She looked fixedly at Ashton and let her tears rolled down her cheeks.

Indifferent to her tears, he put his wallet in his pocket, held my hand, and walked away.

As I trailed after him, a heart-wrenching wail came from behind. I glanced back and saw several people gathered around Rachel.

Even in an upscale nightclub, there would be all sorts of people hanging around, including shady characters.

With Rachel’s good looks and her revealing clothes, I was afraid that she might be in danger.

When we reached the exit, I stopped in my tracks.

Puzzled, Ashton turned around and looked at me. He did not look angry anymore. “What’s the matter?” he asked.

I pondered for a while before voicing out my concern. “Ashton, she needs someone to send her home.”

He frowned at my words. “Scarlett, she doesn’t deserve your sympathy.”

I could understand why he was angry with Rachel. It was because her harsh words had crossed the line and struck his nerve.

And I was where his threshold lay; he was enraged with her because of her disrespect for me.

she’s a staff of the Fuller Corporation whom you had complimented during the annual general

I pity her?

had not heard what

but pity her. Besides, it

to be attracted to him. Besides, I’m sure

moment of silence, he let out a sigh and eventually complied. He called a bell boy over and gave

smile and held his

towards me and locked his eyes on mine. “Scarlett, it seems as

who?” I asked,

“Rachel.”

love me,

me meaningfully. “You really trust me

lives. We’ve gone through many things, and we have certainly learned our life lessons. For me,

the car and drove home. We did not speak for the

what I said in the car, but he seemed to be too quiet after

Maybe because I did not get to spend much time here. The first time

to this city again. No one had

back at the villa. After I switched off my phone and left

as he was still pressing ahead with his plan to sabotage it. Since the company had lost plenty of its

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