Chapter 545Chapter 545 Skyler’s Been Played
“Girlfriend? I-I thought he didn’t have one.” Veronica had thought Skyler wasn’t in a relationship since the
first day she knew him. So what is this about a girlfriend who has popped out of nowhere?
She looked back at Matthew with a curious face as she waited for him to give her an answer. With no
intention to hide the truth, Matthew explained, “Skyler’s first love is the reason he is like this.”
After saying that, he paused and hesitated, seemingly thinking of a way to explain it to her in a succinct
manner. “In short,” he eventually added, “his first love played him. And he in turn started playing other
people.”
Veronica finally understood after hearing that. It turned out that Skyler was such a casanova because his
first love had hurt him. On top of that, he was still not over her.
Now that she was back, she had probably beaten Shirley up because she thought that there was
something between Skyler and Shirley.
“That jerk of a man! All he does is flirt and hurt women!” she chided while taking her phone out to give
Skyler a call.
However, her call went unanswered, and she only heard her call go into the voicemail.
Left with no choice, she hung up and went in with Caleb. She saw Shirley in the lounge then.
Shirley was dressed in a waist-cinching summer suit, and her hair was pulled into a high ponytail. But at
this moment, her high ponytail was a mess that tilted to one side, and there were three bloody scratches
on her fair face. On top of her eyes being swollen from crying, she also had blood at the corners of her
mouth.“Shir?!”
Heartbroken, Veronica walked over to Shirley.
As soon as Shirley, who was sobbing, heard that familiar voice, she looked up and saw Veronica walking
in. She immediately got up and rushed toward Veronica and threw her arms around her as she sobbed.
“You are finally here, Ron,” she wailed.
Since Shirley didn’t have relatives or friends in Bloomstead, she had naturally gotten close with Monica
and Veronica.
She decided to call Veronica because she didn’t want to disturb Monica, who had to go to work and take
care of her child.
Besides, Veronica was quite close to Skyler.
“Come now. It’s alright. I am here.”
Veronica couldn’t help but sigh as she comforted the woman who sobbed in her chest like a child. She
somehow felt like Shirley was a young girl even though Veronica herself was only a few years older than
Shirley.
“R-Ron, I am scared.”
“Don’t be. I am here for you. You will be fine.” With that, Veronica pushed Shirley away and looked at her
from head to toe. “How do you feel? Are you injured? I will take you to the hospital for a check-up.”
“My t-tummy hurts.”
Shirley continued to sob as diamond-like tears rolled down her beautiful face, making Veronica feel even
worse than she already did.Matthew, who was standing at the door, looked at Caleb with cold eyes. “Where is his girlfriend?”
“Drew’s girlfriend sure isn’t someone easy to deal with. She is extremely tight-lipped about the thing she
had someone else do for her. If it wasn’t for Shirley being Veronica’s close friend, I wouldn’t have said
that she is Drew’s girlfriend without enough evidence. That would have been immoral.”
Both witness and material evidence were needed to carry out an investigation. Even though Caleb knew
that Skyler’s girlfriend was the person who pulled the strings behind the scene, he couldn’t just say that
without sufficient evidence. He would be slandering and defaming her.
noveldramaStill, the men were close, so he trusted Skyler would someday tell the truth himself.
“Let’s not talk about him. What about you? Why are you with Veronica again?”
Compared to Skyler’s love life, Caleb was more concerned about how Matthew and Veronica’s
relationship had progressed.
“As you can see, we are together. We are getting ready to… get married,” Matthew admitted.
“You are getting married? What an unexpected plot twist!” Caleb was very surprised. “I have a feeling it
will be a tough wedding—ouch! What is that kick for?”
Before Caleb could finish his sentence, Matthew had kicked him on his thigh, eliciting a pained gasp from
the man.