Chapter 307

In a fit of anger, I raised my leg and kicked Ashton off the bed. Completely caught off guard, he rolled off and landed on the carpeted floor, which undoubtedly cushioned his fall.

He sat up almost instantly and looked at me with a mixture of exasperation and amusement, the blazing fire in him seemingly doused. With his gaze still fixed on me, he growled, “You’ve got guts, Scarlett!”

I clutched my head and ignored his remark. Glaring at him, I spat, “If you touch me again, it won’t be so simple as getting kicked off the bed.”

With that, I pulled the blanket over myself, making sure to wrap it firmly around me before closing my eyes to sleep.

I didn’t expect that even without doing anything, Ashton would continue gazing at me with a sexually frustrated look on his face. After a long time, he finally went to

the bathroom with a sulky expression.

With everything that happened, my head was hurting so badly I couldn’t fall asleep at all.

I fumbled for my phone and went through my contacts for John’s number.

The person who answered the call was a woman instead of John. Her voice sounded familiar, but I couldn’t seem to recall who it was.

Hence, I merely said, “Hi, I’m looking for John.”

The woman replied calmly, “He’s in the shower. He’ll probably be out in about five minutes. If you trust me enough, you can tell me and I’ll relay your message to him. If you don’t want to, you can call again after five minutes.”

an eye on Marcus’

woman responded in an amicable tone. After thanking her again, I hung

my finger on the woman’s identity, so I simply chose to

after I ended the call, Ashton came out of the

wiping

I deliberately turned so that my back was facing him. When he pulled me against his

his arms and coaxed, ‘Behave. I

“Go away. I can’t sleep with you so close to

closer to me. Of course, if you wanna join bodies,

A**hole…

blew up the next day. Many citizens pointed fingers at Sally, accusing her of plotting the death of the family of three so that she could

died a natural death, both Sharon and Marcus had

their daughter and grandson had committed suicide didn’t add up. Hence, they ordered the police to

this magnitude was breaking news. Even if Anthony and Sophia didn’t

Sally was brought-in for interrogation and barred from participating in anything related to the White

that everything inside could be crucial to their investigation and that the place

Sally was

a result, she was homeless and could only temporarily live in our villa since it was huge. The place that Ashton had previously arranged for Dr. Linnard was vacant ever since she left,

was staring absent-mindedly at the show

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