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?

gently into the bathtub and filled the tub before coldly saying, “Do you

need!” came my quick

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

What kind of logic is that?How did

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

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 as

Scarlett, do you think you’re the only one who

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

an expression as dark as charcoal, he uttered, “Stop talking about things from the past. Hurry up and shower. Call me when you’re

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

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

closed to erupting like a volcano, but I did

left, I could see that he was

Half an hour later…

I stared at my swollen ankle under the water. I stood up by myself while holding onto the edge of the

level of pain I could bear, so

sat by the edge of the tub,

oil was too strong, I

grab the towel to dry my hair, I knocked over

oil, and the glass shattered

fragments by my feet. I could not help but frown at how inconvenient it would be for me to crouch

what I did. Just as I was about to crouch down, Ashton entered to

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