The Bound Between Us

Chapter 196

Ashley saw Salma getting worked up and chuckled. “Don’t get me wrong, I didn’t want to come find you either, but I had no choice, otherwise I wouldn’t be here.”

“What do you mean?” Salma asked, puzzled.

Ashley put away her sarcasm and said, “Get in the car. I don’t want to freeze my butt off here.”

With that, she turned to the Mercedes parked on the side of the road, opened the door, and climbed in.

After some hesitation, Salma, perhaps still holding out hope for that man, wanted to know any information about him, so she followed Ashley into the car.

Ashley closed the door, and let the driver get out, leaving just the two of them in the car.

Ashley cut to the chase. “My daughter Sandy is sick and needs a bone marrow transplant urgently. Neither Tavon nor I are a match. Now, we can only ask your daughter Anastasia. They’re half-sisters, so the chances of a match are high. If it works out, I’ll give you $50,000. I won’t let Anastasia give something for nothing.”

Hearing this, Salma trembled with anger. “Ashley, you’re pushing your luck. Why should my daughter Anastasia save your daughter Sandy? That’s never gonna happen.”

you think I’d come to you?” Ashley looked down on Salma from the bottom of her heart. “If you don’t agree today, the, next person

“Tavon knows you came to me? He also agreed to

daughter Anastasia is also his daughter. As a father, he gave Anastasia life, and he has the

so angry that her chest hurt. “Ana is also Tavon’s daughter. He can’t do this! He hasn’t taken responsibility as a father for over 20 years. He has no right to ask

had just recovered from a serious illness. There was

young Salma fell in love with Tavon. But Tavon, from a prestigious rich family, was

that Tavon was marrying

and Ashley were a perfect match,

driven away by the Morton family. They

a breakup fetter from Tavon, asking her not to find him again, that they were not meant to be in this life, and maybe in

and naive, Salma couldn’t bear to give up on the baby and made the unwise decision to give birth to Anastasia.

trace. The Morton family also left Riverdale, and

and bore all the pain alone. She

Anastasia’s grandmother, the Jewell family. On one hand, Salma wanted to ease the tension with her family, and on the other hand, she wanted