Bumpkin's Rich Handsome Husband novel Chapter 431

Chapter 431 Matthew’s Schemes

The conversation fell into silence until Hendrey asked in ‘surprise’, “What… Did you say? Tiffany, she’s… she’s gone?”

Although Veronica could not see his expression right now, she could already feel the sadness in him. It was not an agonizing feeling, but he could not pretend that nothing had happened before, considering the fact that he had shared a past with Tiffany.

“Her funeral is over, though.” In other words, Veronica was wondering if he was still going to return. Yet, the man merely sighed and did not reply.

“Hendrey, are you okay?”

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“I just need some time alone,” he responded before hanging up the phone without hesitation. Du… Du… Du…

Now that the call had ended, she pondered, He must be in despair to know the sudden news.

She went back to the living room and sat for a while until Caleb, Skyler and Miguel arrived with the sushi. They sat on the dining table and began to revel in the food happily. Amidst the laughter of merriment, they raised their glasses and cheers. Before they realized it, they had already finished seventeen bottles of red wine.

The light drinkers—Miguel and Caleb—had passed out with one of them lying on the couch while the other on the table. Skyler held his glass and let out a hearty laughter. “Sasha, see? Caleb and Miguel are really bad at drinking. You wouldn’t be able to build up your alcohol tolerance if it wasn’t for me.”

In the meantime, Matthew drank his wine while hugging Veronica’s shoulders with one hand with her head resting on his shoulder. She was good at drinking, so she was slightly tipsy. With her leaning against his shoulder, she listened to their childhood stories attentively. It was probably because she liked him so much that she was rather curious about his past.

Sasha gulped down the wine before setting down the glass with a thud. Fighting through the dizziness, she struggled to look at Matthew while pointing at him. “It’s him! We always slept together in university. I have liked him since then…”

“Hahaha! Right! You guys kept hanging out together back then, but you left without a word in the end. He was super sad about it.” A drunk Skyler was a mess as well. He could recall the memories pertaining to the duo, yet he left out the fact that Sasha had left the country for SRS.

“Roni? Roni?” He gently patted her cheeks again and was sure that she was ‘sleeping’ given the zero responses.

“See? I’ve told you that Roni’s asleep, but you didn’t trust me.” Skyler slammed the table before pointing at him. “Honestly, I don’t think you and Veronica suit each other. Her personality is similar to Sasha’s, but she’s not Sasha after all. Since Sasha’s back for good, you… You better not be silly and marry Veronica. If this is how you’re going to take revenge on Sasha, you won’t be able to handle the consequences.”

“Really? Matt, do you really like me?” Sasha stared at Matthew intensely as tears trickled down her cheeks and she began to choke on her words. “I knew it. I knew that there’s n-no way you wouldn’t like me.”

“But, there’s no future ahead of us,” he coldly refused.

“Why?” She was reluctant to give up.

“You abandoned me back then. Even if I don’t love Veronica, I will never go out with you either.”

“Why? Matt, d-don’t you know why I left at that time? I… I was—”

“I don’t wanna know why you left, but I want you to taste how it feels to see me and Veronica being together,” interrupted Matthew sternly while looking at Sasha.

In fact, Veronica, the heavy drinker, was pretending to be asleep due to fatigue. Who would have known that she would discover shocking news afterward? Skyler and Sasha’s conversation reached her ears loud and clear.

Really? Is that true?

Their words kept ringing in her ears. The shocking discovery made her heart throbbed in pain. However, she was willing to believe in Matthew since he had not said anything about it yet.