The Handsome CEO Is Chapter 79

Chapter 79: Chapter 79

Veronica exited the car leaving Liam behind to get the picnic he had prepared for them. She could spend hours looking at the water and sitting on the sand. "What a sha I was afraid of this," she said.

The beach wasn’t crowded which was good and with the few people present, Veronica would be surprised if she recognised Liam’s face or her own after she was plastered in the news a while ago.

After hearing the car door closed, Veronica turned to look at Liam.

"Do you need help?" She asked, smiling innocently since she waited late to ask.

"You say that after I already have everything out of the car. I can lift it by myself. Where do you want to sit before you get in the water?" Liam questioned, taking a good look around the beach.

"Over there," Veronica pointed to trees providing shade.

She led the way over to where they would sit, walking fast so that no one could take their spot.

"I feel like a child. I’m sure no one my age is this excited about a beach but I feel so much excitent. I wonder when the fear will co," Veronica said, concerned about that part. She knew this excitent wasn’t going to last forever so she had to enjoy it while it was here.

Liam didn’t like hearing her speak about her fear since he wasn’t fully all for this idea. He was going to sit with her here and then go to her if she needed help in the water. Luckily, he was a good swimr.

Veronica helped Liam to spread out the blanket and then sat down. The excitent was slowly going away with a feeling she couldn’t describe replacing it. She needed a small distraction.

"They are at the beach with their dog. Must be fun. Can we get a pet or are we too busy for one?" Veronica asked, thinking of their schedules.

"We’re not too busy and there is always soone ho. You want a dog?" Liam asked, looking at the sa dog Veronica was watching.

"Only if you want one. It might beco a little chaotic if we bring a pet into our ho at first but I think it would be fun. We can get a cat too but I don’t see a cat wanting to co to the beach with us," said Veronica.

"We should get a cat. Then I will be with two scaredy cats at the beach," Liam joked. She would think twice about getting in the water if she had a cat to watch.

"Ha! It was so funny," Veronica sarcastically replied. "You didn’t tell

what happened when you went to work. Was the office sad to see you go?"

"No. I’m sure they celebrated when I left. I fired Nora today. It seems she was eting with Beth and I believe she’s the woman Beth wanted you to think I was having an affair with. I didn’t notice Nora’s behaviour was due to the fact she liked . She also was going to lie about harassnt in the office," Liam shared.

Veronica was surprised by this. Liam only went for a short visit at work yet Nora ended up fired. Nora wasn’t having a good day. "Was she friends with Beth?"

"It was news to

that they were. Or maybe they ca together for this with Nora thinking I would end up with her. I don’t understand how they think. I was in the wrong because I was too nice to her. I should have been rude so she wouldn’t have any feelings for . She had to go," Liam said, unwilling to participate in the delusion.

"Well, Beth is certainly going far to ss with . I think it’s Beth who has my phone. My mother bothers

for money, the sa with my stepfather but Beth is different. Like she’s out to ruin what I have. I thought she just wanted to show she had my mother but she’s after more," Veronica said, wary of Beth.

What exactly did Beth want?

"Is it you?" Veronica wondered, looking at Liam. "Does she want you again? If I lose you and go to soone else would she want them? Is it an obsession with everything I have? It doesn’t make sense."

Beth had more than Veronica had when they were growing up. Veronica didn’t need her mories to know it. Why did Beth want the few things that she had?

"Nothing about Beth makes any sense. She always ca off like there was sothing wrong with her head. Not just when I was dating you but before that. Like she was lost in her head plotting sothing and then it beca worse with our announcent," Liam replied.

"She lost her parents. I wonder if she didn’t like that I had my mother. Must have been fun for her to see my mother love her more. Little did she know that she could gladly take my mother. What did I do in a past life to deserve being caught up in a family like that? I need a break," Veronica said and then laid down on the blanket to look up at the sky.

"Is there any news about my father?"

"None so far. I’m surprised it’s a little hard to find the na of the man she was married to before. I would like to ask you if you are sure your parents were married but you know, you’re no help," Liam joked.

"It’s strange. What’s my mother trying to hide? Is my father soone who just asks for money or is there more to the story? I’m sorry but I don’t see her marrying a man who doesn’t have any money and it’s not like she lives a quiet life to hide from anyone. Is it more like she doesn’t want to disturb him?" Veronica wondered, puzzled by her parents’ arrangent.

She continued, "Is my father so sleeping ancient beast?"

"Maybe. Your face has been in the news and your mother has been doing a lot of interviews. He knows where you are if he is alive but for so reason, he’s not coming to you. He can’t be soone who wants money or he would have been here long ago reaching out. He might be soone who has to hide and has the money to remain hidden," Liam concluded.

Liam was confident he could pull her father out of hiding. If Veronica’s father loved her regardless of having to stay away for unknown reasons he should co if he thought his daughter was in danger again.

"It’s never a dull mont with my family. At least you can’t say you’re ever bored with . While you find my father, we need to think about how we’ll get my phone. Should I visit their ho? It would have to be a day only mother will be there. I will leave it to you to think of a way to get Beth and Henry away from ho," said Veronica.

"I don’t like the idea of you going there. You never went back for a good reason-"

"Well, how else are we to get the phone? Are you going to visit? We both know that is going to look suspicious. Or were you planning to break into their ho without telling ? It makes the most sense for

to go to my mother and pretend like I want to be close to her again," Veronica said, standing firm on her decision.

She continued, "Even when Beth discovers that the phone is gone, she can’t do anything about it since it was my phone. That will be the ti you will have to watch her because she’ll be scared knowing that you will co to ask her how it got in her hands. There isn’t another way."

"You’re hellbent on doing everything dangerous to get answers. I don’t like it," Liam had to be honest. "I won’t be all for it even if you take a few bodyguards to be outside waiting for you. If you have your mind made up already all I can do is support you. I’ll think of sothing to get both of them out."

’Thank you. I am done with laying around," Veronica said, sitting up to see the water again. "I’m ready to do sothing bold. I need you to be near to get

if sothing happens."

"How far out were you planning to go if I needed to save you? Just stand where the water reaches your ankles and we’ll go slow from there. Co," Liam said, getting up first to offer his hand to Veronica.

"You’re no fun but fine. Can I push you in without any consequences? You wouldn’t be evil to push soone who is afraid of the sea into it right? Or maybe if you push

in it might trigger sothing-"

"No," Liam stopped her in her tracks. He wasn’t going to be the one to push her anywhere. "Please be mindful of how worried I am for you right now."