Chapter 97
For a while. I was slightly confused.
Seeing that I was waiting for a response, he curled his lips and teased, “Give me a kiss and I’ll tell you!”
“Nonsense!” I ignored him. Since I had reviewed the document carefully, there shouldn’t be any problem. It was probably just his usual dubiety.
He placed the document down, took the ones that I was going to sign from my hand, and said, “I will have a look at these and sign them if everything is fine. Go inside and have some rest.”
Ashton’s office was so huge that there was even a lounge fully equipped with facilities.
I frowned as I replied, “I’m not tired.”
However, he ignored me completely and brought me into the lounge. As the weather was warm, he switched on the air conditioning “Lie down and have a good rest.” Meanwhile, he took my cell phone away.
“Ashton!” How am I supposed to sleep while it’s still early? “I woke up late this morning, so I’m not tired.”
He looked at me. “Do you need me to accompany you to sleep?”
I was speechless. I climbed to the bed angrily and pulled the blanket over my head. “I’m going to sleep. You can go out now.”
I vaguely heard his laughter.
After a while, it was quiet in the lounge. Upon thinking he had left, I removed the blanket and stared at the ceiling. There was still an unpleasant feeling coming from within.
Did Ashton change because of guilt?Can a loveless marriage really last a lifetime?
thoughts running through my head. Hence,
of bed, I headed out. Ashton wasn’t in the office at that
looked around and saw someone standing behind the balcony curtains. I grabbed my phone and prepared to return to the lounge when I overheard Ashton
was being said on the other end of the call, but I heard him reply, “Alright, bring her for a checkup and have her wounds bandaged well. After that, send her back to Pear
It was about Rebecca.
made no
All he had was just a
eyebrows furrowed when he saw me standing
cellphone as I said, “I’m here to
going to sleep, there’s no use holding on
“Alright.”
returning to the lounge, I
to feel lethargic. I dozed off after zoning out
already afternoon when I woke up. I heard people arguing outside so I got
and Joe fighting
to Joe and uttered coldly, “Stop causing trouble for yourself. I hope you don’t repeat
the documents and glared at me. After that, he
a little baffled. Is it a
Ashton asked while his slender body
out his hand towards me
walked up to him and sat on his lap. “I’ve slept too much and I don’t feel too
hair behind my ears and pressed his face against my
hungry.” I looked at the clock on the wall. It was already three o’clock in the afternoon. I had slept for three or four hours. No wonder I wasn’t feeling
of warm water. “Dr. Ludwick invites us for dinner tonight. Do