Nick’s black eyes stared at her deeply, “Aren’t you surprised that I showed up?”
Veronica’s eyes trembled and dodged his intent gaze. “Mr. Cage possesses so much money that even I know that I have nowhere to escape from your presence. That’s already common knowledge, isn’t it?”
“Indeed, it is.” Nick let go of his grip on her jaw.
Nick looked out of the window as Veronica shuddered from the feeling of being free of Nick’s grip.
She was no longer surprised by the appearance of Nick. What was stranger was that fact this man carried a spray for asthma. Did he know in advance that Veronica would have an asthma attack?
It felt very unlikely that this was the reason. It was actually more possible that he carried a spray everywhere he went to use it to torture her and cause her an asthma attack.
Otherwise, wouldn’t it have spoiled his fun? Wouldn’t it be beyond his character?
Despite all her doubts, she was grateful for his appearance for otherwise her life would have been ended now. Without her, her six little ones would have to grow up without a mother.
“Thank you very much,” Veronica hesitated for a moment but finally gave out her gratitude to the man beside her.
Nick’s black and depthless eyes stared at her in a daze.
Veronica looked sideways at her window and no longer said a word after saying thank you.
The car stopped steadily and Veronica looked out the window at the hospital, frowning.
“What are we doing in the hospital? My face is just swollen. I’ll just go back and ice it. It’s nothing serious.” Veronica really did not want to see a doctor for such a minor injury.
“Get out of the car,” Nick ordered her, and with a stride of his long legs, he got out of the car.
But Veronica didn’t move. She stayed still inside the care.
Nick went around the other side and stood by Veronica’s door. “Do you want me to drag you out?”
Veronica shrank back on her seat. “I said I don’t want to see a doctor. I will just take a taxi back!” She turned around and faced the other door.
She pushed open the door and got out of the car, but before she could even go as far as two steps, she was dragged over by a tight grip on her wrist.
“Hey!” Veronica shouted out of shock, almost bumping into Nick’s broad chest. “What are you doing? Let me go!”
She tried to free herself, but the combined strength of her two hands could not pull away from the big hand that grabbed her wrist.
Nick’s face and composure did not waver as Veronica tried her best pulling away from his hold. Instead, he slightly bent over, carried the person in his arms, turned around, and went straight to the hospital.
“Stop it!” Veronica clung to his broad shoulder subconsciously, stunned over his immense strength. Has this man gone insane? How could he carry her so easily and force her to go to the hospital? “Let me go! I said let go!”
“Don’t move.” Nick’s deep and hushed voice stopped Veronica’s restraint.
“Please, put me down,” Veronica said calmly, at the same time that she was purposely covering her face out of fear of being seen in such a shameful circumstance.
“I’m not responsible if you fall and hurt yourself.”
What would happen if the struggling Veronica actually fall when she just finished a meal? Nick was tall, so if she fell from that position, she would definitely be hurt badly.
Veronica did not dare to risk falling on her own. Also, Nick had always been unpredictable and she was very afraid of whatever he might do. What if he actually let her fall when she struggled?
Nick’s black eyes swiftly glanced at her. Veronica saw that her cautiousness turned him confident, making his deep, beautiful eyes glisten even more under the light.
When Veronica was just young, she acted reserved and quiet the first time that she needed to come to the hospital for the treatment of her swollen face. It turned out, the person who drugged her to that state was Tracy Dora, the director of the hospital.
This was the second time she would see Tracy Dora since that incident.
Knowing that she was Nick’s personal doctor, coupled with her current embarrassing appearance, Veronica really felt uncomfortable seeing Tracy.
After so many years, this kind of trivial matter was still trouble for her.
Sitting next to Tracy was Nick, who was crossing his long legs. His casual posture could not even dampen his intimidating aura. He looked intently at the medicine being applied on Veronica’s face.
“Doctor, when will my face heal?” Veronica asked nervously. “I need it to heal fast because I have to go to work tomorrow.”
“It doesn’t matter if you go to work right away. There is no dent in your appearance. Just keep applying this ointment and the swelling can be completely reduced overnight.”
“Oh, that’s good.” Veronica Parker, just take it easy.
She thought to herself that she must trust the doctor’s medical skills this time around.
If she disregarded the doctor’s prescription and iced it herself, she wouldn’t make a full recovery overnight.
Suddenly Nick’s phone started vibrating, so he got up and went out of the room to answer the call.
“This injury in your face, did Mr. Cage do it?” Tracy was extremely curious about this girl.
It was because Mr. Cage repeatedly asked her to help with Veronica’s treatment, first with asthma and now with redness and swelling on her face.
“It’s not his fault,” Veronica said intently.
Tracy understood that it was someone else who called for him and was only sent by Nick.
Something else must have happened.
Then there was no more need to ask this question.
“You are the first girl brought here by Mr. Cage, do you know that?” asked Tracy.
Veronica didn’t feel anything for his special treatment of her.
She would rather give her feelings to someone else other than the cold and indifferent Nick Cage.
Tracy just didn’t know who she was. If she did, she wouldn’t be so surprised anymore.
Perhaps her heart should also feel like she was a lucky person for being treated specially by Nick. After all, with his high status, he would always spoil whichever woman he liked. If he actually liked her, then there was nothing in this world that she could not have.
Money, power, and status. Nick already mentioned to her this deal before he found out that Veronica was Chloe Bowen’s daughter.
Still, she firmly rejected him.
She knew that such a deal was like a trap full of temptation, yet once you fall into it, you won’t be able to get up again from its dangers.
Veronica wondered. If Tracy was Nick’s personal doctor, did Tracy know a lot about what happened to the Cage family?
But she didn’t dare to ask her, because Nick could come back at any minute. She didn’t want to get caught prying into his personal life.
And how could she make sure that if she asked Tracy about this, she wouldn’t tell Nick that she asked her?
After applying for medicine, the two of them left the hospital.
She still took Nick’s car on her way back home.
The car parked outside Veronica’s house, dropping her off.
“Thank you for taking me back,” said Veronica as she was making her way out of the car.
She heard Nick said, “I promise that this won’t happen next time.”
Veronica looked at him strangely. She felt her soul seemingly being sucked away whenever she stared at his deep eyes.
She lowered her eyes, said nothing, and turned away.
The Roll Royce was still parked outside her home as she stood at her doorstep. Nick was sitting inside with the door wide open, his black eyes staring at the slender figure in the distance, thinking about something no one could ever know.
Veronica entered her home and found that Isabella and Peter haven’t come back yet.
She shut the door behind her.
As she changed her shoes, she saw the bracelet given by Toby Cage thrown at the porch.
She held it in her palm and her hands were shaking.
Veronica realized that Toby never did betray her after all. He only did it because he was worried that she would be hurt by his father. He just kept her away from him so that she stayed safe.
Back then Veronica couldn’t figure out why Toby was so kind and caring to her, yet still set his foot in other boats.
She already believed that Toby was scum, so she didn’t expect him to do so much for her behind her back.
What was his feeling when he let go of her? Wasn’t it strange?
No wonder Toby’s behavior was always so weird around her whenever she returned home.
At one point, she thought Toby wanted to get back together with her.
She remembered the conversation she had with Toby at dinner that day.
“When I think of you, Veronica, I feel particularly uncomfortable and annoyed,” he said back then. He must have lied about that.
Putting the bracelet around her wrist, she felt regretful. “Why didn’t he tell me? How could I be so timid?” she asked herself.
Just as she was looking at the bracelet, there was a knock at the door.
Veronica thought it was Isabella and Selena, but he seemed to have come back a little early today.
She calmed down and turned to open the door.
However, she froze when she opened the door and saw the black figure standing outside. Out of instinct, she slammed the door shut as fast as she could.
With a bang.
Veronica was so scared that she couldn’t breathe. She also felt her heart thumping out of her chest. What’s Nick doing here? Why hadn’t he gone home?