Her Billionaire Husband novel Chapter 378

Chapter 378 I Will Bring You to Bloomstead

“Why are you staring at me like that?” Veronica was not used to Matthew’s burning gaze. A smile appeared on his handsome face then. Keeping his eyes straight ahead, he suddenly said, “You are pretty, Roni.”

You are pretty, Roni? Veronica had her hands on the steering wheel when the corners of her mouth violently twitched. She couldn’t help but throw him a glance. “Can you please behave like a normal human being?” she grumbled, somewhat nauseated by his sudden compliment.

Was this even still the indifferent, high-and-mighty Matthew from the time they first met? It was like he was a different person altogether!

“Hmm? Do you want to see the abnormal side of me?” The man looked back at her, his thin lips pulled up into a wicked smile. She could tell at a glance what he meant by that.

She quickly shifted her gaze in front as she drove cautiously. “My parents are still at home waiting for us to have lunch together.” “Sure. Let’s not make Dad and Mom wait for long then. We have plenty of time in the future—”

“Hey!” she exclaimed. “They are my dad and mom!” “Yes, and that makes them my dad and Mmm too.”

“We haven’t even planned the wedding. Stop with your nonsense, Matthew.” “It is bound to happen sooner or later anyway,” he smilingly said. She could see the joy on his face.

She somehow couldn’t find a word to say in return. There was nothing wrong with what he said. After they got the ointment, they headed back to her house.

While they were on the journey home, Veronica stuffed the ointment in his direction and instructed him, “Put some of that on your blisters.”

“There’s no need.” Ointment for just a few blisters? Matthew was too unbothered to do something so pretentious.

“Matthew Kings, is there something wrong with your brain?! Why did we go to town to get you that ointment if you weren’t going to use it?”

“I wanted to spend some time alone with you,” he admitted. All that couples who had only confirmed their relationship wanted was to have some time to themselves. Even time spent sitting around and idly talking could feel wonderful.

Veronica felt her heart break as she listened to his words. Out of nowhere, she started to pity him.

They soon arrived home and by the time that they did, the food had already been served on the table. The rest of them were waiting for Matthew and Veronica to come back before they started eating.

With everyone at the dining table, the ambience was harmonious and peaceful even though it was a little cramped. After lunch, Hendrey didn’t bring up wanting to go home when he realized that Matthew and his friends were going to stay.

Now that they had nothing to do, they sat together for a poker game of Five Card Draw. But considering that Crayson and Tony were here, they only played a quick game to pass the time.

Veronica quickly huddled over to join the game when she saw them playing. Caleb only played for a while before he got bored of it, and so he informed them that he was going out for a smoke. He then took a stroll around and about the village.

It was probably fate that he came across a person harvesting cabbages with a machete at a vegetable farm as he was walking on the rural ridge. Seeing that, he decided to walk over to fully experience the life of a farmer.

After all, life in Bloomstead was fast-paced. On top of that, there was nowhere in that urbanized city that was remotely rural. It was when he was near that person that Caleb realized it was Abby who was hacking off at the cabbages.

She had changed out of her aqua coat from this morning, and was now wearing a black-and-red plaid smock. She probably wanted to prevent her clothes from getting dirty in the fields.

He stood aside as an unexplainable wave of sadness hit him, but he did not say anything to her. Abby was placing the head of cabbage she had just harvested in the basket behind her when she noticed him standing behind her.

She was surprised at first, but she swiftly smiled and politely bowed. However, instead of signing at him, she continued with harvesting the vegetable.

“You…” Caleb abruptly spoke. “Do you want to continue your studies?” Abby’s hands seemed to stop for a while before she stood up straight and turned to look at him. After she put down her machete, she signed to him. I am a mute. My mother said that it is a waste of money for me to go to school. It is not like studying will do me any good.

“I heard that you went to high school before. How were your grades?” he asked. Hearing this, she lowered her head and pursed her lips. A myriad of emotions seemed to flash across the dejected look on her face.

She then raised her hands again. I went to high school after I got first place in town, but my family had no money and my school teachers also thought there was no future for me even if I were to make it to university because I am mute. They didn’t insist on having me study.

Even though universities nowadays accepted mutes, it was true that there wasn’t much they could do even if they were to graduate from universities.

Of course, there were mutes who stood out from their peers, but they had to work a hundred times harder than normal people in order to get a good job and have a bright future.