The Life of A Billionaire’s Wife
Chapter 42

Chapter 42 Saving Old Mrs Kings

Veronica and Xavier—both of whom were in the public's eye—werecurrently enjoying skewers at an open-air food stall.

“Well, since your parents have gone back home, when are you planningto come work at my company? By the way, what do you do at yourcompany?” Xavier asked as he chewed his mouthful of skewered lamb.Even though Xavier, a young master from the Crawford Family, whichwas one of The Four Big Families of Bloomstead, had graced thishumble stall with his presence, other patrons of the place could stilleasily tell that he was on a different level from them. He had a rare kindof elegant temperament that made it hard for others to approach him.At his question, Veronica turned to look at him. Besides the pair ofsunglasses that was gently tucked on the bridge of Xavier's nose, healso had on a floral shirt and a pair of similar-looking pants. Eventhough he looked frivolous with one arm propped up against thewindow while the other held onto the steering wheel, his eccentricappearance still failed terribly at diminishing his good looks. It was anundeniable fact that Xavier was a handsome man. With his devilishlyattractive features, he was a bad boy to the bone.

After a few moments of silence from her, he said again, “Hey, I'm askingyou a question here.”

“I manage the marketing department,” she quickly answered after shewas brought out of her reverie.

“Oh, just join the project department in my company, then,” he said.“Might as well learn something there.”

Her interest was obviously piqued at his nonchalant reply. “Can Ireally?” she asked just to make sure.

“I'm the boss. My word is the law.” His eyebrows were slightly raised ashe replied with a pleased smile on his face.

Unbeknownst to him, Veronica wasn't asking if Xavier would really takeher in. She was, in fact, asking if she would be able to learn somethingworthwhile if she were to work in his company.

A smile then began to grow on her lips too. Making do with tea insteadof wine, she raised her cup and lightly knocked it against Xavier's."Here's to cheers for being my future boss then. I look forward toworking under your guidance!”

And with that, their conversation for the rest of the night was filled withjoyful laughter. It seemed as though being with Xavier was the onlytime she could let go of all inhibitions. After having their fill of skewers,they both eventually parted ways to go back to their individual homes.It was an instant knockout for Veronica—who had been giving her all atwork for the past few days. After stepping into her room, she madesure to lock her bedroom door before going to wash up and finallyhitting the sack.

She woke up in the early hours of the next morning, and after changinginto her workout attire, she headed out for a morning run.

Morning runs had always been a habit of hers, but ever since Tony hadfallen into a coma, she had to spend her days focusing on earningmoney for both—to take care of her parents and pay off the hospitalbills. Now that her parents were safe at their old home, a huge chunk ofburden had been lifted off her shoulders. That was why she couldafford to resume going out for morning runs.

Just as she was resting on a bench after running for more than 30minutes at a park near the river, a crowd started to form not far fromher. A few people walking past Veronica mumbled as they approachedthe crowd, and she managed to pick up a few words from them.

"Oh no, what is going on over there? I'll go take a look.”

“A granny has passed out!”

“Gosh, how did this happen?”

A bunch of elderly men and women who were doing their morningexercises in the park began to circle themselves around theunconscious woman, and yet, no one, other than an old man whodialed emergency, made a move to help the woman.

Veronica stood on the tip of her toe to glance past the crowd, and shequickly saw a figure clad in a Tai Chi uniform sprawled out on theground. Judging by how the older woman was foaming at the mouth,the situation was definitely more dire than the crowd made it seem.Swiftly, Veronica took out her phone and started taking a video of thecommotion as she squeezed her way in. “Make way, please. Comingthrough,” she repeated to the crowd.

She put her phone aside after she reached the unconscious woman,and as she flipped the woman over, she loudly instructed the crowd,"Please make space for us! She is foaming at the mouth. She needs airright now.” After saying that, she lowered her head to the woman, onlyto realize that she was...

Elizabeth!

“Madam?!” Veronica exclaimed in confusion. Who would have thoughtthat they would meet under such circumstances? However, she knewshe couldn't afford to let her mind wander—she had to act fast!

To make it easier for Elizabeth to breathe, Veronica immediately turnedElizabeth's head to one side as she unbuttoned the collar of Elizabeth'sTai Chi uniform. She then started exerting force on two acupuncturepoints on Elizabeth's back of the torso.

“Lady, do you know her?” someone from the crowd asked.

Another person, too, spoke as they looked on, “Be more careful, okay?She is already foaming at the mouth. It will be troublesome for you ifanything happens to her.”

“Just do what you can to save her. I will be your witness if anythingwere to happen.”

“You are doing good, girl!”

The crowd was in the midst of showering Veronica with complimentswhen Elizabeth unexpectedly began to twitch.

Her convulsion was getting worse by the second, and yet Veronica wascalm when she removed her hair tie from her hair. She then rolled thesmall piece of cloth and put it into Elizabeth's mouth to prevent herfrom accidentally biting her tongue. The situation was so dire that shedidn’t even have the time to worry about whether or not there wassweat on the hair tie.

Throughout the whole process, she never ceased her massage onElizabeth's acupuncture points. Even though she was drenched in herown sweat, she managed to keep her heart calm as they waited for anambulance to arrive.

Having nothing better to do, the crowd started making noise again.“This is so scary.”

“I know right? She is convulsing and foaming at the same time!”

“Lady, are you sure you know what you are doing? Why did she starttwitching so much?”

“Don't do anything if you don't know what is wrong with her!”Elizabeth showed no sign of recovery even after Veronica had beenpressing on the acupuncture point for quite some time, and thatgradually made the crowd doubt her credibility.

Despite the commotion and distrust from the onlookers, Veronica keptmassaging Elizabeth at the same spots. It took another 10 minutesbefore an ambulance finally arrived and brought Elizabeth to thehospital. Veronica, too, followed along.

Elizabeth was rushed into the emergency room as soon as they arrivedat the hospital. Veronica stood there pondering for a moment, andeven though seeing Matthew was the last thing she would want to do,she decided that calling to inform him regarding his grandmother'ssituation would be the best course of action.

The call got through almost immediately after she dialed Matthew'snumber. “What is it?" came his curt question.

“I found Madam unconscious in the park. She was foaming at themouth and convulsing. It was pretty bad. Come to Central Hospital asfast as you can,” she informed without beating around the bush.“Okay. I'll be there as soon as possible.”

Matthew was suspicious as to why Veronica and his grandmother hadbeen together, but he knew better than to ask questions now.Therefore, he immediately went to his car and drove straight to thehospital.

About half an hour later, he finally arrived outside the emergency roomonly to replace Veronica sitting by herself in the corridor outside.

He stood in front of her and, without missing a beat, questioned, “Whathappened to Grandma?”

Her head popped up at the familiar voice, and she quickly noted theappearance of the man who seemingly had just woken up from hissleep. Donned in black silk pajamas, Matthew had a worried expressionon his handsome face—even his usually-perfectly-styled hair was in anunkempt state as he stood there looking at her. Despite the mess, hestill looked as beautiful as always.

"They are trying to save her,” she briefly said, referring to the medicalpersonnel in the emergency room.

Unsatisfied with the lack of explanation, he let out a frown as he staredat her with cold, prying eyes. “Why were you with Grandma?" he askedagain.

Her face fell the moment she caught the accusatory tone he wasspeaking to her in, and she glumly replied, “It was just a coincidence.Now that you are here, I will be taking my leave.”

In fact, she did not want to spend another minute longer with this man.However, just as she was about to turn around, Matthew grabbed herby her arm in one swift motion. “You want to leave? You will have to atleast wait until Grandma regains her consciousness.”

He didn't have to say the words out directly for her to know what hewas implying. Him asking her to stay until Elizabeth was awake wouldmean that he was suspecting Veronica of having something to do withElizabeth's condition!

"You..." she spat. She was so angry to the point where that was all shemanaged to say. At that moment, she was extremely grateful for thefact that she had recorded the video before she attempted to saveElizabeth.

Just as she was about to take her phone out to show him the recording,the doors of the emergency room were suddenly pushed open fromthe inside.

Matthew immediately let go of Veronica's wrist and strode toward adoctor who had just come out of the room. “Doctor,” he called out.“How is my grandma?"