A Whirlwind Marriage with the Beautiful CEO

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.

occupied a small table to study the beverage provided at the banquet, not expecting a woman to approach

and muscled legs came into view first. The pair of legs were to his liking, not too pale, straight, and fit. They were clearly the result of regular exercise. Look at those defined

he noticed her slim waist.

with her arms crossed. The pose accentuated her

continued to raise his eyes, only to be greeted by Ashton’s poker face. The sight sent a chill down his spine. “You

me?” She smiled triumphantly, hoping that he

answered with a straight face, “What should I be afraid of? That you’ll

out of

teasing tone like a playboy would. The realization ignited the anger in her. What a pompous jerk! He can dream, but I’ll never fall

gaze slipped to her hand, then to her eyes, but

cheeks. She wore an off-shoulder dress tonight,

“Miss Ashton, with all due respect, I’m

was speechless about her reaction and actions. Rolling his eyes, he said, “Miss Ashton, with all due respect, I’m

Her face