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?

me gently into the bathtub and filled the tub before coldly saying, “Do you need me to wash

came my

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

that?How did

is; I slipped on accident. Morcover, Marcus helped me in the past, and now that he’s having so many troubles. What’s wrong with me helping him a little?

that he was facing such a tragedy and

you’re the only one who knows how to repay

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

anger overwhelmed him and took away his words for a moment. With an expression as dark as charcoal, he uttered, “Stop talking about things from the

no need for that.” I was furious, too.

“You can? Are you planning to jump out of

a volcano,

could see that he was

Half an hour later…

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

I could bear, so technically, I could do this by

the rack beside the tub were my towel, pajamas, lotion, and essential oil. As I sat by the edge of the tub,

oil was too strong, I left

the towel to dry my hair, I

glass shattered on

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

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

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