Chapter 871 Beware of Princess Eleanor
Veronica felt a little lost and helpless at that. Despite the bitterness she felt in her heart, she knew she couldn’t have the best of both worlds.
“You misunderstood,” she clarified. “He has always wanted to reveal his identity, but I prevented him from doing so. And keep an eye out for Princess Eleanor. She is not an ordinary woman.”
Then, she decided not to say any further. “Take care,” she told Xavier before turning to Matthew and saying, “Matt, let’s go.” They both then walked past Xavier.
For a split second, Xavier felt as if time had stopped when he saw the person whom he loved dearly walking away from him. His heart seemed torn apart, and he almost couldn’t breathe because of the pain he was in. When will she notice my love for her?
Meanwhile, after Veronica and Matthew got in the car, Matthew started the engine and drove away.
Veronica leaned on the co-driver seat, her gaze fixed on the road ahead. “Now that we’ve offended Zac, he’ll almost certainly know who injured him if your identity is revealed. You must be more cautious from now on.”
She was concerned about Matthew’s safety. “Noted, my dear wifey.” Matthew smiled with his lips pursed while he raised his hand to caress Veronica’s cheeks.
However, the moment his hand touched her soft skin, she slapped it away coldly. “Focus on driving.” “Okay. I’ll do whatever you say.”
Matthew’s good mood was clearly visible on his face. Seeing that, Veronica was perplexed. “Why are you in such a good mood?” “Nothing. I merely find it satisfying that you slapped Tiffany.”
When they were in the living room earlier, Tiffany had been defaming Veronica, accusing her of having a secret relationship with Xavier. In response, Veronica slapped Tiffany hard.
Veronica frowned slightly at first, then smiled when she heard Matthew’s words. “Is that so?”
She could tell he wasn’t happy because of the slap. Instead, he was happy that, after Tiffany slandered her for having a secret relationship with Xavier, her slap on Tiffany directly cleared up such a rumor.
This was, in fact, the real reason for his good mood. While she was thinking about this, her eyes darkened as she turned to face Matthew. Her lips pursed, and after a brief pause, she said, “Yesterday was my fault, Matt. I was too narrow-minded.”
Matthew had taken her to One Piece Restaurant, but he needed to leave not long later. She assumed he was going after Xavier to settle their scores. Truth was, Matthew went to look for Zac.
She instinctively thought that after Matthew had safely escaped from Zac previously, he would make a careful plan before confronting Zac again.
Hence, to her, Xavier was the only reason for Matthew’s sudden leaving. Her over-concern for Matthew rendered her unable to think clearly.
“Despite your feud with Xavier, you owe him some gratitude as well. I understand how you feel.”
Matthew clutched Veronica’s hand in his palm as he continued softly, “What you owe him is what I owe him too. It’s because we are a family.”
He was always a man of principles, clearly distinguishing between his scores and debts of gratitude. He had never forgotten how Xavier had saved Veronica.
Yesterday, Matthew sensed something amiss after being distracted by Zac’s men. However, he couldn’t flee quickly at that time and could only contact Skyler to protect Veronica, but Xavier unexpectedly passed by and saved Veronica before Skyler could.
This was something Matthew had blamed himself for, for he was Veronica’s husband.
“Thank you, Matt.”
Veronica was moved by him. “Is that all?”
Matthew looked at her as he pulled over to the side of the road and turned off the engine.
Then, he turned around and asked, “Isn’t saying thank you too patronizing?”
“What? You… How do you want me to express my gratitude then?” She was baffled.
