But would she go to Nick to express her doubts?
She had always been afraid of him, after all.
Veronica thought about Nick’s attitude towards her recently, especially after Isabella’s accident, that seemed to be a little different from what it used to be.
So, was it safe to go and ask him for help?
Veronica’s eyes fell on her wristwatch and she made up her mind. She got up to look for Nick.
If she remembered it correctly, the next door was Nick’s room.
Veronica knocked on the door, but there was no answer from the man inside. Didn’t he hear her?
She pushed the door open for a little bit. “Mr. Cage? Mr. Cage?” Veronica walked inside, stood at the bedroom door and called for him again. “Mr. Cage?”
“Miss Parker, Mr. Cage is in the study, Secretary Tours is with him for a business.” Bob came over when he heard her calling for Nick.
“Well, I just came to ask him something. If he’s not here, then I’ll come back later. ”
“It shouldn’t take long. I’ll talk to Mr. Cage.” Bob said, turning away.
Veronica thought that Nick would come over later, so she might as well wait here.
She walked to the sofa. When she sat down, her hand was pressed against something next to her. She noticed the suit coat that Nick had casually thrown on the sofa.
Veronica felt something hard on the inner pocket of the suit. She took the contents out of his inner pocket and when she saw that what she had taken out was a spray for asthma, her hand trembled so violently that the spray fell directly on the sofa.
She turned a little pale.
She couldn’t believe Nick carries this thing with him all the time.
For what?
Veronica couldn’t help laughing at herself. What else could it be for? She used this spray every time she was experiencing an asthma attack caused by his rudeness.
Just like when she ran away with the six little ones and was found by Nick, he silently took out a bottle of spray in front of her. Such dangerous situation was very unforgettable.
Veronica stabilized her mind and steadied her nerves. She stuffed the spray bottle back into the inner pocket of his suit, place the suit where she first saw it, and turned to left the room.
When Veronica returned to her room, she was so angry that she kicked the foot of the bed.
Veronica fell to the ground, gasping for breath to ease the pain. Her hands were clasped around her feet tightly and her eyes sparkled with tears. “I can’t believe I went to him to ask for help! Who else can I fully trust except myself? And the most untrustworthy person in the world is Nick Cage. ”
The city government was ruthlessly deep. Was there a coercion or threat against her?
Was that the reason of Nick’s sudden change of attitude towards her recently?
But even if there was a slight change, there was no way to prove that Nick was not dangerous!
Nick went back to his room and did not see Veronica there. He turned away and went to the next room.
As soon as he went in, he saw Veronica sitting on the ground, clutching her feet.
“What’s going on?” Nick hurried forward and grabbed her by the wrist.
Veronica looked up and Nick’s black eyes trembled for a bit when he saw unshed tears on her eyes.
“It’s all right. I just accidentally bumped my toe.” Veronica was ready to get up, but instead, she was picked up by Nick and was placed on the edge of the bed. When she saw Nick squatting to take off her shoes, she startled. “What are you doing?”
“Don’t move.” Nick pulled down her socks, revealing her jade-like feet.
Before Veronica could say no, her feet was being held by Nick’s palm, leaving her frozen there.
She looked at Nick in astonishment that he did such a thing.
Her big toe was red and swollen.
Veronica grimaced. She didn’t mean to kick so hard.
When she thought about it carefully, wasn’t the man in front of her the actual cause of this?
Nick’s thick fingers pinched the joints of her big toe. Veronica frowned and bit her lips at the jolt of pain.
“It’s not broken.” Nick loosened his hold on her foot, got up, and left the room.
Veronica withdrew her feet and sat on the bed. The skin that had been grasped by Nick was slightly hot.
After she saw the spray bottle, her state of mind changed completely.
She didn’t want to accept any seemingly well-intentioned gesture from Nick.
The true nature of Nick would not change. He was still dangerous and the bottle of spray on his body was like a ticking time bomb, it would tear her apart at any time.
Nick came back again with a small ointment on his hand. He sat on the edge of the bed beside her, lifted her feet to his lap, ready to apply ointment on her red and swollen toe.
Veronica immediately pulled her foot back. “I’ll do it myself!” She exclaimed and snatched the ointment from Nick’s hand.
She didn’t look at Nick’s face as she lowered her head. Veronica squeezed the ointment out and applied it on her toes. The cooling effect immediately relieved the pain of her red and swollen toe.
Veronica looked focused, but in truth, every pore on body was perceiving the change of the air.
She did not need to look up, she could already feel his sharp gaze on her.
She didn’t know if it’s about the spray bottle, but the panic she once had overflowed again in front of Nick.
Or maybe there had been panic all this time, but recently, she confused by Nick’s “goodwill”.
Nevertheless, at the moment, she did not want to have further contact with him!
“What did you want to tell me?” Nick broke the silence.
“I just want to tell you that after I finished work at the TV station tomorrow, I will live in Isabella’s apartment for the meantime.” Veronica was gently applying ointment when her chin lifted, forcing her to face Nick.
“Why?” His voice low and there was a frightening change on his aura.
“Can’t you give me some time for myself?”
“How long?”
Veronica swallowed. “I don’t know.”
When she let out those words, the oppression in the air got worse with unknown danger.
Veronica was nervous herself.
But she didn’t promise Nick that she would live in Winter Villa, did she?
While she was waiting in fear for his burst of anger, Nick took the ointment from her hand. Her the foot was pulled over and was pressed on his thigh. Nick smeared the ointment and rubbed it at the toe joint.
Veronica gasped and her feet tried to break free.
However Nick’s palm buckled her feet so strong that she could not escape at all!
“Mr. Cage, are you getting back at me?” Veronica asked as she was experiencing shortness of breath.
“If I wanted revenge, your toe will be broken.”
Veronica bit her lip and endured it. But he didn’t have knead it for the ointment to be effective, did he? She stared at the sharp side of Nick’s face and noticed how his expression remained tight and cold.
Nick let go of her foot after a while and glanced at Veronica. “I’ll give you a week.”
With that, he left the room.
Veronica sat there, speechless. Did he mean that after a week, whether she like it or not, she would eventually be forced by Nick to live in Winter Villa?
She sighed. She didn’t really want to have this in her mind right now as she wanted to investigate Tom on her own first.
Veronica glanced at the cell phone next to her. In a moment, she picked up the phone and dialed Tom’s number.
Her call was answered after two rings. “Is that you, Veronica?”
“It’s me.”
“I didn’t expect that you would call me. I was really surprised.” There was an uncontrollable joy in his voice.
“What did Isabella say when he met you the other day?” Veronica choked out. “She called me on the day of the accident. I didn’t get to answer any of the three calls. I felt very guilty. If she said something to you, maybe I can guess what she wanted to say to me. “