"I wanted to use them to distract you. So I can get away from you."

"Away from me?" Nick asked with an unfathomable face.

"Toby thought I was trying to compete with other women for you. He told me I wasn't as fancy as they are to compete." Veronica confronted Nick's cold black eyes and added "I told him it did not matter to me. And then he left and that's all we've talked about."

After Veronica spoke, the air was suddenly filled with terrible silence, they can hear their own breath and heartbeat.

Veronica felt so nervous, her palms began to sweat. She was puzzled whether Nick believed her...