Chapter 24

Ashton grabbed onto me as he finished.

Rage boiled within me as I frowned in pain. I pulled his hand out, glaring at him. “Well, if it’s nothing but an inn to you, feel free to never come back. Sign the divorce papers and we’ll never see each other again!”

Suddenly, he bit me on the shoulder, causing me to hiss in pain. My tears were on the verge of spilling out

“Oh? So you’re going to stay far away from me now that you’ve gotten the money, the house, and the shares?” Ashton glared at me and let out a cold laugh. “Your love sure is cheap, Scarlett. To think you’re taking it all back so easily.”

My head began to hurt seeing how intoxicated he was. What was I doing, trying to reason with a drunkard?

Suppressing my anger, I softened my tone and held his face. “It’s getting late, Ashton. Let’s go home okay?”

Ashton stopped talking. He closed his eyes and leaned back into the couch, but still held on to me.

Not knowing what he wanted, I paused briefly before suggesting, “If you don’t want to come home with me, I’ll ask Rebecca to pick you up, okay?”

He didn’t want to return to the villa anyway, I assumed he had been staying with Rebecca all this while. Refusing to let him disrupt Macy’s business, I grabbed my purse and took out my phone, ready to give Rebecca a call.

Yet, Ashton snatched my phone before I could even dial Rebecca’s number.

Crash! He tossed my phone far away.

before turning to him.

with me, yet he refused to let someone

home,” the man spat out coldly as he carried me and began to stagger out of

me, I wouldn’t even have a

Put me down. can walk on

at me with his pitch-black

at me?”

while shaking my head. “I love you so much; why would I want to get

drunk man was no different from

 

he put me down

from nodding at this point. “Okay, let’s go!” I

much he had drunk, I helped the staggering man down to the ground floor. Macy stood at by the counter

“Has he

eyes at me. “Paid the

I couldn’t be bothered to ponder

just to get him into the car. My back and clothes were completely drenched in sweat by the time I was

women were fragile; I was about to fall apart just from doing such

in the passenger seat. With his eyes closed, he didn’t look as frosty as usual. Instead, he looked so peaceful in his sleep. This man was surely favored by the gods. He had such a

I continued to stare at Ashton, his eyes suddenly flew open, causing

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