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.

about to leave, I stopped him and said, “I don’t sympathize with her predicament, but Ashton, she’s a staff of the Fuller Corporation whom you had complimented during the annual general meeting. If anything happens to her, it might

pity her?

I had not heard what Isabelle

known what happened to her, I could not help but pity her. Besides, it was normal for her to be attracted to Ashton since he was such an outstanding

more women who are going to be attracted to him. Besides, I’m sure that Ashton knows

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

and held his hand. “Yes.

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

I

“Rachel.”

that you love me, and you care about me. So, I

at me meaningfully. “You really

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

silent for a long time before starting the car and drove home. We did not

in the car, but he seemed to be

Maybe because I did not get to spend much time here. The first time I was here, I lost my child and almost

one had changed, except me; my state

night by the time we were back at the villa. After I switched off my phone and left it charging, I went straight to

still pressing ahead with his plan to sabotage it. Since the company had lost plenty of its properties by now, Marcus was probably even busier than

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