Chapter 244

After all, she is everyone’s precious princess,

She pursed her lips as her features contorted with rancor. The tone in which she spoke to me was especially uncongenial. “I thought you hated Ash? Why are you back here?”

Amusement filled me as I countered, “No matter how much I hate him, we’re still a legally married couple. Besides, I own hall the rights to this house. If I don’t come back, wouldn’t that be an act of surrender?”

She curled her lips in disdain. “Oh, quit the snarky act, I’m not interested in lighting with you over money.”

I raised my brows. “I find that hard to believe. After all, you’ve even set your sights on my husband.”

Faced with her venomous glare, I turned and headed toward the yard before she could say something nasty to me and further dampen my mood. Realizing that it was already autumn in K City, I sighed at how time flew.

Perhaps Ashton had heard our voices outside. After a while, he came out. When he saw Rebecca, he frowned as his lips flattened into a line. “What are you doing here?”

Seeing her lover, a soft smile replaced the angry scowl on Rebecca’s face. “Ash, I heard my father say that you’ll be going to a border town next month to discuss the development project, so he told me to pass the collaboration contract to you.”

Then, she signaled her nanny with her eyes, to which the latter took out a file and respectfully handed it to Ashton.

“Pfft!” I failed to stifle my laughter and ended up attracting their gazes to me.

Ashton pursed his lips as he ordered, “It’s cold. Go in and put on a coat.”

On a CO

shot daggers at me and gnashed

holding his arm to complain, “You were too rough earlier, so I don’t really feel like walking so much. Can you go get it for

deliberately tilted my head slightly, revealing the bite

skin was delicate, so he would always leave

into an incredibly sweet smile at Ashton.

no fool so ha

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father to look for me at the company for matters like this in the future. You

here.”

earlier,”

to say something but was cut off by

my regards to your mother,” he said in

was clear. Rebecca instantly

but I released his arm at that time and said to him, “Go get me a coat.

His brows drew together.

that you wouldn’t

he relented, “It’s cold outside, so don’t take

the living room. Then, I turned back to Rebecca

the cold shoulder, and seeing me only made her more displeased. “You couldn’t even protect your own child, so stop

front door to where we were

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