Chapter 1737 Just A Mere Life

Hearing the sounds, I cast my gaze over, only to be greeted by the sight of Ashton walking in expressionlessly.

He wasn’t at all surprised to see me. Instead, he calmly swept a gaze over the room. Upon seeing no signs of Joseph, he looked in our direction and asked placidly, “Where is he?”

“He made off.” Emery shrugged, indicating that everything was as he could see, and there was no need to search anymore.

After hearing that, Ashton lowered his eyes, seemingly in contemplation. In the next moment, he spun on his heels to leave.

“Wait!” I called him back. “Do you know what they did to him?”

Ashton stopped with his back to me, utterly silent.

Perhaps he didn’t know anything, or maybe he didn’t want to admit it, but I wanted him to face it and confront everything he once cared about deeply.

“They broke into his house and caged his wife and children in, blackmailing and threatening him. They injected drugs into him. You’ve seen what an addict looks like. That’s exactly Joseph’s condition right now. He trusts you greatly, but what about you? How did you treat him? You merely watched as Rebecca humiliated him and walked over him, forcing him to pay the price of his dignity for your personal grievance. And now, he’s even tormented by drugs, not even daring to see anyone. This is how you treat a friend who’s even closer to you than a brother!”

to him, I forced him to look me in the eye. The distance

noticed that his ebony eyes were staring back at me, my confidence soared. I looked right at him without backing down in the least.

tilted his head slightly, his gaze darkening

and my mind went blank as I stared

a sorry state, compassion would then

too well, or am

came from the depths of my

reality proved me

a voice as calm as ever, “No, but I can

grasp the meaning

finally showed some patience though his words remained dry and unpleasant. “Am I not safe and

sent by Rebecca to take revenge on Joseph. What has that

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