Ashton brought me back into the car and rolled the windows back up. I had no energy left to move or talk, so I just leaned against the car and slowly drifted off to sleep.

When I woke up to the sound of water running in the bathroom, I found myself lying on a hotel room bed.

I knew I was brought to the hotel by Ashton, so waking up on a foreign bed didn’t worry me as much.

Even after the rest I had, my head was still spinning, and my body felt limp. No matter how hard I tried, I just couldn’t get myself out of bed.

So that’s how it is after I drink. I may be sober, but my body just refuses to cooperate with me.

The bathroom door opened, and Ashton stepped out with a towel wrapped around his waist. “Are you awake?” he asked as he glanced at me.

I nodded and instinctively pulled at the covers. It was only then that I realized I had been stripped naked.

My eyes widened in horror as I glared at Ashton. “Ashton, you’re despicable! You knew I was drunk, and yet, you… “

He turned toward me with a raised eyebrow. “And yet I what?”

or tails of his reaction, so

to

what I mean, yet he

seemed reluctant to give me a direct answer,

look at me, still with the same indifference he had before. “You should be

My anxiety increased when I realized the room stank of booze, and both his and my clothes were missing. What have I

threw his towel aside and leaned closer to me. “My custom-made suit cost one hundred and eighty thousand. Include my emotional damages, and

speechless. When did

don’t you remember? The hotel has security cameras. Do you need to see some

was to avoid him altogether. But he had me backed into a corner, and there was nowhere I could

asked apologetically. I had no memory of what happened after I had fallen asleep

said nothing as he looked at me,

Ashton. And seeing as how both our clothes weren’t in the room, I was

hesitation, I began to worry about the monetary amount he mentioned earlier. “Do

his clothes were custom-made by famous, big brands, which justified their insane price tags. But

the tens of millions. Asking for twenty thousand isn’t too much of a stretch, is it?” he

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