Ashlyn looked at her and smiled faintly. “Don’t worry. In a society ruled by law, Robbie won’t dare to do anything to hurt us.”
However, as soon as Ashlyn finished speaking, the sound of an engine roaring echoed in their ears and the smile on her face faded. When she looked up, she saw several motorbikes approaching.
Their headlights were so bright that Ashlyn had to raise her hand to protect her eyes. One of the motorcycles skidded to a halt in front of her. “Miss, you look like you could use some help.”
The man looked tough, with a loose leather jacket and leather jeans. A colorful tattoo dominated his neck, and he had a particularly intimidating beard.
As soon as he finished speaking, several other motorcycles stopped, surrounding Ashlyn and Talia.
Talia stepped in front of Ashlyn protectively. She locked eyes with the man and said coldly, “No, thanks.”
The man suddenly bared his teeth. “I wasn’t talking to you.”
Ashlyn pulled Talia aside and smiled at the man amicably. “I want to go to the police station. Will you please take me there?”
“Of course!” The man lowered his head and lit a cigarette. Squinting at Ashlyn, he added, “To hell with the police station. I can go wherever you want.”
The smile on Ashlyn’s face faded. “I called the police just now.”
“What? That’s funny. We were just trying to help you. There’s no need to call the police. What’re you going to tell them? That a man with a tattoo tried to help you?”
Just then, Bowman got off the phone. He walked over and shouted angrily, “Who the hell are you?”
“Fuck off! This has nothing to do with you!”
Bowman didn’t shrink away. He stood in front of Ashlyn, but two men got off their motorcycles and pushed him away.
The man in the lead got off his motorcycle and strode straight to Ashlyn. “How about we get a midnight snack? There’s nothing to be afraid of. I’m not a bad guy.”
The man paused for a while and added, “It doesn’t matter if you don’t want to. Your friend might not be able to stand the cold out here.”
Indeed, as soon as Ashlyn got out of the car, she knew that they were in a remote area. Perhaps Bowman had chosen this route on purpose.
But she didn’t have the time to figure it out now. She and Talia could do nothing about it.
Ashlyn clicked her tongue and smiled again. “I’ll come with you, but you just scared my friend.”
Under the moonlight, Ashlyn’s smile made her look like an enchanting fairy.
The man’s heart skipped a beat. Cursing himself internally, he forced himself to calm down and said hastily, “Oh, I’m sorry.”
Then, the man looked at Ashlyn again. “Miss…”
He jabbed his thumb at the back seat of his motorcycle, motioning for Ashlyn to hop on.
“Miss Ramos!”
Talia couldn’t help but pull Ashlyn back worriedly.
Ashlyn smiled and secretly wrote “911” on Talia’s palm before she climbed onto the back of the motorcycle.
Talia understood what Ashlyn meant, but she was still worried about her. They were vastly outnumbered, and there even was a traitor on their side. They had no idea where they were, and there didn’t seem to be any signs of life anywhere nearby.
Given the circumstances, Talia knew that she and Ashlyn couldn’t run away.
It was undoubtedly the safest move for Ashlyn to join the tattooed man for now. However, she was Stevie’s only daughter. Before she and Talia came here, Stevie had repeatedly told Talia to protect his daughter at any cost.
The Ramos family had helped Talia a lot. She couldn’t just sit back and watch Ashlyn be taken away like this.
“Talia, it’s getting late. Go and get some rest. We have an early meeting tomorrow.” Seeing the conflicted emotions in Talia’s eyes, Ashlyn spoke up first.
Talia opened her mouth to say something, but the man had already started the motorcycle. Soon, they all sped off into the night, leaving Talia in the dust.
As soon as the motorbikes left, Bowman approached Talia, feigning a worried expression. Talia looked at him coldly and said, “You’d better pray that Miss Ramos isn’t hurt. Otherwise, I doubt you’ll be able to bear the consequences.”
Hearing this, Bowman sneered inwardly, but he pretended to be confused.
Talia was just about to call the police when she received a text from Ashlyn. “Don’t call the police yet. I’ll send you my location. Tell Jessie to save me.”
The trip lasted over twenty minutes. Finally, the motorcycles came to a halt in front of a bar.
Ashlyn got off the motorbike and looked at the man in front of her questioningly. “Does this bar serve midnight snacks?”
“You don’t understand. Bars are more interesting at night.”
Ashlyn didn’t reply. When all was said and done, they had brought her here and she couldn’t run away.
She followed the man into the bar casually. Seeing her like this, the man raised his eyebrows curiously. “You’re quite brave, aren’t you?”
Ashlyn shot him a glance but didn’t say anything.
The man led her to a room with a glass of whiskey. “I won’t make things difficult for you anymore. You can leave after drinking this.”
Looking at the glass of whiskey in his hand, Ashlyn narrowed her eyes at him. “What if I don’t want to?”
“Then you can’t leave. I don’t like disobedient girls.”
As soon as the man finished speaking, Ashlyn reached out to take the glass of wine and drank it up in one gulp.
“Done. Can I leave now?”
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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