A Sweet Night: The CEO Loves His Wife Ardently novel Chapter 698

Raymond saying that caught Serena off guard, her back drenched in sweat. Antoine, on the other hand, looked at Serena reproachfully.

Antoine thought, 'Raymond is irate only because Serena has made things difficult for Veronica deliberately.

I mean, that is the Cordova Group we are talking about, a business tycoon in Peace City. Whoever is targeted by Raymond would meet a sticky end.

What if Raymond makes the Bernard Medicine a target for the sake of Veronica?'

Antoine regretted ever handing over his business card just now, which was basically shooting himself in the foot. Therefore, he had to vent all his anger on Serena.

Meanwhile, Serena clenched her fists secretly.

She thought, 'I know why Antoine looked at me like that.

But did he stop me when I was attacking Veronica just now? That means he tacitly agreed with what I said. Moreover, he said it himself before that he agreed with me to drive Veronica away from Justin. Unexpectedly, Veronica is now Raymond's girlfriend!'

But very soon, Serena came back to her senses.

There must be some misunderstanding." Serena hurried to explain, "I've heard that Ms. Luke is Justin's girlfriend. That's why I..."

Then Serena looked at Justin. "Justin, what is going on?"

Noticing that he finally got to explain himself, Justin hurried to reply, "Serena, I've already told you that she is just a female schoolfellow. There is nothing between us. And even if there is, it is just my unrequited love for her. You're totally mistaken."

Serena was speechless.

"Didn't you say that you had to be with her? And you turned down all the blind dates I arranged for you because of that!"

Justin's eyes darkened when he heard that. "Serena, it's true that I wanted to make advances to her. But Veronica rejected me. Therefore, there's nothing between us."

Serena thought, 'It turns out that I was wrong.'

Now her face was full of awkwardness.

What Justin said suggested that Veronica and he were anything but lovers.

That was different from how Serena thought of them before since Justin acted like he wanted no one but Veronica.

At the thought of this, Serena looked up at Raymond with a fawning smile.

"Mr. Cordova, as you can see, what happened today was just a misunderstanding. I didn't mean to make things difficult for anyone."

Veronica looked at Serena coldly. "Serena, despite not knowing the truth, you humiliated me harshly anyway. Do you think, by saying it was just a misunderstanding, I then would forgive you for that?"

Now when Serena looked at Veronica, Serena was no longer aggressive. Instead, her eyes were full of fear. That being said, she was extremely dissatisfied deep down.

"Ms. Luke, what should I do to make you forgive me?"

"I want you to apologize to me."

Serena thought, 'It would be a humiliation for me, a senior, to apologize to her, a kid!'

However, after taking a glance at Raymond, who was standing next to Veronica, and Antoine, whose gaze was oppressive, Serena gritted her teeth and bowed to Veronica.

"Ms. Luke, I am sorry about what I did just now. Please accept my apology."

Veronica's face softened a little.

Noticing that, Antoine hurried to ease the tension a bit. "Well, Mr. Cordova and Ms. Luke, since everything has been resolved, please allow me to treat you both to a meal today as a token of our apology. Would you do me the honor?"

"Don't bother. Veronica doesn't like to dine with strangers."

"How? We tell them that we are not in a relationship? Do you think Serena, a shrew, would let you off if she knows? I'm afraid that she will only get even tougher with you and might even stir up trouble at your university..."

Veronica was lost for words.

She thought that everything would be fine now. But it turned out that there was a consequence for her to take.

"Then ... then what should we do?" Veronica panicked and straightened her back suddenly. "I think I'd better explain it to Serena."

Raymond grabbed her arm. "Am I not being clear? If you explain it to her, she'll..."

Veronica looked at Raymond with a determined expression. "I know that."

Raymond frowned. "Since you know, why do you..."

Veronica interrupted Raymond, "Even if Serena won't let me off, she wouldn't actually do any harm to me. But if word gets out about us, it will have wider implications and affect Cordova Group as well."

Veronica's words stunned Raymond a bit.

Meanwhile, a hint of warmth rose in his heart.

Veronica was putting herself in his shoes.

Then Raymond raised his eyebrows slightly, and his gaze settled on Veronica again. But this time, there was a trace of hope in his gaze.

"Actually, there is another way to resolve this matter."

"What is that?" Veronica asked.

Raymond stared fixedly at Veronica and enunciated each word, "The two of us ... get into a real relationship."