Chapter 107 – Twisted Fate of a Billionaire’s Daughter Undercover

It was his first time eating dinner with Ashlyn after they got a divorce. It was also his first time seeing her eat.

Ashlyn swallowed and chewed her food slowly. Her every move was poised and filled with elegance. It was obvious that she was raised in a well-educated household.

Gordon had never noticed that before because he never really paid attention to her table manners when they were still married.

It wasn’t because they had never eaten together, but whenever they did, he never looked at her.

Sometimes when Denise and Arabella poked fun at Ashlyn, he would look at her. But she would have dropped her fork and smiled at him as if she hadn’t heard what they said.

But apart from that, he never paid her much mind.

When Ashlyn saw Gordon staring at her, she ate another bowl of soup. She then took some wet tissues and wiped the oil stains from the corners of her mouth. When she noticed that he wasn’t eating a lot, she asked, “It seems that you’ve lost your appetite. Is it because of me?”

He didn’t know how to respond.

He didn’t want to tell her the truth that he was mulling over the times when they were still married.

The fact that he thought about the past wasn’t a good thing because that meant he still had feelings for her.

He never knew that he still had feelings for her until he started to remember all those small moments and interactions they had in the past.

Ashlyn snorted when he didn’t answer her question and squinted at Denise. “You’re full by now, aren’t you?”

Denise didn’t eat that much either. Her mind was filled with anger and resentment when she saw Ashlyn.

She came here today to apologize to Ashlyn. She knew she shouldn’t say anything snarky. Instead, she simply nodded and said, “Yes.”

Ashlyn smiled and looked at Gordon again. “I think your brother is also full.”

She paused for a moment and then said, “Perhaps we can now talk about the reason why you two invited me to dinner.”

“We wanted to apologize.”

What Denise did was evil.

That evening, Gordon stayed up all night reading the comments under the post. They all said vile things about Ashlyn and how she was the other woman between him and Raina.

The hateful comments and the thing Jessie accidentally said kept replaying in his mind. For the first time in his life, Gordon felt that the Jones family, including him, had wronged Ashlyn.

“Well…” Ashlyn looked at him and asked, “So you want to say sorry?”

Gordon was about to say sorry but when she suddenly cut him off, he fell silent.

Ashlyn then continued, “There’s no need to apologize. After all, Denise has said sorry many times. I’m already tired of hearing her apologize and I’m sure she’s tired too. I figured that she had nothing better to do with her life than to keep apologizing to me. Maybe she should find other hobbies or interests instead of spending her time picking on me.”

Ashlyn’s words echoed throughout the room.

Both Gordon and Denise were speechless.

Denise looked at Gordon and then at Ashlyn but didn’t say a word.

It was then that she suddenly realized that Ashlyn hadn’t come here to fight her. Ashlyn was here to fight Gordon.

And she was right.

The room fell silent again, but moments later, Gordon said, “I’m sorry. Denise did cause you a lot of trouble.”

Ashlyn sneered. “You are wrong. It’s not just Denise who has caused me trouble.”

He did so too.

Ashlyn smiled at him.

Gordon sensed a hint of defiance from her set lips and determined eyes.

He suddenly realized that he didn’t really know his ex-wife.

Ashlyn had been gentle and kind after she had married into the Jones family three years ago. Every time she had an argument with Denise or Arabella, she never hesitated to apologize to them in front of Nathaniel and Gordon.

But tonight was different. Ashlyn wasn’t here to listen to their apology. She had shown her determination ever since she had come in, and it was obvious that every word she said was intended to satirize them.

She hadn’t come here to accept their apology. She was here to embarrass them.

When Gordon realized this, he felt the anger boiling up inside him. But what annoyed him more was the inexplicable depression at the bottom of his heart.

He looked at Ashlyn, his expression darkening and his lips thinning. Coldness radiated off of him. Denise tried her best to shrink back and minimize her presence. Even if Ashlyn were to point at her and scold her, she wouldn’t dare speak a single word.

Ashlyn’s eyebrows shot up as she looked at Gordon.

Just as she thought that Gordon was about to get angry, his voice reached her ears. “I’m sorry. I did something wrong.”

He shouldn’t have thought that she was a bad woman. He shouldn’t have treated their marriage like a game and ignored her feelings for him.

Ashlyn was rarely stunned but this was one of those times. She hadn’t expected Gordon to apologize to her.

If the atmosphere had not been so tense and depressing, she would have laughed out loud and asked Gordon if a demon had possessed him.

Was he really admitting that he had done something wrong?

However, it only took Ashlyn two seconds to recover from her shock. She looked back at Gordon and said, “You apologized, yes, but I don’t need to accept it.”

As she spoke, she picked up her purse and stood up. Her smile vanished as her gaze on Gordon intensified. “I came because you said that you wanted to apologize to me. From now on, I hope that I will have nothing to do with anyone in your family.”

Then, Ashlyn turned and left.

She had come and heard their apology, but it was up to her whether to forgive him or not.

She didn’t want to forgive them, and she wouldn’t.

How could they hurt her?

And after all that, they were expecting her to accept their apology just so they could feel better about themselves.

Never!

A bitter, sarcastic smile crept onto Ashlyn’s lips at this thought.

The door to the private room swung open and closed. After Ashlyn left, Gordon and Denise were the only ones left the room.

If this happened in the past, Denise would have ranted about how annoying and manipulative Ashlyn was.

But now she was quiet.

She believed that Ashlyn was lying and thought that she liked Gordon. She guessed that Ashlyn only said that to play hard to get.

However, she didn’t dare say anything about it because she was afraid of Gordon.

Even though she had rarely seen him lose his temper, out of all the people in the Jones family, she feared him the most.

Gordon often had a poker face on. His face always looked blank and expressionless. Whenever he stared at people, he would make them feel overwhelmed

Denise could still recall his face when he whipped her before.

However, today was different. His anger towards her made the room grow cold. She had never seen him this furious.

He sat there, motionless, with a blank expression on his face. His dark icy gaze seemed to pierce through people.

Denise felt a shiver run down her spine after she took a glance at Gordon.

Although the two people fighting were Gordon and Ashlyn, Denise was the one who ignited the flames.

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