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.”

before explaining, “I need his help to keep an eye on Marcus’

an amicable tone. After thanking

woman’s identity, so I simply chose to set

Ashton came out of the bathroom

body. After wiping himself dry,

back was facing him. When

with his arms and coaxed, ‘Behave.

and huffed, “Go away. I can’t sleep with you so close

we sleep like this, or I’ll pull you closer to me. Of course, if you wanna join bodies, I’m all for it too. So, what’s it going to be,

A**hole…

pointed fingers at Sally, accusing her of plotting the death

raised many suspicions. Except for Benjamin who died a natural death, both Sharon and Marcus had committed suicide. Hence, it was clear that there was more to the story than

elderly couple, Anthony and Sophia, were prominent figures in K City. The fact that both their daughter and

Even if Anthony and

and barred from participating in anything related to the White family

even allowed to step into the White residence, the reason being that everything inside could be

was basically

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, so Sally

called me, I was staring absent-mindedly at

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