Ashlyn had been quiet since she got into the car and this got him concerned. “Are you not happy either?”
“Why do you ask?” Ashlyn asked and turned to look at him. “Do you want to comfort me?”
“There is nothing wrong with us comforting each other.”
Ashlyn smiled and asked, “Tell me why you are in a bad mood.”
“I am not happy because I worry that I will never be good enough for the woman of my dreams.”
Hearing his words, Ashlyn couldn’t help laughing. “Have you lost your confidence?”
“A little,” Devin replied with a faint smile.
“Don’t try to pull my legs, Devin.”
She considered his words to be a huge joke.
“Enough about me.” Devin didn’t want them to dwell on his matter. “So, what’s making you unhappy?”
Ashlyn’s smile faded. “My heart aches as though it was pricked by a needle.”
“Gordon?”
“Is it very noticeable?”
Devin smiled and said nothing.
“Do you know about Raina?” Ashlyn asked in a depressed tone, looking out of the window.
“Don’t you?” Devin snorted.
“Am I supposed to?”
When Ashlyn realized that Devin also knew about Raina, she felt worse.
It dawned on her that she had been stupid for a long time.
Ashlyn had always considered Arabella to be Gordon’s dream girl. Now, it seemed she was the only one who bore such thoughts. Nothing ever happened between Gordon and Arabella. She had been tricked.
Ashlyn wasn’t sad. Rather, she was angry, especially at the fact that she allowed herself to be fooled by Gordon.
Gordon knew that she loved him. For three years, he had watched her living in the dark like a fool.
Now she understood why she wasn’t good enough and why nothing she ever did mattered to him. It was because he was already in love with another.
Ashlyn’s heart bled at the thought of Gordon hiding it from her.
She was not the kind of person who would still pester him after knowing he was in love with someone else.
Devin flashed a sarcastic smile. “Everyone in Courtbush knew about Leon’s scandal back then.”
She looked at him with a sad smile. “Yes, everyone in Courtbush knew.”
However, she wasn’t from Courtbush.
“You can’t let it go, can you?” Devin narrowed his eyes.
“I can’t,” Ashlyn replied in a cold voice, gnashing her teeth.
She found it very difficult to put the past behind her.
“Okay. We will fight back then.”
The traffic lights turned green and Devin ignited the engine, driving off.
A few seconds after Devin started the car, Ashlyn came to her senses and asked, “Devin?”
“Yeah?” Devin answered her casually while driving as if he didn’t understand what Ashlyn meant.
The wind coming from the window kept blowing against her face, which sobered her up quickly. “Just forget about it, Devin.”
Ashlyn and Gordon had divorced a long time ago. Wasn’t it embarrassing to confront him because of Raina now?
“Why? Didn’t you say that you can’t let it go just like that?”
Devin snorted. Clearly, he wasn’t about to change his mind.
Frowning, Ashlyn couldn’t help but press her fingertips against her aching temples. “There are so many things that I can’t let go. It’s impossible for you to solve all of my problems for me.”
“It’s not impossible. I’m willing to do it for you,” Devin answered without missing a beat.
Hearing this, Ashlyn felt her heart race.
Ashlyn had never let people bully her ever since she was a child. On the contrary, Jessie was quite timid as a child and didn’t dare to defend herself when other kids bullied her. Truth be told, Jessie wasn’t as bold and brave as she made herself out to be today.
It was Ashlyn who asked Fred and Vernon to fight those bullies without thinking twice. In the end, Ashlyn’s parents were summoned to the school to deal with this matter. Even then, Ashlyn didn’t feel scared.
However, after marrying Gordon, Ashlyn kept suffering blow after blow. Even after the divorce, she still tried to swallow the humiliation.
The people around her wanted to vent her anger for her, but she had suffered too many grievances to count.
Ashlyn thought Devin was just messing around. But he stopped the car in front of the hotel she left just now.
After pulling the car to a stop, Devin turned to look at Ashlyn and said, “We’re here.”
Stunned, Ashlyn didn’t move.
Without giving her the time to react, Devin hopped out of the car and trotted over to the other side to open the door for Ashlyn. “Come on.”
Unfastening her seat belt, Ashlyn frowned. “Devin…”
Devin reached out and helped her out of the car. “Don’t worry. I’m here.”
He practically dragged Ashlyn into the hotel.
Devin took great strides, and Ashlyn had to walk quickly to keep up with him.
Devin didn’t stop until they were right in front of the front desk. “We’re looking for Raina Morgan or Arabella Morgan. Could you tell me which room they’re in?”
It wasn’t until Ashlyn heard this from Devin’s mouth that she realized he was dead serious about this matter.
While Ashlyn was deep in thought, Devin glanced at her and asked, “Are you scared?”
Ashlyn met his gaze and jutted out her chin bravely. “Of course not.”
When had she ever been afraid of anything?
Hearing her response, Devin broke into a smile. “Good.”
Just then, the receptionist found the room number. “Mr. Stanley, they are in Room 1606.”
“Thank you.”
Then, Devin turned to face Ashlyn. “Room 1606. Shall we?”
It had been a long time since Ashlyn felt provoked, so she nodded even though she knew Devin’s question was rhetorical. “Of course.”
Truth be told, she was interested in seeing how he would help her solve this problem.
Devin’s grin grew wider. Without further ado, he turned around and walked towards the elevator, and Ashlyn followed.
There was no one in the elevator. Devin strode in first and looked at Ashlyn with a faint smile as if he was challenging her.
Ashlyn plucked up the courage and stepped inside the elevator without hesitation.
Soon, they made it to the 16th floor. As the elevator doors slid open, Devin stole a glance at Ashlyn.
Ashlyn puffed out her chest and walked out of the elevator confidently. Finally, she stopped at Room 1606.
Ashlyn turned to look at Devin and mimicked the smile he had on just now. “I wonder how you’ll solve this problem for me.”
Devin seemed to have expected this. He simply looked into her eyes and answered, “Aren’t you angry that Gordon used you to hide his feelings for Raina a secret for three years?”
Ashlyn’s eyes widened slightly.
To be honest, she didn’t expect that Devin would know about this.
In the eyes of outsiders, she was coming at Gordon as a jealous ex-wife who still loved him.
But Ashlyn knew herself better than anyone else. She knew that she was angry because he had kept her in the dark for three years.
She was from the esteemed Ramos family.
While she could accept that Gordon didn’t love her, she couldn’t accept that he saw her as a fool from the very beginning.
She was no fool. How could she let such an insult go?
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.
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