No matter how stupid Denise was, she was still a woman and recognized that Gordon was acting a bit strange in front of Ashlyn.
Yet, she couldn’t quite put her finger on what caused it.
She noticed that Gordon no longer ignored Ashlyn like he did before they got a divorce.
Yes. It was that renewed attitude that made her realize that something was wrong.
As Gordon’s sister, she knew him well. He was neither kind nor affectionate. On the contrary, he was an apathetic person. He never showed even an ounce of kindness towards strangers and was especially cruel to the people he hated.
The only reason why Denise relentlessly picked on Ashlyn was that she knew Ashlyn used tricks to sleep with Gordon. She also knew how much he loathed Ashlyn.
But now, he was treating her fairly. He forced Denise to come and sincerely apologize to Ashlyn. He even went a step further and said sorry to Ashlyn.
Denise observed him for a while. She then came to a startling realization.
Gordon had feelings for Ashlyn!
After a few seconds, Gordon abruptly turned his head to Denise and her whole body grew stiff.
Logically speaking, the weather wasn’t chilly in April. However, Gordon’s icy glare made Denise’s body freeze.
The way he stared at her made her feel like a soldier who was being interrogated and he was the general of the hostile country who could kill her at any given moment.
She dared not move an inch and tried to remain calm. “Gordon, can I go home now?”
He looked at her and said in a cold voice, “If you even think of upsetting Ashlyn again, whipping won’t be the only thing I will do to you.”
Her mind was now wrecked with guilt as she said in a trembling voice, “I… I promise I won’t do it again.”
Gordon stared at Denise for a while and then looked away. “You can go home.”
He needed time to think.
What Ashlyn said made him speechless.
He never knew that he was a shameless person. Just as his father said, Gordon was cold-blooded and cruel. He treated everyone the same and made no exceptions.
He had done a lot of horrible things, but it was the first time he felt sorry for someone.
It never crossed his mind if he had hurt others or if they would ever forgive him. Other people’s feelings weren’t important to him. All he cared about was his own happiness.
He had always been like this.
It was different now. When Ashlyn didn’t accept his apology, he felt disappointed deep down.
Disappointment.
He rarely felt that.
Moreover, what Ashlyn said made his heart ache.
When Denise heard his reply, she let out a sigh of relief. She then quickly grabbed her purse and ran off. As soon as she walked out of the room, she saw a waiter pushing a dining cart.
Denise was stunned. She saw the stacks of boxes and suddenly remembered that those boxes were filled with dishes that Ashlyn ordered.
In that moment, she wanted to throw away all the packaged food just so she could piss off Ashlyn.
But before she could even decide what to do with it, the waiter had already pushed the dining cart inside the room.
Denise remembered that Gordon was still inside the room and came back to her senses. She then walked towards the stairs and never looked back.
As soon as she reached the stairway, she ran into Ashlyn, who had just left.
Now that she knew that Gordon loved Ashlyn, she didn’t dare try and insult her.
Ashlyn wasn’t the same person that she and Arabella could find fault with. She was the daughter of the richest man in Bluepond and was now the woman that Gordon loved. So Denise could no longer insult her.
The thought of this gave Denise mixed feelings. She looked at Ashlyn and then ran away from her.
When Ashlyn saw Denise scamper off in a hurry, she raised her eyebrows.
It was weird. She couldn’t tell if what she saw was correct. It looked as if there was a trace of fear in Denise’s eyes before she ran off.
Was the Jones family’s punishment that effective?
Anyway, it no longer mattered to her anymore.
Once she cleared her head, Ashlyn went back to the room.
Earlier, when she got out of the restaurant, she remembered the food she had ordered for Louisa and the others. The food wasn’t cheap and she wasn’t the one who paid for it.
After a few seconds of hesitation, she got back up to get the food.
When she was in front of the door to the room, the waiter was just about to push the empty dining cart out.
Ashlyn moved aside to let the waiter out and then entered.
Just as soon as she got inside, she saw several bags on the table.
Gordon was still sitting in the room. When he saw that Ashlyn had come back, he raised his head and looked at her.
Ashlyn smiled politely and said, “I just came back to get the dishes.”
She then grabbed the bags on the table.
Without even so much as a glance, she turned around and left.
For her, being civil with Gordon was the best she could do.
They no longer wanted to see each other and were now strangers.
However, just as Ashlyn walked to the door and opened it, she heard Gordon’s deep voice from behind her.
“Ashlyn, you’ve loved me for a long time, right?”
Ashlyn chuckled when she heard what Gordon said. She turned around to get a good look at the man behind her. “Why should I even answer that question?”
Love involved two people, but she was the only one who felt that way in their relationship.
She admitted that she gambled away the happiness that she could have had in those three years. Now that she lost that game, all she wanted to do was admit defeat.
She never told anyone what had happened in the past.
It was just plain unnecessary and useless to relive it.
She then opened the door and left.
She didn’t bother answering his question.
Gordon figured that Ashlyn not answering it meant yes.
The happiness he felt from that was indescribable. It was as if he was floating in the clouds. He wished that Ashlyn hadn’t loved him for so long.
He didn’t enjoy being loved and he didn’t love any woman.
She no longer cared about what Gordon had in mind.
However, it wouldn’t bode well for both families if they had a falling-out, so Ashlyn decided to put up with it just this once.
But she had her boundaries.
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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