Chapter 282

“It doesn’t matter,” he replied. We returned to the villa in no time.

Back home, I took a shower swiftly. When I exited the bathroom, Ashton was talking to someone over the phone on the balcony.

The door wasn’t shut, so his voice floated over. He was talking to Rebecca.

“Rebecca, you shouldn’t involve Scarlett in our business,” he said unhappily.

“Ash, what do you mean by that?” Rebecca’s voice was shrill. “Did she tattle on me?”

“No!” Ashton kept his voice low. When he heard my footsteps, he turned back and came into the bedroom.

I could hear Rebecca’s displeased voice over the phone as she was loud. “Then why do you think I did it? Am I that horrible in your eyes?”

He wasn’t about to waste his time to argue with her. “This is the last time. If it’s because of your mother, you can come to me. Scarlett is my wife; I’m responsible for her.”

“Ashton Fuller!” Rebecca yelled angrily. “My mother was trying to protect me. Was she wrong? Why do you insist on targeting her?”.

gaze landed on me. He gestured for me to dry my hair. I tilted my head

smile, he spoke gravely, “I was trying to seek

what a brutal

ended

urged me to take a seat. He took my

the end, I looked back and

spoke calmly. “I will. After I dry your

dry my hair. Finally, he was ready to

company. I wanted to talk to Marcus about the new AI project because it was relatively

looked around, but he was nowhere to be seen. His assistant told me Marcus was at the hospital as Benjamin was on

he didn’t pick up. I didn’t know what was happening, so I called

all I could hear was people bawling desperately. None of them

Fuller, what happened to

him. I need Ashton to manage Benjamin’s funeral with

to hear the news, Benjamin’s

I headed there without hesitation: Ashton didn’t answer my calls. He might be

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