Chapter 292

Knowing that he was fuming on the inside, I did not make him angrier anymore. When I returned to the bedroom, he was not around, and I was sure he must have gone to the study.

I then went to wash up in the bathroom. It had anti-slip tiles, so I usually took off my house slippers when I went in.

However, I somehow managed to slip and fall a few steps into the bathroom.

“Ah!” I shrieked in fear.

Bang! The bedroom door burst open to reveal Ashton, panting by the doorway. It seemed like he had rushed over.

When he saw me on the floor, he frowned as he lifted me up into his arms. “Are you hurt?”

“I sprained my ankle.”

He then reached out to pinch my ankle, and I could not help but gasp from the pain. “Ouch!”

“So you know it hurts?” he snarled. “Do you use your eyes to breathe?”

Pouting. I whispered, “How am I to know that the floor is so slippery. Who in their right mind would want to fall?”

He gave me a taunting look. “Who can you blame if you were the one to not watch where you were going?” After a pause, he continued, “What were you about to do?”

“Shower!” Why does he have such a terrible temper?

tub before

came my quick

at me apathetically. “It’s as if you’ve lost your parents-in-law when his parents died,

logic is that?How did he even connect

now that he’s having so many troubles. What’s wrong with me

being melodramatic. If not for Marcus’ appearance back then, I would have died with the baby. Now that he was facing such a tragedy and there was no one around him he could talk to. What was wrong with me being concerned about him

He barked out a laugh. “Do you have to help him in this way? Scarlett, do you think you’re the only one who knows how to repay a favor? Will

huffed. “If that’s the case, you could’ve found someone to take care of Rebecca,

a moment. With an expression as dark as charcoal, he uttered, “Stop talking about things from

was furious, too. “I

into a sneer. “You can? Are you planning to jump out of the tub and slip one more time?

Inwardly. I was seething and closed to erupting like a volcano, but I did my best to tamp it down. “Get

as he left, I could see that he was in a foul

Half an hour later…

ankle under the water. I stood

I could bear, so technically,

towel, pajamas, lotion, and essential oil. As I sat by the edge of the tub, I started applying the lotion on myself.

too strong,

was about to grab the towel to

glass

feet. I could not help but frown at how inconvenient it would be for

not clean itself, so that was what I did. Just as I was

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