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?

the bathtub and filled the tub before

need!” came my quick

apathetically. “It’s as if you’ve lost your

kind of logic is that?How did he

helped me in the past, and now that he’s having so many troubles. What’s wrong with me helping him a little? Have I ever said anything

the baby. Now that he was facing such a tragedy and there

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?

then!” I huffed. “If that’s the case, you could’ve found someone to take care of Rebecca, too. Why

expression as dark as charcoal, he uttered, “Stop talking about things from the past. Hurry up and shower.

that.” I was furious, too. “I can do this

sneer. “You can? Are you planning to jump out of the tub and

erupting like a volcano, but I did my best to tamp

could see that he was

Half an hour later…

swollen ankle under the water. I stood up by myself

a level of pain I could bear, so technically, I could do this

I sat by the edge of the tub, I started applying the lotion on

oil was too strong, I

as I was about to grab the towel to dry my hair,

the glass

glass fragments by my feet. I could not help but frown at how inconvenient it would

so that was what I did. Just as I was about to crouch down, Ashton entered to see me

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