For a moment, Ashlyn felt dizzy.
When she recovered herself a little, she could hear Jessie calling her.
“Ashlyn…”
Jessie’s voice was so weak that Ashlyn was instantly worried for her.She quickly turned to look at her.
“Jessie, are you okay?”
When Ashlyn saw that her friend was conscious and in one piece, she breathed a deep sigh of relief.
Jessie had no serious injuries, except for a few bruises on her forehead.
Ashlyn quickly unfastened the seat belt for her and then unfastened her own too.
“Come, let’s get out of the car first.”
The driver had sharply turned a corner and slammed on the brakes, causing the car to ram into a post on the side of the road.
Coincidentally, Jessie had been sitting on the side that had the most impact.
The window on that side was damaged instantly.
Fortunately, both Ashlyn and Jessie had fastened their seat belts, so they didn’t get badly injured.
They only had minor head injuries, which meant that they needed to visit the hospital for a brain examination.
The driver, on the other hand, was badly injured because, after the crash, the car had been hit head-on by a small truck coming from the opposite direction.
The front part of the car was seriously damaged, and the driver’s legs were jammed.
Seeing how bad his situation was, Ashlyn didn’t dare try to move the driver.She could only call for an ambulance and stand aside to wait along with Jessie.
The ambulance soon arrived and the three of them were taken to the hospital.
Ashlyn and Jessie had their brains examined.
Luckily, they only suffered a slight concussion and some bruises.
After they had answered some simple questions that the police had for them, they were finally allowed to leave the hospital.
Ashlyn called Stevie and told him that they had arrived safely.She didn’t tell him about the car accident because she didn’t want her parents to worry too much about her.
Ashlyn just hung up the phone when Jessie tapped her hand.
“What’s wrong? Did you injure your hand?” Ashlyn asked in concern.
“No. Look who’s here.”
Ashlyn looked up immediately and saw Devin walking toward them.
When Devin approached, Jessie snorted and said, “Wow! You do know how to chase a girl.”
Ashlyn raised her eyebrows and looked at Devin.
“What a coincidence! Why are you here?”
“It’s not a coincidence.I’m here to pick you up.”
The smile on Devin’s face seemed genuine and his brown eyes looked tense and worried.
“Are you hurt?”
His intense stare made Ashlyn’s heart skip a beat.She shook her head and replied, “It’s nothing serious.Thank you for the concern, Devin.”
Devin’s smile widened.
“Let me drive you back.”
Before Ashlyn could refuse his offer, Jessie interjected, “Alright, thank you, Devin.Now if you don’t mind, can you please help us with our luggage?”
Ashlyn sharply turned her head to Jessie.
“Why did you ask him to do that?”
“Why not? Devin’s our friend.”Jessie then said playfully, “Right, Devin?”
“That’s true.”
Devin smiled faintly at Ashlyn and added, “I’ll help you with your luggage.Go wait for me at the front.”
He didn’t want to be just one of Ashlyn’s friends; he wanted to be her boyfriend.
Ashlyn frowned as Devin left.
Jessie raised her hand and poked Ashlyn.
When she turned her head, Jessie winked.
“So, what do you think?”
Ashlyn glowered at her and said, “You’re thick-skinned.”
She then got up and marched towards Devin.
The suitcases were quite heavy since they had brought a lot of things.
Ashlyn wasn’t as shameless as Jessie and knew that she and Devin were just friends.
If she asked him to get her luggage, she would owe him a favor.
However, she soon bumped into him and saw that he was already carrying their suitcases.
When he saw her, he raised his eyebrows and asked, “Did you think that I couldn’t carry two suitcases all by myself?”
Embarrassed, Ashlyn quickly answered, “Not really.”
Devin decided not to call her out on her lie and instead just dragged the suitcases to his car.
Once he placed them inside the trunk, he then opened the door to the passenger seat.
“What? Do you think I’m not a good driver?”
Ashlyn glanced at him and got in the car.She saw Jessie in the back seat of the car.
After Jessie fastened her seat belt, she put on her headphones and leaned against the window while pretending to fall asleep.She was doing this so that Devin and Ashlyn could have some privacy.
Of course, there was no music playing in the headphones.
There was a deafening silence inside the car as they drove out of the hospital.
A few minutes later, the car stopped at the red light.
Devin turned his head to Ashlyn and asked, “Did you hit your head?”
Ashlyn came to her senses and nodded.
“Yes, I hit my head on the front seat.”
After she said that, she felt a cool palm touch her forehead.
“Does it hurt?” he asked.
Her eyes grew wide as she shook her head subconsciously.
“No.”
He then moved his hand to another spot on her forehead.
This time, she felt the sharp pain in her head and frowned.
He stopped touching her forehead and decided to change the topic.
“Aren’t you curious about how I found out?”
Ashlyn massaged her forehead and asked, “How did you find out?”
Devin pointed to Jessie, who pretended to be asleep but was actually eavesdropping on their conversation.
“She tweeted it.”
Ashlyn opened Twitter on her phone and saw that Jessie had posted a tweet about the car accident.She never expected that Jessie would do that.
When the traffic lights turned green, Devin focused his eyes back on the road and started up the car.It was once again silent.
Jessie, who was pretending to be asleep, soon grew bored of listening to them.She thought that she would hear some juicy gossip between them.
Instead, they just had a normal and boring conversation.It seems that Devin wasn’t that good at flirting.
Half an hour later, the car came to a halt in front of Jessie’s residence.
Jessie took off her headphones and looked around in confusion, acting like she had just woken up.
“Wow.Are we here already?”
Then she unfastened her seat belt, pushed open the car door, and stepped out of the vehicle.
Devin brought down her suitcase from the car trunk and handed it to her.
Jessie thanked him and dragged it to her side.
“It’s late now.Just about time to get to sleep.See you guys around.”
With that, she turned and hurried off, dragging her suitcase after her.
As she watched her go, Ashlyn couldn’t help but shake her head.
Knowing Jessie, she was sure that her words had a hidden meaning.
Just as she had expected, Ashlyn soon got a message from Jessie.
It read, “Now that I’m gone, you two can do whatever you want.”
Ashlyn hissed and closed the message app without sending a response.
Jessie loved talking nonsense sometimes.
But this time, she wasn’t in the mood to humor her.
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