I felt as nonplussed as Armond looked. We both thought that Ashton was prepared to give me the scolding of a lifetime.
Rachel’s look of shock on her tear-streaked face told me that she did not expect Ashton to be this lenient with me as well.
I hesitated for a fraction of a second but repeated my sincere apology toward Rachel.
Ashton looked down at her. “Ms. Zimmer, I, too, am sorry for whatever transpired today. I will be sure to make the arrangements to see that you are compensated for.”
He was indifferent but cunning about how he had crafted that sentence.
Rachel was deathly pale as she stood up. She gazed at Ashton with disappointment but was unable to say anything more.
All of a sudden, Joseph appeared and took her away to the hospital.
Armond had nothing more to say as well. He exchanged several words of courtesy with Ashton and promptly departed.
After they left, Ashton and I remained where we were. I hung my head and prepared myself for the telling-off I was about to receive.
“I shouldn’t have hit her,” I blurted out. “I won’t do it again.”
“If you didn’t hit back, she’d walk all over you,” he said with an unflinching gaze at me.
I was shocked, to say the least. I looked up at him quizzically.
Ashton gently lifted up my sleeves and frowned at my scratch scars. “Did you return the favor?”
so I
across his handsome features. “You
fight with fists and feet. Actually, it was a
with some playful disdain. “Two of you ganging up on a woman, and you still managed to get yourself hurt. You weren’t even the one who threw the water! If Linda weren’t here, would Rachel have
hung my head like a guilty child. “If Linda weren’t here, I wouldn’t have dared to start a fight,” I said in a small voice. “I wouldn’t have been able
and turned to leave at
down after a couple of steps. My heart filled with joy at every
turned to look behind him when he did not
can’t walk.” I remained squatted and pretended to
near tears with exasperation. “Just tell me. What should I
racked my brain for a moment. “Could you carry me out
“Is your leg
with a shake of my
why would I
you love me!” I said in a
me to say it out loud, but if it had to be
I walked past him,
startled by the sudden movement. “Ashton, you jerk!”
grunted without
exited the corridor, the employees of the
After all, they were under the impression that Ashton and Rachel were something
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