Ashley took a deep breath and looked away, blinking her eyes continuously to get rid of the tears.

Then, she looked at Lucas. “Thank you,” she said.

Lucas’ eyes fixed on her in an unwavering stare and took in her reaction.

After a while, he parted his lips and requested, “Honey, since you want to thank me, let’s have a meal together today.”

Ashlyn glanced at the man who was getting under her skin. She should have reprimanded him for being a busybody.

She could’ve dealt with Horace herself, but…

She couldn’t bring herself to do so and even accepted his kind gesture.

Ashlyn couldn’t believe she had just thanked him.

Her actions were getting stranger and stranger by the day to the point that she didn’t even know what she wanted!

Ashlyn Berry, did Lucas successfully lead you astray? She chided herself.

Perhaps it was because Grandma chose Horace instead of me, so I was hurt by her decision. Or perhaps Horace had gone too far.

one who stood by my side and

don’t even know what’s wrong

brought her to the supermarket to

Nolan refused to eat anything except for her

steak, eggplants, carrots and

the cart as he watched Ashlyn picking the ingredients with his

on Lucas’

his phone to take a photo of her back

was wearing a pair of earrings from the same collection

photo of her back sent ripples

felt the urge to

a photo of her back wasn’t enough to show his affection,

Mr. Nolan, Ashlyn’s name

was that Mr. Nolan had donated 110

Since my wife loves giving to charities,

the tweet, he had attached that photo of Ashlyn’s

name of Nolan Group, Lucas donated another

What a sweet show-off!

what wealthy people do to show their

million just to

Captain Nolan’s show of affection is way different from us ordinary

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255