“Get out!”
Aiken’s insight pissed Gordon off even more.
Gordon had only punched Devin in the first place because he saw Devin trying to kiss Ashlyn.
Yet things took a turn for the worse.
Devin had Ashlyn’s concern, whereas Gordon looked like a sore loser who fled the scene.
Nobody knew who originally posted the video of the fight online, but it had circled the Internet quickly.
As soon as Nathaniel caught wind of it, he ordered Carl to call Gordon.
Carl tried to call Gordon several times, but no one answered.
Nathaniel was so angry that he couldn’t fall asleep that night.
After calling Stevie to apologize, he sat in the study until it was more than eleven o’clock.
Nathaniel usually went to bed at around ten o’clock.
Glancing at the clock worriedly, Carl said, “Mr.Jones, it’s almost twelve o’clock.”
Nathaniel looked up at him and grunted, “Give me my phone.”
Knowing that Nathaniel was going to try to call Gordon again, Carl had to hand over his phone.
Nathaniel pushed his glasses up the bridge of his nose and tapped on Gordon’s number.
Aiken had fallen silent.
Finally, Gordon had a moment of peace, though it didn’t last long.
At that moment, his phone suddenly started to ring.It was Nathaniel calling.
When Gordon landed in Courtbush, he saw that he had several missed calls from Carl. He knew why they tried to call.
At the time, he was too upset to explain himself, so he didn’t bother to call his grandfather back.He didn’t expect that Nathaniel would try to call him again so late in the night.
Aiken also raised his head when he heard the ringing phone.
When he saw the caller ID, he raised his eyebrows and left the ward knowingly.
Gordon gripped his phone in his hand tightly for a long time before finally answering it.
“Grandpa.”
“I asked you to go to Stevie’s birthday party, not to get into a goddamned fight! Gordon, you don’t want to get Ashlyn back, do you?”
Gordon pursed his lips and muttered, “Sorry, Grandpa.”
“What happened anyway? Did Devin say something to offend you?” Gordon didn’t answer.
Nathaniel waited for a while, but he was only met with silence.
In a fit of rage, he slammed his fist on the table.
“Gordon, are you deaf?”
“It’s late, Grandpa.You should be in bed.”
Before Gordon could hang up on him, Nathaniel’s angry voice sounded from the other end of the line.
“You don’t want to get Ashlyn back?” Gordon paused.
He wanted to say no, but in the end, he found himself unable to utter a word.He didn’t know why, but he couldn’t bring himself to hate Ashlyn.
“I see,” Nathaniel said before hanging up.It was rare for Gordon to be surprised.He didn’t know what Nathaniel wanted to do, but he was in no mood to care right now.
What was the worst that could happen? After all, Stevie was the richest man in Bluepond.
If something like that had happened at his birthday party, it would be hard for him to keep the news from spreading.
Of the two men who had fought at his party, one was his daughter’s ex- husband, and the other, her ex-pursuer.
Stevie didn’t know how to deal with it.
He knew that people these days had the talent to associate one thing with another, however obscure of a connection they had.So he simply ignored it.He was not the one who’d be humiliated anyway.
It was late when Ashlyn returned home and was surprised to see Stevie still awake.
“Dad? Why haven’t you gone to bed yet?”
“Nothing.I just wanted to wait for you.”
Stevie was obviously lying.He wasn’t just waiting for Ashlyn for the heck of it.But the fatigue on her face broke his heart so much, he couldn’t ask her anything.
“It’s late.Freshen up and get some rest,” he said gently.
Ashlyn was indeed tired.She had been busy organizing Steve’s birthday party over the past couple of days and hosted it tonight.
And after greeting and entertaining all the guests, she could have used some rest.
But Gordon and Devin’s fight had ruined everything.
Devin had even been knocked unconscious.
As the host, Ashlyn had to go to the hospital to make sure that he was all right.
Even Superman would be tired after such a long journey.
Ashlyn was only human.
Ashlyn knew that Stevie wanted to ask her what had happened, but she didn’t know why either.It was probably because Gordon had gone crazy.
Ashlyn shook these thoughts off and made her way to Stevie to hug him.
“Happy Birthday, Dad! Sorry for what happened tonight.”
Stevie’s heart ached to hear his precious daughter apologize to him.
“Don’t be.I’m very happy tonight.”
He patted her back reassuringly and gently turned her towards her room, asking her to go and get some much-needed rest.
“Good night, Dad.”
“Good night, Ashlyn.”
Ashlyn went back to her room and took off her high-heeled shoes.Her feet were sore from having had them on for nearly ten hours.She filled the bathtub with warm water and put the essential oil in it, with the intention of taking a bath before bed.She was so sleepy, she fell asleep in the bathtub.
It was only when the water turned cold that she woke up.She got out, toweled herself off, put on her pajamas and went to bed.
It wasn’t long before she fell asleep.It was nine in the morning when Ashlyn woke up the next day.
She checked her phone after freshening up and found a bunch of messages from Jessie.Her eyebrows shot up and she unlocked the screen to read them.
“Is Gordon crazy? He has apologized on Twitter.But what’s more surprising is that he seems to want you back.”
“What the hell happened last night? Almost everyone in our circles is talking about that!”
Ashlyn frowned and clicked on the picture that Jessie had sent.
It was a screenshot of Gordon’s apology which said, “I’m sorry for what happened last night.I acted impulsively at Mr.Ramos’ birthday party and I’m extremely sorry for making so much trouble for him and his daughter.I also want to say that someone who has a girlfriend should consciously stay away from other girls.Sorry again, Mr.Ramos and Ashlyn.I apologize for what I did last night.”
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