Chapter 408

Xavier, Are You Out of Your Mind?!

This decision was perhaps the worst move that Xavier had made. Veronica ignored him and helped him
down the stairs. He had trouble walking properly, so it took him quite some time to get down the stairs.

For a moment of thought, she was thinking about exacting revenge on Xavier, but she knew that he
was near desperation. If she actually took control of him and threatened his subordinates to release
Monica and Shirley, there was a chance that he might choose to take everyone down along with him.

That was because the Crawfords would undoubtedly face complete destruction if they did not manage
to obtain the five hundred million as cash flow.

If they lost everything, then there was no way that Hendric would let Xavier off the hook. As such,
Veronica did not dare to act rashly.

After quite some time, they finally got down the stairs and there was a car waiting below. Xavier pointed
at the car and indicated for her to enter it.

The bodyguard inside the car saw the two of them approaching and he instantly opened the car door
for the duo to get in. Subsequently, the bodyguard entered the driver’s seat and drove off.

Their car drove off gradually and Veronica’s heart was in her mouth the entire time. “Roni, what do you
reckon? Where should we head to right now?”

“It’s up to you,” she mentioned coldly but he merely responded, “Let’s go to Collins.”

Collins? Collins was her hometown and Veronica had no idea why Xavier wanted to make his way
there. Perhaps it was just a transit point for him, so she did not bother to ask him.



Ten minutes later, Veronica’s phone went off. She tilted her head to glance at the screen and it was
Matthew’s number that appeared on there. However, her phone was with Xavier, so she could not take
the call.

She leaned back in her seat and took a rest to preserve her energy. She planned to leave after
ensuring Monica and Shirley’s safety, hence all she could do now was wait patiently.

Originally, after receiving Matthew’s WhatsApp message, she replied with her location. After she sent
that message, she deleted the message from her end rather than recalling the message.

Subsequently, she replied to him with another message by insisting that she did not want any cake
from him.

That was her way of responding to Matthew to indicate that she was in dire straits.

After that, he no longer replied to her message.

Veronica prayed silently for him to arrive as soon as possible and succeed in rescuing both Monica and
Shirley.

On the other end, Matthew brought Thomas and a group of men along with him to the deserted
building.

There were ten cars parked in front of the deserted building and all of the bodyguards alighted from the
cars; there were more than ten of them.

Matthew gestured with his hand as he spoke, “Search the building and find them!”

“Yes, Young Master Matthew.”



Under Matthew’s instructions, everyone went off to search for the girls. However, he was told that there
was no one at all after a few minutes of exploring.

Matthew frowned and the uneasy feeling within him deepened. He stood in his original spot and gave
Troy a call to ask, “What’s going on? Have you captured them?”

“Young Master Matthew, we’ve captured Melissa and her family members, but that crafty old man,
Hendric, got away.”

“Okay. Send our men to wait along each exit of the highway,” Matthew gave his instruction and turned
around to enter the car.

Xavier had made such a brazen act today to kidnap Veronica because this was his last bid at gaining a
way out for their family. Ultimately, this had been a futile effort that meant nothing. The only minimal
thing he gained out of this was that he had managed to succeed in taking Veronica hostage.

Matthew guessed that Xavier would definitely make the choice to leave Bloomstead with Veronica.

“Young Master Matthew, there’s been an issue.”

Sitting in the car with his eyes closed, Matthew could not help but reveal hints of anxiety from his tense
facial muscles despite being expressionless. “What is it?”

Nothing else mattered to him right now more than Veronica. Unfortunately, Thomas handed over the
phone to him and spoke up awkwardly, “Y-You should take a look at this.” Thomas had no idea how to
explain things to him as the images were extremely explicit.

At that point, Matthew’s dark brows were tightly knitted, and his sharp eyes widened. All he saw before
him was the video on Thomas’ phone. The video playing was taken in a hotel room and it depicted
Veronica and Xavier in a compromising position.



Of course, though, Matthew had no idea that the person in the video was actually Tiffany.

Other than Tiffany, Veronica, Xavier, and Melissa, no one else knew the truth.

“The news of this has been published on the internet and it has instantly topped the charts as the
trending topic. Many people on the internet have reposted it and commented on it. Right now, it’s the
hottest topic.”

Matthew lifted his hand to press against his brows as he spoke in a low voice, “Make arrangements
and I don’t want to see any news of this within half an hour.”

“Sure, I’ll see to that right away.” Thomas knew the position Veronica occupied in Matthew’s heart, so
he did not dare to delay things any further and instantly called his men to resolve the situation right
away.

Five minutes later, Thomas tilted his head once again to look at Matthew by his side.

Matthew had his eyes shut while resting, seemingly preoccupied.

Thomas took a look at Matthew before glancing at his phone again. Finally, he mustered up his
courage and said, “Young Master Matthew, someone is sabotaging us secretly. Our men have been
trying hard to delete the video and clear the news on the internet, but the other party has paid off some
people to spread the news and the video widely by using popular accounts.”

During such a critical moment, there seemed to be a bunch of people intent on targeting Veronica.

Actually, they were more likely to be targeting Matthew than Veronica.

“I’ll deal with it.” He appeared to look calm, but his handsome and perfectly sculpted face was devoid of
expression; he looked calm as if nothing had happened.



However, Thomas, who had worked for Matthew for such a long time, clearly knew that this was the
calm before a storm. Once this man unleashed his anger, there would be severe consequences.

Inside the car, the atmosphere was tense and cold. Thomas found it quite suffocating and he felt as if
there was insufficient oxygen inside.

Matthew placed a phone call and conversed fluently in French with the other party. He barely spoke
more than five sentences before he hung up the phone.

On the other end, Veronica remained seated in the car and Xavier purposely instructed the driver to
turn on the radio.

There was sensational news reported on the radio, ‘Breaking news! This is today’s trending news. The
god-granddaughter of Old Mrs. Kings has been found to be in an explicit relationship with Young
Master Xavier. There has been a video of them published on the internet which has caused an
uproar…” the broadcaster reported today’s incident on the news.

Veronica, who had been silent all this while, suddenly lost her composure and turned around to look at
Xavier as she confronted him in a frenzied state, “Xavier, what the heck are you trying to do?”

This b*stard! Does he intend to ruin me?! At that point, she instantly felt that she must have been
blinded in the past. Although she hated him previously, she did not despise him this badly.

However, things were much different now and he had repeatedly shown her his deplorable ways that
broke her views of him. It was then Veronica realized that there was a huge gap and intense feud
between them.

“Roni, why are you so upset?” Xavier was not the least bit upset and he revealed a smile. He lifted his
hand to pinch her cheeks. “I like you too much, that’s why. That b*stard, Matthew, isn’t good enough for



you. He has a bevy of women by his side, so he won’t appreciate you at all. You should stay by my side
and I’ll definitely treat you well. I promise.”

He actually meant those words sincerely as he really liked her. No, to be more precise, he loved her
very much.


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