COLD

LAWRENCE’S POV

After mother left, silence fell upon the room. Veronica’s focus was fixed on her food even though it was clear there was just a little amount of food still left in her plate.

I stole quick glances at her. My admiration for her grew. It dawned on me there actually was a lot about her I was yet to discover.

“Why didn’t you tell me?” I asked.

She looked up from her plate. “Tell you what?”

“That you were handling my work...I mean, you also had your own work to take care of....”

“Well, I just did it...besides I had the help of your secretary too and your parents support.” She said with a light shrug.

She made it sound like she did nothing much. If only she knew how huge it meant for me.

“I should get the documents now...” She said and stood up.

“Why did you do it?” I asked as I equally stood up. I couldn’t understand it no matter how much I thought about it. I thought she was still mad at me about the time I hurt her with my words because of Bianca. She hadn’t spoken about i