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.

he was 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

pity her?

heard what Isabelle had told me before, I probably would not care about

happened to her, I could not help but pity her. Besides,

there would be more women who are going to be attracted to him. Besides, I’m sure

and eventually complied. He called a bell boy over and gave out some instructions. Then, he

held

Ashton did not start the car first. Instead, he turned towards me and locked his eyes on

who?” I

“Rachel.”

me. It’s just that I know that you love me, and you care about me. So, I don’t really mind other women admiring you because I know that you will come back to me

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 take notice of what’s more important

and drove home. We did not speak

the car, but he seemed to be too quiet after

winter whenever I was in K City. Maybe because I did not get to spend

this city again. No one had changed, except me; my state of mind was no

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

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

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