Veronica CEO's Underworld Queen novel Chapter 7

　　Veronica woke up from a bad dream, the fear still lingering as her heart was beating fast. The incident in her dream seemed very real.

　　Cliff's Edge by Hayley Kioko filled her room to which she jolted realizing someone was calling her.

　　"Ugh!" She fell on her trembling legs as she landed her feet on the floor. "What a beast." She muttered sadly yet at the same time, satisfied. Veronica persisted to stand up on her legs once again and grabbed her phone on her vanity mirror's table.

　　Seeing her mother's missed calls, a bad feeling crept on her and just as she was about to return the call, Rose's number appeared. She was calling her. She rejected the call and rather proceeded to call her mother.

　　"Mom?" Veronica was nervous now after seeing so many missed calls and SMS messages and with her other instant messaging app.

　　"Oh God! Vivi! Thank Goodness!" Celerina was never a kind of a weak woman but she almost lost her composure after hearing her daughter's safe voice. She tried her best to hide her extreme worry. "There was a news broadcasted earlier in TV and radio about your father being involved in a graft and corruption scam. It will surely be the headlines for tomorrow's newspapers."

　　Veronica took time to process what her mother just said but like her mother who raised her to be a strong woman, she calmly replied, "How is father?"

　　"He's in his office talking to his lawyer and staff on how to counter the issue and possibly the case that will be filed against him."

　　"Was the source already discovered?"

　　"Not yet. But my team was working on it. I was worried because you were not answering my call for half an hour now and I asked for your friends help to contact you but you're also not answering theirs. I already sent our people to fetch you home."

　　Veronica was physically, emotionally and spiritually drained that she no longer bothered to explain to her mom as to why she was not answering their call. She will have time to explain later but first she needs to get dressed and wait for her parent's men to fetch her.

　　"Okay mom, I will get dressed."