

“Oh dear, what is it?” Elizabeth asked in concern.

In order not to worry Elizabeth, Veronica lied and said that she had slipped earlier and her arm was sliced open on a sharp rock.

Elizabeth’s heart ached terribly for her. She pulled Veronica over to the couch to sit down and chat with her.

“As a lady, you should be more mindful. You won’t be as pretty if it leaves a scar,” Elizabeth said solemnly as she patted Veronica’s hand.

“Don’t worry, Grandma. I’m fine.” Veronica smiled.

..

Elizabeth and Veronica chatted as usual about their daily happenings easily.

“In a few more days, I’ll be taking you to see someone,” Elizabeth said. ”

“Who is it?”

“Matthew’s Uncle Conrad. He’ll be returning from overseas in a few days’ time. You’ll be able to acquaint yourselves with each other. After all, he is your uncle as well.” Having brought him up, Elizabeth elaborated, “Conrad is only a few years older than Matthew, but he has a mind for business. I’m considering letting you learn from him.”

“Huh? Learn… Learn from… Uncle Conrad?” Veronica couldn’t understand. Thirsty, she picked up the glass of water from the table and took a sip.

Elizabeth’s voice rang out again by her ear. “Conrad is a reliable man with dashing good looks. He’s a bachelor too. You might not be able to be with Matthew, but I want to introduce you to Conrad.”

“Cough... Cough...” Startled by Elizabeth’s words, Veronica ended up spitting out the water she had been drinking and choked.

paper and muttered, “How old are you

okay, really.” Veronica wiped her mouth with the

“I’m fine. Grandma, what did

Conrad is coming home, so it’ll

better than Matthew. While she couldn’t marry Matthew when he already had a fiancée, that didn’t mean that Elizabeth couldn’t

would Veronica end up being… Matthew’s aunt? By

 gosh, isn‘t this just

of him? Forget about

you can meet him, then you will. That’s settled

company the entire day. However, Matthew never once showed up. It wasn’t until after dinner that Veronica was returned to the Twilight Club by Thomas. After getting out of the car, Veronica called her adoptive parents from where she was in the parking basement to ask after them. She relaxed once she was sure

when she returned. He didn’t come

her teeth and washing up, she changed her clothes

there, I’d like to pawn this off.” Veronica handed a ring over to

and inspected it. “Do you have the receipt

“Nope”

looks pretty new. Why do you want to pawn

was spouting garbage. She looked at the man. “How much can this ring go for?” she

you get

gave it

did it cost?” the man asked

immediately haggle down once she named a price, so she thought of an excuse. “The ring was a gift, so how would I know? But look at it closely-my name is

man held up a magnifying glass to the ring. Veronica saw him frown. “Hold on a sec. I’ll get my boss to take a look at this.” He then went into

another round of questions for her. “You sure this ring is yours,

you just wasting your breath?” She smacked her ID card down on the counter and pointed at the name printed there. “You see this? Veronica Murphy, as stated on my ID! You gonna take it or

ring again. Having confirmed that it was hers, the owner grinned as he raised his right hand and splayed his fingers. “I’ll give you this

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