Chapter 68 – Twisted Fate of a Billionaire’s Daughter Undercover

Aiken’s words hit the nail on the head. Gordon opened his mouth, wanting to say something to refute him, but was at a loss for words.

It was true that he had never felt sorry for Ashlyn. He had proposed to marry her, yes, but it was because she had set him up that night.

He didn’t think he was wrong. Everything that had happened was because of that night.

If Ashlyn hadn’t set him up, he wouldn’t have thought of marrying her and she wouldn’t have had to marry him.

Gordon sat there for a while, his eyes closed, before he said, “She set me up that night.”

Aiken still had a lot to say, not wanting to waste the rare opportunity to scold Gordon.

But he had barely finished getting everything off his chest when Gordon’s words cut him off.

At this, something seemed to occur to Aiken out of the blue.

“Have you ever thought that maybe Ashlyn was also a victim that night?”

Aiken usually fooled around, but when he became serious, he meant business.

His question awakened Gordon.

Gordon had never investigated what really happened that night.

His wine was spiked at the time. Coincidentally, Lowell was on his day off. Gordon staggered back to his room and called someone. Soon, the door was pushed open by a woman, who knew him and called his name, saying that she had fallen for him a long time ago.

He was drugged and his senses were impaired. He was slow in reaction when the woman threw herself at him.

Besides, Nathaniel had been pushing him to get married at the time. That night, he didn’t think much, and one thing led to another. In a word, he slept with her.

But truth be told, Gordon didn’t remember much of what happened that night. Driven by the drug, he went out of control and didn’t even know how things started and when they ended. He only knew that when he woke up the next day, he saw Ashlyn lying beside him.

He took a quick shower, settled on the chair, lit a cigarette, and then made the decision to get married.

It was indeed him who proposed that they get married. Ashlyn had initially refused him because she felt that he didn’t need to take responsibility for what happened. Gordon, on the other hand, thought that she was just playing hard to get, so he didn’t say much and simply insisted on getting married.

Married life didn’t make much difference to him. Although they lived together, he was too busy with work and was rarely home.

He had always thought that he was set up by Ashlyn that night, so he hadn’t laid a finger on her throughout their three-year message.

It was the first time in his life that he had been set up like this. He knew that she loved him, so he couldn’t let her get her way.

But now, Aiken suggested that perhaps Ashlyn was also a victim that night.

Gordon had never thought about that. After the incident, he wanted to marry Ashlyn so that his grandfather would stop nagging him. So he never even asked Lowell to investigate the whole thing.

Four years had passed and now Aiken suddenly brought it up. Only now did it occur to Gordon that he never figured out what happened that night.

Aiken, who had known Gordon for so many years, knew his words hit the nail on the head when his friend’s expression changed.

He looked at Gordon for a while and felt that he was a poor soul who had been dumped.

Feeling pity for his friend, Aiken patted him on the shoulder and said, “Don’t think too much now. Your priority now is to find out what happened that night.”

There was another thing that Aiken decided not to mention, which was that he felt that it wasn’t Ashlyn who set him up. Judging from Ashlyn’s attitude towards Gordon after their divorce, Aiken doubted she was capable of such a ploy. After all, she didn’t want to have anything to do with him now.

But in the end, Aiken was just kind-hearted and decided not to say anything more to stir the pot.

After casting a glance at Aiken, Gordon put down the glass in his hand, stood up, and left.

Aiken hurried to catch up with him. “Hey, where are you going?”

With a cold expression, Gordon ignored Aiken’s question and proceeded to dial Lowell’s number.

At about eleven o’clock in the evening, Lowell was awakened by the sound of his phone ringing. “Mr. Jones?”

“Find out who drugged me that night four years ago!”

Lowell was in a daze from having just woken up. When Gordon’s order finally registered, he completely sobered up and said, “Got it, Mr. Jones.”

After saying that, Lowell jumped out of bed and immediately set out to investigate.

Gordon glanced at Devin in front of him. His dark eyes were as cold as ice.

Meeting Gordon’s gaze, Devin didn’t smile as he usually did. His eyes were filled with coldness. “Let’s take this outside.”

He had wanted to teach Gordon a lesson for a long time now.

Gordon sneered. “Okay. Where?”

He hadn’t vented his anger all day.

Alcohol made people reckless. He had wanted to pour out his bitterness to Aiken, but his words only made Gordon more frustrated.

Now that he bumped into Devin, Gordon didn’t want to hold his anger in anymore.

“Come with me.”

Devin shot Gordon a cold glance, snorted, and then got in his car.

Aiken turned to look at Gordon and asked, “Gordon, you must be joking, right?”

They were both grown men. Mature adults were supposed to be capable of solving problems without resorting to violence.

If the two of them fought, Aiken wondered if he should try to stop them or cheer them up.

Gordon didn’t want to waste his breath on Aiken anymore. He dragged him to his car and barked, “Start the car and follow him!”

Aiken couldn’t help but chuckle. “It’s good you still remember that you drank! How responsible of you!”

Without hesitation, Gordon kicked Aiken in the stomach. Caught off guard, Aiken almost fell to the ground. After steadying himself, he gritted his teeth and glared at Gordon for a while. Finally, he threw up his hands in defeat and said, “Forget it. I owe you one anyway.”

Given how late in the night it was, there was no other place open except late-night food stalls, bars, and clubs.

Truth be told, there were many places suitable for a fight. They just needed to find an empty lot or something.

Devin drove to a nearby river. It was past midnight already, so no one was out on a walk by the river.

After taking off his coat and loosening the two buttons of his shirt, Devin got out of the car and stood under the street lamp. When Gordon followed suit, Devin rolled up his sleeves and rushed to him, waving his fist at him. “I’ve been tolerating you for too long!”

“Really? I feel the same way!”

Then, the two collided and began to fight. Aiken, who was about to get out of the car, was frightened and quickly closed the door. He sat inside and watched them quietly.

The two men punched and kicked each other. It was obvious that they were going all out, as neither of them were willing to lose.

Aiken didn’t dare to stop the fight. If he went out, there was a high chance that he wouldn’t succeed and an even higher chance that he’d get caught in the crossfire. In the heat of the moment, he doubted either of the two men would care about his well-being.

Devin had been suppressing his anger for a long time. He had always disliked Gordon and wanted to teach him a lesson. But in the past, Gordon was Ashlyn’s husband, so he couldn’t do anything about it no matter how angry he was.

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