Chapter 118 – Twisted Fate of a Billionaire’s Daughter Undercover

She overheard someone in the crowd saying that Devin and Gordon were fighting for her.

With an expressionless face, Ashlyn called for a waiter and asked him to bring the security guards to separate Devin and Gordon. Nobody else in the party would dare to attempt the separation of those two.

Both men were rich and powerful. Getting on their bad side would not be a good idea for anyone.

But before the security guards even arrived at the scene, there was a loud groan from someone nearby. Ashlyn quickly turned around and she saw that Devin had fallen to the ground.

Since this was an event being hosted by her family, there was no way for Ashlyn to ignore what had just happened. She couldn’t just walk away like that.

The fall of Devin had also made it impossible for her to just stand there and watch. She had to take direct action now, regardless of how much she hated it.

Ashlyn took a deep breath and walked over to Devin. “Devin, are you okay?”

Devin was still conscious and he grabbed her hand when he heard her voice. “I just feel a little dizzy.”

People in the crowd began to condemn Gordon. They felt he had been mean and cruel for knocking Devin out so hard. They had seen when he landed a particularly heavy blow on him even though Devin was struggling to find his balance at the time.

But Gordon ignored the murmurings behind him and looked down with a gloomy face at his rival lying on the ground.

It was actually Devin who had landed heavy punches on him!

He only punched Devin’s shoulder, face, and other less vital parts. The corner of Devin’s mouth was bleeding only because there was a wound on his lip.

But Devin had punched him on his stomach several times. No one had seen those punches due to the position in which the men had been standing while they were trading blows.

The only thing everyone took particular notice of was Gordon’s retaliatory punch that had sent Devin to the ground.

The security guards finally arrived, but they were no longer needed. Ashlyn had already called for an ambulance. Soon, Stevie and others who had remained inside the hall came out to see what the ruckus was all about. One glance at the scene was enough to tell Stevie all he needed to know. He looked at Gordon and snorted in anger. Even though he said nothing, it was clear to everyone present that he was furious and trying his best not to show it.

Since there was a hospital nearby, it would take only a few minutes for an ambulance to arrive at the scene. But when the ambulance came, Devin was found to be unconscious. He had to be carried into the ambulance on a stretcher.

Gordon looked down at him with a frown as Devin was being lifted onto the stretcher. But as the stretcher was about to be carried into the ambulance, he saw Devin smiling smugly.

Devin was faking it!

Almost involuntarily, Gordon turned to look at Ashlyn.

The crowd was quickly dispersed by Stevie and the security guards. When almost everyone had left, Ashlyn marched up to Gordon and landed a stinging slap on his face. “Do you know why I slapped you?”

When he saw her approaching him, Gordon was planning to tell Ashlyn that Devin was faking his loss of consciousness, but the slap shut him up.

Ashlyn looked down at her face and sighed. She looked so beautiful tonight. He had never seen her look this beautiful before. All night, he had been seeking an opportunity to compliment her, but Devin had ended up beating him to it.

Now that he was planning to expose Devin for the faker that he was, Ashlyn landed a slap on his face. Again, Devin had gotten on her good books ahead of him. Ashlyn now saw him as nothing but a troublemaker.

“Yes, I know why,” Gordon answered in a soft tone. He kept his eyes on Ashlyn, waiting for her to continue talking.

But Ashlyn said nothing more. She only gave him a cold look and turned on her heels, leaving him there alone in the garden.

It wasn’t long before everyone knew about the altercation Devin and Gordon had over Ashlyn. There was no way to cover up a fight at such a large event.

The Ramos family hosted the event, so they sent someone to check on Devin at the hospital after he’d gone unconscious.

Ashlyn felt terrible about her parents making the trip to the hospital. She was worried about their advanced age, so she decided to go instead.

Jessie went with her to visit Devin. She glimpsed over at Ashlyn several times during the ride, but she decided to say nothing.

It was confusing to Jessie how all of it transpired. Devin had said that he wanted to talk to Ashlyn. How Gordon was involved and how it led to a fight was a mystery to her.

The details were not that important. The real surprise to Jessie was that Gordon managed to punch Devin out.

For decades, Stevie’s birthday party had gone off without a hitch. It was shocking that something like this should happen at such an event. Jessie knew Ashlyn must be in real turmoil.

Despite her initial decision to stay quiet, Jessie decided to ask a question when they pulled up outside of the hospital. “Ashlyn, why were they fighting?”

Ashlyn looked over at her friend. “I don’t know.”

“How could you not know? You were there!”

Jessie was sure that Ashlyn didn’t want to tell her what happened. This thought annoyed her.

“Devin was talking to me when suddenly Gordon dragged him away and punched him,” Ashlyn said.

“I could never have imagined that Gordon would do something like that for you out of jealousy!” Jessie said to Ashlyn.

Ashlyn gave Jessie a direct look. “Do you want to help me or are you just here to enjoy the drama?”

Jessie tried to comfort her friend. “I’m here to help, of course!”

If she was honest, however, she enjoyed the drama as well!

Jessie smiled and remained quiet. She knew she could not mention her enjoyment to Ashlyn.

She knew how she felt wasn’t correct, but everyone liked juicy gossip.

Despite Jessie’s words, Ashlyn knew her friend was enjoying all the chaos. As they talked, they made their way to Devin’s ward.

Devin was already awake when they arrived. The doctor let them know he was going to be fine. He was riddled with visible but minor bruises.

The injuries on the corner of Devin’s mouth were cleaned up already. There was still a bruise on his cheek where Gordon had punched him.

As soon as Devin saw Ashlyn walking into his ward, he put down his phone.

“I’m sorry.”

Jessie was the first to respond. She smiled sarcastically. “Wow. You are something, Devin. You were at Ashlyn’s father’s birthday party! I can’t believe you and Gordon would start fighting there. To make matters worse, you lost! Don’t take it the wrong way but I’m very ashamed of you.”

Ashlyn enjoyed hearing Jessie’s catty comments and didn’t stop her. Smiling faintly, she felt as though she were watching the latest drama.

Devin ignored Jessie’s words. His eyes stayed steady on Ashlyn as he asked,

“You haven’t yet given me an answer to my question.”

Jessie turned to Ashlyn and asked at once, “What is Devin talking about?”

It was then that Ashlyn remembered what Devin asked her at the party over thirty minutes ago. She could still fee! how close Devin had been. She could still feel the hotness of his breath.

“Nothing,” Ashlyn said to Jessie and then turned to Devin. “I believe you.”

Her mother had told her that Carlee was Devin’s cousin’s wife.

Ashlyn continued, “Since you seem like you’re okay, I’ll leave now.”

“Wait!”

Devin stopped Ashlyn when she tried to turn around to leave.

Ashlyn looked back at him, frowning. “Is there something else?”

Her mood was still sour after all the drama that had occurred at the party.

“Could you go buy me something to eat in the cafeteria downstairs? I’m hungry.” There was a pause. “If it’s too much trouble, I guess I can deal with the hunger.”

Jessie was listening to Devin’s words. She couldn’t believe how shameless he was and felt she had to respond.

“Then I guess you’ll just have to deal with it!”

Not wanting to hear any more, Jessie pulled Ashlyn out of Devin’s ward immediately.

Ashlyn and Jessie walked out of the hospital.The car was parked nearby.

Jessie got in the car, but to her surprise, Ashlyn didn’t.

Jessie stared at the unmoving Ashlyn for a while and then asked, “Are you going to buy Devin some food?”

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