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

daggers at me and gnashed

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

delicate, so he would always leave

into an incredibly sweet smile at

was no fool so ha annil nn…

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look for me at the company for matters like this in the future. You don’t need to

here.”

cold. Go home earlier,” he added after

Rebecca wanted to say something but was cut off by

your mother,” he said in a voice that had dropped a few octaves

hidden warning in his words was clear. Rebecca instantly tensed up, an aggrieved look taking residence

into the living room, but I released his arm at that time and said to him, “Go get me a coat. I’ll send

His brows drew together.

that you wouldn’t question

a short pause, he relented, “It’s cold outside, so don’t take too

watched as he went back into the living room. Then, I turned back to Rebecca with a faint

after being given the cold shoulder, and seeing me only made

from the front door to where we were standing, and

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