The Life of A Billionaire’s Wife
Chapter 69

Chapter 69 Mom Knows the Truth

Indeed, Matthew had said that the previous evening, but he had beenlying.

Now that he changed his mind, he corrected, “You rememberedwrongly.”

“Remembered wrongly?” Carefully, Veronica thought about it. Indeed,she could recall now that there had been more than one bed at hispenthouse when she was kidnapped.

At this moment, she was penniless and had no money to rent a room. Itwas also unclear how the Larson Family felt about her right now, so itwould be safer and more cost-efficient for her to stay at Matthew'spenthouse in Twilight Condominium.

However...

“We would be a single man and a woman sharing an apartment.Wouldn't that be inappropriate?” she asked, her tone guarded.

After taking in her stance, Matthew simply reached out and took theaccess card from her hands.

Ding—

As the elevator reached the second-floor basement, the doors openedand he walked out.

Immediately, she chased after him. “I'm kidding! Please don't take itseriously. You're my brother now. I trust your morals!”

Pah! Only a fool would trust him

Nonetheless, given the dire straits she was in, sleeping at thepenthouse was her best option.

Moreover, she had Elizabeth to protect her. That was why Veronicatrusted Matthew wouldn't do anything to her.

Otherwise, she would castrate him personally!

After tugging on his arm and pulling the access card from his grip, shelooked up at him. “If I have a place to stay, do I have food to eat aswell?”

“This is what you wanted, Young Master Matthew—" Waiting at thesecond-floor basement, Thomas had gone up to greet Matthew uponseeing him walk over, only to witness Veronica holding onto Matthew'shand and skipping alongside him as she joked and laughed.

Both of them were acting intimate without the animosity from before,when they would be filled with murderous rage whenever they set eyeson each other.

“Ah—Thomas!” Veronica exclaimed upon seeing Thomas approach. “Doyou both have something to talk about? I'll wait over there for you,then.”

With that, she made to leave.

However, Matthew kept his hold on her hand and said collectedly, “It'sokay. Let's go.”

Holding onto her hand very naturally, he led her over to his private car.Forsaken, Thomas looked down at the paper bag in his hands. Inside itwas all of Veronica's personal information.

Is Young Master Matthew truly not anxious about it?

In astonishment, Thomas turned to look at the pair retreating in thedistance. Since when have they been so close?

What on earth happened the previous night?

Meanwhile, Veronica climbed into the back of the sedan while Matthewgot into the passenger's seat.

“Where do you want to go?” he asked.

“To—" she stopped, her expression suddenly sinking. In truth, therewere many things she wanted to attend to, but she had to go to thepolice station to have her identity taken care of first. “Send me to thepolice station. I have to reapply for an ID.”

“There's no need,” he replied, “Thomas is taking care of it. Come backwith me to the Kings Residence for now. Grandma wishes to see you.”Meanwhile, Thomas, who was entering the car, paused. Since when am Itaking care of her identification?

Ever since Veronica disappeared, Thomas had been busy searching forher whereabouts. Then, he was rescuing her with Matthew, only for thelatter to instruct him to look into her personal information after that. Inshort, Thomas had had no time to take care of her identification at all.Nevertheless, he kept his complaints to himself and only noddedcooperatively. “Don’t worry, Miss Murphy. Your ID will be ready in twodays.”

“Alright. Thank you very much.” That was all she could say since itwould be much slower for her to take care of things herself.

As one of Matthew's men, Thomas would receive special treatment andcould naturally get things done much faster.

Right then, the sedan started, heading in the direction of the KingsResidence.

On the way there, Veronica asked to borrow Matthew's cell phone. “Canyou lend me your phone? I want to call my mother.”

Obligingly, he handed his phone to her.

After taking the phone, she made a call to her foster mother.

When the call connected, she said, “It's Veronica, Mom.”

"Did you change your number again, Roni?” Daniella asked upon seeingthat the number Veronica was using to call her was different from theone from this morning.

“l lost my phone. I'm using... Matthew's phone to call you.”

No elaboration was needed since Daniella had met Matthew at SaintHospital, and even repeatedly told Veronica to treat him to dinner asthanks.

"So this is Young Master Matthew's phone? I say!”

“My phone was broken, so I sent it in for repair. I'm only calling you totell you that you should rest well at home with Dad and that I'll go backto visit you when I'm free. As for what you said this morning—don’'tworry. As long as I'm alive, I'll still be your and Dad's daughter. I'llalways be your daughter.”

Veronica didn’t care what kind of fuss the Larsons were throwing. Shewouldn't let it get in the way of her family.

After she said so, the line descended into silence.

Only after a while could she hear Daniella sobbing. The noise madeVeronica's heart clench.

“Alright, alright. I believe you. I really do,” Daniella told her in a choked,hoarse voice.

Even through the phone, Veronica could feel her mother's worry.“Veronica, you have to be careful of the Lars—"

“Shut up, you idiot!”

Since Daniella had answered the call in hands-free mode, Tony couldhear Veronica talking as well and wanted to tell her about them beingkidnapped.

However, Daniella was afraid that Veronica would worry, so the formerinterrupted and scolded him.

“What was that about, Mom?”

“N-Nothing. Your dad only wanted to tell you to be careful and not totrust anyone in Bloomstead. Remember, Roni—no one in this worldother than us would give everything up for you, so don't trust anyoneapart from us too easily, okay?” Daniella warned, still not tellingVeronica about her and Tony being kidnapped.

“I promise I'll be wary of the Larsons, Mom. Otherwise, there'd be noone to rescue you when you're kidnapped.”

To assuage their worry, Veronica told them about the arrangements shemade.

For a moment, there was silence at the other end of the line as herparents exchanged looks of heartache.

“Silly Roni, I know you sent someone to watch out for us,” Daniellachided now. “If things get too dangerous for you to stay alone inBloomstead, come home, okay?”

“It's not dangerous. I forgot to tell you, Old Mrs. Kings—" At that point,Veronica glanced at Matthew before continuing, “Matthew'sgrandmother, that is, has recognized me as her god-granddaughter.Nothing will happen to me under the Kingses' protection.”

While there were some things she hadn't wished to tell her parents,Veronica was afraid they would worry about her if she didn't tell them.Every single one of the things the Larson Family did to her family wasimprinted in her mind now. Even if she left Bloomstead, she wouldn't beable to extricate herself easily.

"Good. That's good.”

Only after she heard her foster mother's reassured tone did Veronica'sheart finally leave her throat. After some further small talk, she finallyhung up the phone.

Upon hanging up the phone, she rested her forehead against her handand sighed, still clutching onto the phone.

It was a good thing her parents didn't pay much attention to theentertainment news gossip on a regular day. Otherwise, once theyfound out about Matthew and Tiffany's engagement, they would nodoubt have her be guarded against Matthew as well.