Chapter 809 An Unexpected Guest
Toby Cage told Veronica Parker, "If it's really embarrassing for you, then forget it. The important thing is you're okay."
Veronica thought that he would leave after that.
However, Toby waited there for a long time and he leaned against the wall without changing his position. As he used his strength, he felt a pain in his abdomen. So, he leaned his hand against the wall for support and mumbled. His face became paler.
Veronica held him in order to support him. She worriedly asked him, "Toby, how are you feeling?"
Toby was speechless and just shook his head.
Veronica didn't know how long he had been standing there. She knew that his body was still not strong enough to withstand it.
So, Veronica told him, "I'll help you in first."
She used her key to open the door. Then she assisted Toby inside the house and closed the door.
She had let Toby sit on the sofa and told him, "Take a rest first before you go."
Veronica went to the kitchen then poured a cup of tea for Toby. His face was still pale. Even his lips turned pale. She had never seen him in such a state before.
Toby took a sip of tea. Veronica looked at him carefully and asked, "How are you feeling now? Do you feel better now? Because if not, I'll call an ambulance."
Toby smiled bitterly and replied, "Why would you need an ambulance?"
Veronica asked him, "How did you get here?" As she looked at Toby's silence, she couldn't believe how reckless it was for him to get here. She continued to ask him, "Did you drive here by yourself? Toby, are you out of your mind? Do you don't want to die?"
But Toby just looked up at her and said, "It doesn't matter."
Veronica was so confused by his statement. She didn't know how she should reply to him. It sounded as if his life didn't matter for him. Veronica couldn't help but think, 'So what else matters to him? My life?'
'Just because he wanted to see if I was all right, he could just run here without regard for his body.'
So, she told him, "Toby, Nick won't do anything to me. I'm the mother of Peter. No matter how angry he is, he will take care of his children. Otherwise, if I didn't fight him like what I did before, I wouldn't know how many babies I had."
Toby looked around the house and asked her, "Have you been living here alone?"
Veronica sat cross-legged on the foam board and replied, "Well, this is Isabella's house. And she had no family."
Toby looked at her sitting posture and felt warm. Then he told her, "Didn't I tell you that girls can't sit like that? It could make men think of crazy and wild thoughts."
Veronica's face froze and she blushed. She immediately pulled her legs together and clasped her hands. She immediately changes the subject to ease the awkward atmosphere around them and asked, "How is your injury? What about your ribs?"
"Two were broken."
Veronica's heart sank and she bit her lip tightly. She knew that it wouldn't get better anytime soon. Indeed, Nick's fist was so hard.
Veronica replied to him, "Then you shouldn't have come here to see me. You should know Nick better than I do.
"Give me a reason."
"What reason?"
"Give me a reason why I shouldn't come here."
Veronica turned her face and looked across the balcony into the dark night.
Toby was asking what her reason was. And the truth was, her reason was that she did not want Toby to be infringed by Nick because of her. She hoped that he could find his own happiness.
But she couldn't just say that. She knew that the more she would talk, the more Toby couldn't get out of her current situation with Nick.
"I fell in love with Nick," Veronica said in a low voice as if speaking to herself. Inside the silent room, what she said suddenly hit Toby hard in his heart.
Toby asked in disbelief, "What did you say?" Toby Cage tried to move, threw himself at Veronica, and knelt in front of her. He held her face and said, "You're lying! Look at me and tell me that isn't true."
Veronica and Toby looked at each other for a moment. Finally, she said, "I like Nick, so I can't be with you."
"How could you like him? What made you like Nick?"