Female Novel
The Life Of A Billionaire’s Wife Chapter 43
Chapter 43 To Be Her God-Granddaughter
Equally concerned about Elizabeth’s well-being, Veronica followed behind Matthew toward the doctor.
“The patient suffered from an intracerebral hemorrhage, which means there has been bleeding in herbrain tissue,” the doctor explained as she took off her surgical gown. “The symptoms are as she haddisplayed earlier. Good thing we got to her here just in time. It would have been bad if it was even asecond later.”
Veronica could not help but let out a huge sigh of relief upon hearing the doctor’s words. Intracerebralhemorrhage.
Those were the exact symptoms Tony had when he had the same condition two years ago. Sheremembered how panicked she was when Tony had gone to the fields to work only to end up foamingat the mouth while convulsing because a blood vessel in his head had ruptured.
She had immediately called for an emergency back then. She as-briefly-as-possible mentioned thesymptoms, and the doctor patiently told her what she could do to help. Alas, she managed to bringTony back from the brink of death as she did according to the doctor’s instructions.
After that incident, Veronica, as a precaution, had made sure to teach Daniella what to do in casesomething like that were to happen again. After all, Daniella was the one who was staying by Tony’sside.
“Is she awake?” Veronica asked with a concerned look.
The doctor nodded in response and reassured her, “Yes, she has regained consciousness.”
As the doctor spoke, a nurse emerged with a hospital bed from the emergency room––in the middle ofthe bed lay Elizabeth.
The worried Matthew hurriedly stepped forward and caringly asked, “How are you feeling right now,Grandma?”
Even though Elizabeth had just gone through a life-threatening ordeal, she still managed to show hergrandson a kind smile. “I’m fine. I was just—”
Her words came to an abrupt stop when she noticed that Matthew wasn’t the only one there.“Veronica? What are you doing here?” she eventually asked.
Instead, it was the doctor who answered on Veronica’s behalf. “This is the girl I told you about earlier!She is the young lady who saved your life! You have to give your thanks to her. It would have been badif she wasn’t there.”
The doctor then turned to Veronica, and with her thumbs up, she asked, “Have you learned first aid orsomething before? You did pretty well!”
“No, I have never learned anything like that,” Veronica answered with a polite smile on her face. “It isjust that my father went through something similar 2 years ago.” She then looked toward Elizabeth.“Madam, I’m glad to see that you are fine and awake now. I’ll be taking my leave then.”
Unexpectedly, Elizabeth reached out and held Veronica by her wrist. “Hold on. I would like to have achat with you.” She smiled.
The nurse then brought Elizabeth into a VIP room as Veronica and Matthew quietly followed along.After the nurse hung an IV drip for Elizabeth, she swiftly made her exit from the ward.
After that, Elizabeth threw a glance at Veronica as she waved the younger woman over. As soon asVeronica was standing by Elizabeth’s bedside, her hand was caught in yet another grip. “Dearie,” shecooed. “Thank you so much for saving me. If it wasn’t for you, I would have died right there and then.”
“Don’t say that, madam. You will live a long, long life,” Veronica quickly said with a smile.
She then continued asking, “Shouldn’t you be at the Kings Residence, madam? What were you doingat Riverside Park?”
No matter how she thought about it, it didn’t make sense for Elizabeth to be there early in the morningby herself. From what she was aware of, Kings Residence was nowhere near the park.
Hearing Veronica’s question, Elizabeth could only let out a long sigh at that. “I have been staying athome ever since my husband passed away, and I tend to overthink when I am alone. So, I can only goto the park to meet with other people when I want to get myself out of my head. I get to practice Tai Chiand chat with the other old folks every morning this way.”
Veronica had not expected Elizabeth to share her honest feelings with her, but when she did just that,Elizabeth seemed like any other elderly person who was equally susceptible to loneliness. In fact, shesurprisingly sounded humble for a woman of her standing. Because of the position she was in, it wasonly natural for others to instinctively distance themselves from her. It was inevitable that she wouldsomewhat feel lonely. Pretending to be a regular granny to hang out with others in the park couldpossibly be the best option for her.
“Madam, you should get someone to accompany you even if you are only going for an exercise,”Veronica said apprehensively.
“I go to the park for my peace of mind. Wouldn’t bringing someone along defeat that exact purpose?”She chuckled as she lovingly patted the back of Veronica’s hand. “You saved me. Tell me, what can Ido to repay you?”
Elizabeth was grateful for Veronica from the bottom of her heart as Veronica did save her life after all!At that moment, Veronica couldn’t help but feel as though it was fate that brought them together again.
“It is fine, madam. I didn’t do it for a reward. I would have done the same even if it was someone elsethat needed my help,” Veronica kindly refused.
To her, being willing to lend a helping hand was what made people ‘human’. It wouldn’t have come froma sincere place if she had saved Elizabeth thinking she would get a reward in return.
“What a nice young woman you are.” Elizabeth sighed, and yet her eyes were glaring at Matthew thewhole time. “It is a pity that we don’t have a lady like you at our home. Ah! How about this? Why don’t Imake you my god-granddaughter?”
Elizabeth had always liked Veronica ever since they had first met. She strongly believed that it was fatethat had brought them together.
Veronica could not find her words for a moment there, and when she finally did, she blankly repeated,“Huh? Make me your god-granddaughter?” That escalated rather quickly!
The proposal was so sudden that Veronica almost forgot to respond.
“Yes! I understand that you and Matthew couldn’t get married. It is a pity that the both of you could onlycross paths and not get to the end of the road together. I still feel guilty for what happened to the child,too. But I know that you are a good girl, and I really do like you. So…” At that, she expectantly stared atVeronica, “Would it be alright for you to accept my request?”
Hesitantly, Veronica could only mumble, “This…”
Her saving Elizabeth had been a complete coincidence, and yet she found herself considering the olderwoman’s lucrative request. She was aware that she wouldn’t have to fear the Larsons anymore if shewere to agree to it. And also, having Elizabeth to back her up would probably stop Matthew from furtherharassing her in the future.
As she pondered, Elizabeth sneakily slid the jade bracelet on her wrist onto Veronica’s without herrealizing. “I have been wearing this bracelet my whole life, and I am giving it to you now. Treat it as thefirst present I am giving you as your god-grandmother,” she insisted.
A small frown gradually appeared on Veronica’s face. She was feeling all sorts of emotions as shelooked at the bracelet.
Matthew, who had been standing quietly aside, was confused by his grandmother’s actions. Hesuddenly spoke up. “Please think about it again, Grandma.”
Elizabeth’s grip on Veronica only got firmer as she threw Matthew a glance. “Think about what? I havedecided on it. From now on, you have to treat her like an older brother would.”novelbin
Older brother? His squinting eyes swept to glare at Veronica.
Veronica had not noticed the rage on Matthew’s face at first, but she could almost feel the temperaturearound Matthew drop after hearing Elizabeth’s words. The hairs on her back automatically stood as shefelt the cold glare poking into the back of her torso.
“You and Tiffany are engaged. I’m sure I don’t have to remind you about what you should and shouldnot do in the future. I will break your legs if I were to find out that you haven’t been treating Veronicaright,” Elizabeth sternly warned.
The listeners of the conversation immediately knew what she meant by her words. After all, Elizabethwas aware of what had transpired between Veronica and Matthew in the past. Her words now shouldserve as a warning for Matthew to back off from Veronica.
“Ha!” Matthew scoffed before asking in a ridiculing tone, “Grandma, are you sure she didn’t approachyou on purpose?”
Elizabeth didn’t bother waiting for him to finish his sentence as she reached out and gave Matthew ahard pinch on his thigh. “I am someone who has lived a long life and literally just came back from thedead. I can’t be wrong about this.”
Truth be told, Elizabeth had fully expected Matthew to be against her idea. She had always known justhow much her grandson disliked Veronica.
Matthew heaved a frustrated sigh, but still, he gave it another go. “She is not as simple as you thinkshe is.”
“I might as well look for an idiot or a fool if I was hoping for a simpleton!” Elizabeth impatiently roared,rendering Matthew silent almost immediately.
Upon hearing that, Veronica no longer held back her laughter as giggles erupted from her. She couldn’thelp but realize how adorable Elizabeth was.
Elizabeth then declared, “It is my birthday in two months. I will be inviting the business pioneers ofBloomstead to the celebration. Veronica, come for my birthday. I shall introduce you to them.”
It was a well-known fact that Elizabeth enjoyed her peace by mostly keeping to herself and her family.The attendees of her birthday celebrations in the past, too, were only people from the Kings Family.Now that she was willing to invite the public to the celebration just to introduce Veronica to them, it wasobvious how much she had put Veronica on a pedestal.