Chapter 882 Ashton Sought Emmanuel Out

Ashton hated Nathan’s guts as well. In her opinion, not only was he a weakling, he was also a good-for-

nothing.

Despite being a part of a powerful family, that family had nurtured him with care since childhood and even let him learn from experts, and he remained mediocre after all these years.

She only admired mature and charismatic men like Sage, not a weakling who slept around with women. She wouldn’t fall for a man in the first place if the man couldn’t dominate her.

She attended the banquet with two goals. First, she heard that Nathan had taken Xylie in. So, she wanted to bring Xylie back to Yeringham. Second, she was told that Emmanuel also attended the banquet, so she planned to meet up with him.

Earlier today, she tried to persuade Nathan to hand Xylie over. As expected, he refused, which explained her cold attitude toward him a moment ago.

Ashton had returned to the banquet hall and found Emmanuel alone in a corner, looking out of place.

He only attended the banquet to wait for Nathan’s signal, hoping to persuade that mysterious woman to give up competing with him. He had been waiting for Nathan’s cue all this time.

the beverage provided at the banquet, not expecting a woman

up from below. A pair of slender and muscled legs came into view first. The pair of legs were to his liking, not too pale,

slim waist. Above that

stood there with her arms crossed. The pose accentuated her

his eyes, only to be greeted by Ashton’s poker face. The sight sent a

you afraid to see me?” She smiled triumphantly, hoping that he would admit his fear

face, “What should I be afraid of? That you’ll fall in love with

out of her.

anger, she grabbed his collar. She was angry because he said those words with a straight face instead of speaking them in a teasing tone like a playboy would. The

slipped to her hand, then to

with flushed cheeks. She wore an off-shoulder dress tonight,

his eyes, he said, “Miss Ashton, with all due respect, I’m not interested

with all

Her face was livid with

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