“Veronica, were you mistreated? Did that Bronson bully you?”
He was full of heartache, with a hint of anger in his words.
I patted his shoulder and said, “No, get out of the car, Mom must be worried.”
It had been two years since I last returned to this home, and upon stepping in again, the spirit I had two years ago was long gone.
My mother looked at my pale face, full of pity.
“Having been away for two years, how did I end up like this? Veronica, you have suffered.” I shook my head, trying to force a smile to comfort my mother, but that smile was even uglier than crying.
Outside, I was an adult.
Chapter 4
At home, I was still my mom’s child.
I held onto my mom, seeking protection and comfort just like when I was a child.
My mother gently traced along my back, again and again. She didn’t press for answers, and I didn’t speak up to explain my two years of absence from
home.
My family, until now, believed that I had only undergone a minor surgery.
After resting at home for half a month, my body gradually recovered as before
Just that piece in my heart has always been melancholic.
Maxwell was afraid that I had depression, so he forcefully dragged me out of the house.
“Veronica, you couldn’t stay at home all day, you would really get sick.”
“Now I was the pillar of the family, if you really had any discomfort, you tell me, I would definitely stand by your side.”
Maxwell has always been sensitive, and although I didn’t explicitly say it, he also guessed about seventy to eighty percent.
I tugged at the corner of my lips as he styled his hair and applied a delicate makeup.
Bright eyes and red lips, there was not a trace of decadence.
Maxwell took me to an auction.
He pinched my hand and smiled, saying, “Veronica, whatever you like, just take a picture, and little brother will buy it for you.”
I forced out a smile and said, “Okay, I won’t be polite with you.”
The auction items were dazzling, and I set my eyes on a ring, which was said to have been passed down by a princess from a certain country.
I couldn’t wait to put it in my pocket.
I managed to raise the value of the item from twenty million to eighty million.
I excitedly pinched my fingertips, and the next second, a deep voice suddenly sounded.
“One billion.”
Chapter 5
The crowd was in an spruar.
The expression on my face froze, and my mind went blank.
That voice, I was extremely familiar with it.
Ithought I would never see you in this lifetime, but I didn’t expect to meet you so soon
My heart skipped a beat, feeling that intense pare.
Maxwell turned around and glanced back, saying unkindly, “Veronica, you continue, don’t mind him.”
Seeing that I didn’t move, Maxwell raised the sign.
I reached out and topped at his sleeve.
“Never mind, let’s go.”
I pulled Maxwell up and pretended to calmly walk past Bros.
As he passed by, a big hand suddenly grabbed my wrist, and 1 Jerked away as it being haunted by a ghost.
Because of this sudden swing, I almost lost my balance, but luckily Maxwell promptly supported me,
“Benson, that ring looks really nice. Can you help me put it on later?”
The sweet voice was like a thorn, making me scratch my ears and checks.
Bronson paused for a moment, then whispered, “Okay.”
I stopped for a moment, and then hurriedly left the auction house.
I took deep breaths of fresh air, trying to suppress the surge in my chest,
Maxwell’s face turned serious, and his voice lowered slightly.
“Veronica, is that Bronson?”
I slowed down my movements and nodded slowly under Maxwell’s questioning gaze,
He passed twice and gritted his teeth, saying, “Damn it, unfaithful man, I’m going to teach him a lesson.”
Maxwell was furious, his posture was so aggressive that he seemed to want to tear Bronson’s skin off.
I grabbed him in a hurry and said, “Don’t cause trouble, I have nothing to do with him anymore.
Since it’s over, it doesn’t concem me anymore what happens to Bronson.
The tie should be cut, and it should be cut clean. As Maxwell and I were pulling, a mocking valce suddenly sounded.
“Veronica, you were amazing. You left live years ago because of another man.”
*I left now, but it was because of another an
“Are you so desperate and lowly?”
He almost gritted his teeth as he said the last few words.
My heart ached for a moment, and I lowered iny gaze, suppressing the bitterness in my eyes,
“Bronson, you had no right to accuse me
Bronson sneered, “No qualifications? Don’t forget, you’re carrying my child, carrying my seed, and you say I have no qualifications?”
He spoke with sarcasm in every sentence, and his eyes were filled with mockery and derision.
In the past two years of reunion, I thought Bronson hadn’t changed, but now I realize that he had already changed.
He became no longer gentle, filled with hatred inside.
No, he was still gentle, but that touch of tenderness was no longer given to me.
My heart gradually calmed down.
Chapter 5
Without waiting for me to speak, Maxwell seemed to derstand something
He boolost at me incredulously, “Pregnant? The surgery you mentioned, was actually…”
I nodded in his disbelief.
Maxwell suddenly threw a punch at Bronson as if he had gone mad.
“You stand, I fucking killed you.”
Punch after punch, almost every punch hit the flesh.
Bronson quickly reacted after receiving a few blows and engaged in a scuffle with his opponent.
“Your adulterer, how come you lost your temper before me?
“Veronica, your eyesight worsened.”
I hurriedly went to pull Maxwell, “Stop fighting, Maxwell.”
Just as I touched him, he accidentally swung and knocked me down to the ground.
A surge of pain shot up from my tailbone, causing me to inhale sharply and emit a soft hiss.
In a glance, I saw Nathalie helplessly hiding in the corner, her belly arched, and her hands carefully protecting it.
She had the ring from the auction on her right hand middle finger.
I closed my eyes, and the volume increased a bit.
“Maxwell, I told you to stop.”
locking; at
He paused for a moment, looking at me in disbelief.
I propped myself up and pulled him over, looking at the bruise on the corner of his mouth. I sighed.
“Let’s go, I have no connection w
with him. anymore. Don’t hurt yourself for someone who is not worth it.”
