“You already knew it, why do you have to ask again?” Clare suppressed her anger and the feeling of being ridiculed.
“That’s alright. The North Family will get through this. Just borrow some money at the bank in the meantime. North Family has a lot of impeccable contributions to Z City so it should not be big of a deal.” She said upfront, not even sure if those words were made to comfort others or her.
The head office was originally looking forward to the cooperation with the era to save it. But it failed and destroyed the head office’s last hope. “It’s all because of Veronica!” There was a ferocious glow in Clare’s eyes.
“If it’s not because of her, the company would not become like this. You should go and beg for her!”
The last sentence was intended to mock Tom. “I’ve already begged her. But she was not at work. I don’t know if she’s not feeling well or not in a good mood.” Tom made an excuse.
His relationship with Veronica has been broken already but he has to pretend it hasn’t in front of everyone.
“Really. Oh, I remember that you’ve mentioned that she was taken to the hospital that night. She has to come back soon. I don’t know what her illness is but she has to recover quickly.” It was obvious that Clare doesn’t care about Veronica at all.
“The hospital didn’t say anything about her condition. I went to her place but didn’t have a chance to stay there for a long time. All I know is that she is being taken care of by Nick’s people.” Tom said.
“Didn’t you ask her what’s wrong?” Clare asked.
“She doesn’t look like she’s not feeling well. Her face was the same as usual. It must be not too serious.” He replied.
“It’s not serious? But she has to be taken care of and was not able to go to work. Don’t you think it’s a miscarriage?” Clare muttered. She was the only one who thought of the possibility. “Miscarriage?” Sarah North was surprised. “So, you are saying that she is pregnant with Nick’s child?”
“If Nick is not the father, then why do his people take care of her?” Clare could not help to be jealous about the fact that Veronica is pregnant with Nick’s child again.
“Well, maybe Nick doesn’t want it. Aren’t their six children were born without him knowing?” Sarah was cynical. “Nick must not like the fact that Veronica was conceiving their baby secretly that’s why he didn’t allow her to go to Winter Villa. Will you stop being pretentious.”
“It shouldn’t be, isn’t it? At that time, it was Veronica who went to the hospital first when she had physical problems.” Tom said.
“If something went wrong, it doesn’t mean you can’t keep the child! How can there be a miscarriage when she is in a perfectly fine condition?. I think Nick secretly drugged her.” Sarah said dramatically. The woman indeed has a rich imagination that she can be suitable to write a novel.
I’m growing a bit sympathetic for Veronica now. I’ve become a machine for men just to have a child. I also experienced a miscarriage before and it was devastating.” Clare said.
“It made me feel like I want to comfort her.” She added.
It’s been three or four days since Veronica asked Nick if he was in love with her. Since then, she no longer saw him around and was not able to receive any phone call from him.
She thought that Nick was avoiding her.
If she had only known that it would happen, she would have asked it earlier to Nick. She didn’t have to get pregnant only to lose the baby.
Veronica was drinking water when a knock on the door suddenly emerged. She initially thought that it was Nick but shrugged off the idea since Nick would usually just open the door instead of knocking it.
Veronica hesitated for a moment but eventually got up and opened the door.
She was beyond surprised when she saw Clare standing on the other side. “May I come in?” Clare asked.
“No.” Veronica blatantly answered. She knew that Clare is good for nothing kind of woman and there is no way that she would allow her to get inside. “I’ve heard that you’re not feeling well so I came here to see you,” Clare responded.
“I’m fine.”
“Is that so? But I’ve heard that you went to the hospital. Is everything really alright? If you’re not feeling well, then you should be in the Winter Villa. Aren’t you even worried that Mr. Cage left you here alone?” Clare asked, not minding the two maids at the opposite side of the door. “Does it have anything to do with you?” Veronica was about to slam the door.
Clare immediately stuck her foot in the crack of the door to stop it from closing.
The maids at the opposite door came up to check on them. Veronica waved at them in dismissal. “Back off, it’s none of your business.”
“Well, of course, it has something to do with me. I care about you that’s why I’m here. I pity you for living here alone. Are you really okay? It’s not something hard to say, isn’t it?” Clare asked deliberately.
Veronica could not believe that Clare has the guts to come to her place and complacently tell her all those stuff as if she’s not aware of her intentions.
She glanced at Clare’s foot stuck indoors. She slowly opened the door without showing any emotion.
Clare looked at Veronica, wondering if she’s giving her a hint that she could now come inside and would be willing to talk about her condition. Veronica looked at the confidence in Clare’s eyes.-The door was half-open when she decided to slam it shut.
Clare hissed in pain and she immediately pulled her feet from the doorway
“That must be embarrassing but I can’t deny the fact that it’s pleasing to the eye. I even want to do it again.” Veronica looked down at Clare. Clare shrank her feet in fear. She turned pale and glared at Veronica.
“To tell you the truth, this is the first time I’ve seen someone come straight to my door to hurt their foot. Is that one of your hobbies?” Veronica mocked her.
“I am kind enough to care about you that’s why I came here. You’re so terrible!”
“Terrible? That depends on the person that I’m dealing with.” She sneered and slammed the door. Clare r gritted her teeth angrily and limped away. She swore to herself that she won’t do what Veronica did to her pass away.
Her foot was severed that she even has to go to the hospital and have it checked. The doctor said that she had a bone fracture. Veronica made a resolve that she will get revenge on Veronica. After dinner, Veronica didn’t stay in the house and looked around instead.
She’s starting to get bored and sick of staying in the house all the time.
She could go to the leisure area where people in the community usually take a walk after dinner.
After getting tired of walking for a while, Veronica sat on the bench and stared blankly at a distance.
She thought that she could go to work already in a few days. She was free and she could go wherever she wanted.