The Bound Between Us

Chapter 196

Ashley saw Salma getting worked up and chuckled. “Don’t get me wrong, I didn’t want to come find you either, but I had no choice, otherwise I wouldn’t be here.”

“What do you mean?” Salma asked, puzzled.

Ashley put away her sarcasm and said, “Get in the car. I don’t want to freeze my butt off here.”

With that, she turned to the Mercedes parked on the side of the road, opened the door, and climbed in.

After some hesitation, Salma, perhaps still holding out hope for that man, wanted to know any information about him, so she followed Ashley into the car.

Ashley closed the door, and let the driver get out, leaving just the two of them in the car.

Ashley cut to the chase. “My daughter Sandy is sick and needs a bone marrow transplant urgently. Neither Tavon nor I are a match. Now, we can only ask your daughter Anastasia. They’re half-sisters, so the chances of a match are high. If it works out, I’ll give you $50,000. I won’t let Anastasia give something for nothing.”

Hearing this, Salma trembled with anger. “Ashley, you’re pushing your luck. Why should my daughter Anastasia save your daughter Sandy? That’s never gonna happen.”

be so quick to refuse, Salma. We’re both mothers. You should understand how I feel. Sandy’s life is hanging by a thread. If it wasn’t for her, do you think I’d come to you?” Ashley looked down on

came to me? He also agreed to use

Anastasia is also his daughter. As a father, he gave Anastasia life, and he has the right

as a father for over 20 years. He has no right to ask Ana to donate bone marrow to Sandy. This is absolutely impossible.”

recovered from a serious illness. There was no way Salma

young Salma fell in love with Tavon. But Tavon, from a

news came that Tavon was marrying Ashley.

was already three months pregnant. Tavon and Ashley were a perfect match, and the Morton family never thought much

Morton family. They even demanded her to abort the

she received a breakup fetter from Tavon, asking her not to find him again, that they were not meant to be in this life, and maybe in the

up on the baby and

Tavon vanished without a trace. The Morton family also

these events to anyone and bore all the pain alone. She had made her