Bumpkin's Rich Handsome Husband novel Chapter 27

Chapter 27

Her response impressed Xavier very much

Holding the takeaway box in his hand, he watched Veronica intently with a deep look in his eyes. In that moment, he could feel her dismay as well as the strength in her heart, and there was even a split second when he saw himself in her because they were simply too alike.

“Alright, Roni. Let’s go in.” As Xavier already didn’t like Tiffany from before, this matter now only deepened his dislike for her as he felt that she was a hypocrite.

He reached out, took Veronica’s hand, and pulled her toward himself before placing his arm around her shoulders.

This gesture struck Tiffany and Matthew by surprise, and Tiffany gasped. “What?” Placing her hand to her lips in astonishment, she uttered, “Voronica, w-when did you get to know Young Master Xavier? H-He’s…

Everyone understood what she was trying to say from the hesitant way she was speaking; she wanted to call Xavier a Casanova, the infamous useless rich child of Bloomstead, and a dandy. But it was her engagement party today, so she didn’t say the words in the end.

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“Tiffany, since Miss Murphy is your friend you should advise her to stay away from unreliable people.”

Matthew’s reputation was the reason Tiffany didn’t say those insults, since she was afraid to cause trouble and make the situation awkward. However, who would have thought that it was Matthew who had said those words himself!

Even though he was speaking to Tiffany, his eyes were fixed on Veronica, and he didn’t look away for even a second,

“Matthew, maybe they’re just friends,” Tiffany said, trying to smooth things over.

“Right, she’s a friend,my girlfriend!”

As a man, Xavier had acutely sensed the hostility Matthew had for himself, especially from his eyes, which were fixed on Veronica.

When he recalled what happened that day at Twilight Club, an idea flashed across his mind, but he felt that it was very ridiculous.

“I just forgot to introduce her to everyone.”

In order to protect her, he was even willing to admit that she was his girlfriend. She was ‘ugly, yet he was still protecting her despite everyone’s sarcasm.

Even if Veronica had a heart made of stond, she would still be touched, so she held Xavier’s hand. “Xavier Crawford is my boyfriend.”

“Y-Your boyfriend?”

Although Tiffany knew that Xavier was a famous Casanova, he was still the young master of the Crawford Family, who was one of the four greatest families in Bloomstead. He actually fell for Veronica Murphy, who has such an ugly face? What kind of sorcery did this b*tch resort to? she thought angrily. Nevertheless, on the surface, she uttered in concern, “Veronica, I know that your life is difficult because you have to work and do delivery jobs for your parent’s medical fees. Even though it’s difficult, you shouldn’t take the shortcut in such a silly way.”

Cleverly, she had used the word ‘shortcut, which anyone with some brains could figure out what she actually meant by that.

“Does she have what it takes to take the shortcut?” Matthew snorted in sarcasm. “There are plenty of beautiful girls around Young Master Xavier; you should take a look at yourself in the mirror.”

“Exactly, this woman is so dumb.”

“She’s so ugly that I can’t stand the look of her, and she actually thinks that Young Master Xavier would like her for real.”

“Maybe Young Master Xavier has seen too many beautiful girls and wanted to look for something different,” someone else said and burst out in laughter.

“That makes sense!”

Again, another round of criticisms broke out from the crowd, and suddenly, someone chided loudly, “Xavier Crawford, why are you fooling around here? You rascal, all you do is embarrass me every day!”.

Before the person even arrived, his voice could already be heard, then everyone opened up a path for a man with white hair to get through. He was dressed in a suit, and even though his hair was gray, he appeared vigorous. Every step he took was

firm, and his serious face had an expression of compelling majesty

“Isn’t that Mr. Crawford?”

“Xavier is the youngest and the most disappointing child of the Crawfords: Mr. Crawford might go hopping mad if he finds out about this matcr;”

“Of course he will. Even I would be angry, hot to mention Mr. Cawford.”