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.

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 affect

pity

know much about Rachel at first. If I had not heard what Isabelle had told me before, I probably would not care about her

her. Besides, it was normal for her to be attracted to Ashton since he was

him. Besides, I’m sure that Ashton knows better than me in

let out a sigh and eventually complied. He called a bell boy over and gave out some instructions. Then, he turned to me and

with a smile and held his hand.

first. Instead, he turned towards me and locked his eyes on mine. “Scarlett, it seems as if you bear no animosity towards

who?” I asked,

“Rachel.”

you love me, and

looked at me meaningfully. “You really trust me so

holding his gaze. “Ashton, we are in our thirties now. That’s about one-third of our lives. We’ve gone through many things, and we have certainly learned our life lessons. For me, I have learned to

starting the car and

the car, but he seemed to be too quiet after

not get to spend much time here. The first time I was here, I lost my child

No one had changed, except me; my state of mind was no longer

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

go easy on the White Corporation as he was still pressing ahead with his plan to sabotage it. Since the company

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