At first, Ashlyn thought that Devin must’ve left something behind when he called her unexpectedly.She didn’t expect him to ask such a frustrating question.
Ashlyn didn’t want to answer.
The question pained her.
After a moment of silence, she asked, “Devin, what are you trying to say?”
She wondered if he was trying to say that she could do anything to be with Gordon or she was playing the same trick again.
Devin looked at her and said seriously, “I just want to know if you’d still have married him if that man with you five years ago wasn’t Gordon.”
There was a hint of stubbornness in his tone.
“Is the answer important?” she asked impatiently.
If she could, Ashlyn would’ve forgotten all about it.She wanted the past to stay in the past.
What had happened, happened.
Nothing could be done to change it.
The past wasn’t relevant to today.
At that moment, she felt that Devin was not that interested anymore.She didn’t answer his question.
After staring at her for a while, Devin still wanted to pursue the matter.
“Have you ever considered that the past might not be what you think it was? It’s possible that the person from that night wasn’t Gordon.”
Ashlyn’s expression changed.
“Devin, do you know something? What is it?”
Not many people knew about what happened that night.
Even though Gordon didn’t believe her when she said that she hadn’t drugged him, he didn’t say anything about it either.
People only knew that Gordon and Ashlyn got married not long after they got to know each other.
But they knew nothing about why they wanted to get married out of the blue.
Only the Jones family and a few employees of the hotel knew the real reason.Ashlyn didn’t even tell her parents about it.
Only Jessie knew about what happened that night.
The Jones family probably didn’t like what happened, so whoever found out about it kept their mouths shut.
Denise didn’t know about it.
If she had known about it, she would’ve blabbed about it.It had been five years since it was last talked about.
But it was Devin, not Gordon, who brought it up.
Ashlyn wanted to find out how Devin got to know.
“Even if it wasn’t Gordon that night, you’d still have married him, right?”
Despite Ashlyn’s silence, Devin kept pushing her.
Complicated emotions surged in Ashlyn’s heart as she looked at Devin.If it was someone else that night, she would not have married Gordon. She had gambled her happiness on her marriage.
And in the end, her marriage failed.
“l see how it is…”
Devin took her silence as a yes and turned around to leave.
Ashlyn couldn’t help but laugh bitterly.
“Devin,” she called out.
Devin stopped in his tracks and turned around to face her.
Their eyes met.
Nobody said a thing.
Devin’s eyes revealed a strange kind of weakness.He looked for a moment like the hurt kitten she had helped when she was young.
Ashlyn chuckled.
“Are you leaving without hearing the answer?”
Just now, Devin had felt depressed, but Ashlyn’s words made him feel a bit better.
Devin walked back to her.He didn’t stop until he was right in front of her.
“So what’s your answer?”
“First, fill me in on what exactly happened that night.Then, I’ll tell you the answer to your question.”
Ashlyn had a feeling that the night mightn’t have gone the way she thought it had.
“I’m sorry, Ashlyn, but I don’t think that’s a good idea.Besides, I already know your answer.I’ll tell you what you want to know when the time’s right.”
Then, without lingering any longer, Devin left.
Ashlyn frowned, Devin’s words echoing in her mind.He hadn’t given her any useful information, but Devin seemed rather happy when he left.
Ashlyn didn’t know what was on his mind.
What happened that night wasn’t the reason why she married Gordon.
Ashlyn really loved Gordon.
Even if what happened that night didn’t happen, she would still want to marry him.
But when Gordon asked her to be his wife, she hesitated.
She asked Gordon if he offered to marry her because of what happened that night.
Gordon didn’t answer it, and she didn’t ask it again.
However, now that Devin brought it up, Ashlyn started to feel stupid.
Perhaps Gordon only married her because of what happened that night.
That would’ve explained why Gordon had treated her that way after the divorce.
Ashlyn poured herself a glass of wine and downed it in one gulp.
Then she went straight to bed.
Even though Ashlyn didn’t tell Devin her answer, he already knew it.
That night was not the main reason why she married Gordon.
Devin couldn’t help but grin when he realized this.He wouldn’t give Gordon another chance to be with Ashlyn.
After more than ten hours of investigation, Lowell finally found out what exactly happened to Gordon and Ashlyn the last night.
Unfortunately, the results of the investigation were not encouraging.
Lowell was too scared to tell Gordon about it.
But Lowell had been Gordon’s subordinate for so long that he knew he couldn’t put it off any longer.
Gordon was sitting alone on the couch in a dark room when he received Lowell’s email.
His phone screen suddenly lit up, piercing the darkness in the room.
Gordon blinked, took out his phone, and tapped on the email.
Two minutes later, he called Lowell with a grim expression.
Although Lowell had expected his call, his heart still skipped a beat when he answered it.
“Mr.Jones.”
“Is this true?”
Even though Gordon was doubtful, Lowell was sure that his investigation had been foolproof.
“I’ve asked Joe to look into it twice.Your sister indeed transferred the money to Jenna, who then transferred it to Betsy.”
Since the money had been transferred two times, it wasn’t easy to figure out who was behind it.
At the time, there were many potential suspects who could’ve given the drug to Ashlyn.But very few people were able to drug Gordon after what had happened five years ago.
That was why Joe looked into people around Gordon and found that Denise was at the hotel too when Gordon and Ashlyn were drugged.
Joe’s training as a detective had taught him how to spot signs of trouble. It didn’t take long before he found out that she had transferred a large sum of money to some recently.
That was how he figured out that Denise was the one behind this.
Gordon didn’t say a word.
Lowell broke into cold sweat while he explained everything on the phone.
After some hesitation, he asked point blank, “Mr.Jones, after what happened five years ago, do you still think regular people can easily drug you?”
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