Ona normal day, she never would have eaten the egg white.
When Ashlyn finally finished eating, she put the bag with the egg yolk into the Oden box.
In a flash, Devin grabbed it.
“I didn’t say I hated egg yolk.”
He ate the yolk in one mouthful.
Looking at him, Ashlyn thought of the way she ate the egg white.
She didn’t take the bag off and neither did Devin.
Ashlyn felt increasingly embarrassed the longer she reflected on it.
She decided to stop thinking about it.
When they finished eating, Devin got out of the car and went over to the other side to open the door for Ashlyn.
Then he opened the trunk and brought down her suitcase.
But instead of handing it over to her, he held on to it.
“I’ll help you take your suitcase to your floor.”
Ashlyn didn’t want him to carry her luggage after her.
But when she reached out to grab the suitcase, he pulled it out of her reach.
Ashlyn sighed.
“You want to bring it along and then have a cup of coffee?”
“I don’t feel like having coffee tonight.But of course, if you insist on inviting me in, I’ll gladly come in and have a cup of coffee.”
“Okay then.Thanks,” Ashlyn said with a smile of her own.
“You owe me another meal.”
“Okay.”
Ashlyn shrugged in agreement.
They soon arrived at her apartment.
Devin kept his word and did only what he had promised.
After shopping with Vivien the whole day, Ashlyn had taken a flight straight back to Courtbush in the evening.
But she never planned to get into an accident.
Thankfully, she had gotten off lightly and spent only a short time at the hospital getting checked up and also answering some questions from the police.
Now, she was relieved to finally be back home.
It was past midnight now.
With all the stress she had gone through all day, Ashlyn was dog-tired.
She took off her clothes and made straight for the shower to take a warm bath.
After that, she went straight to bed and fell asleep almost instantly.
Meanwhile, after he had seen her safely into her apartment, Devin stood outside her door for a while before turning around to leave.
But as he was heading down, he ran into Gordon.
Gordon did not seem to be in the best of moods.
His face looked gloomy as if he would swallow Devin whole.
But Devin was in the best of moods tonight.
Seeing his rival giving him a threatening look, he unbuttoned his cuffs and pulled up his sleeves.
“Hey, you wanna go at it again?”
Gordon tried his best to suppress his anger and calm himself down, but his face still looked threatening.
“Did you deliberately provoke me last night?”
Devin first said something unpleasant to irritate Gordon.
He then went ahead to make sure that Gordon saw him attempt to kiss Ashlyn.
It was a carefully planned move with the aim of provoking Gordon and pushing him into fighting with him in front of Ashlyn.
Devin was just as clever and cunning as ever.
“So what?”
Devin shrugged carelessly.
He didn’t give a damn what Gordon thought or felt.
After all, what could Gordon do to him? It was Gordon who had started the fight.
He was the one who lacked self-control and ended up attacking Devin.
Devin’s words made Gordon angrier.
But he was sober now.
“What do you think will happen if Ashlyn finds out about this?”
“Do you think I don’t have the balls to admit it to her?”
Devin asked with a mocking snicker.
He had never for once thought about hiding from Ashlyn what had led up to the events of the previous night.
If he could do it, then he could as well tell her that he did it.
“You don’t realize that it’s people like you she hates the most!”
Gordon spat at him, his face red with suppressed anger.
Devin suddenly laughed and shook his head in pity.
“Come on, Gordon.By now, you should know which one of us Ashlyn hates the most.”
He paused for a moment and ran his eyes all over his rival, studying him carefully.
Then he asked without preamble, “What are you doing here by this time? You don’t have any feelings for Ashlyn, do you?”
The statement irritated Gordon to no end.
He didn’t know why, but he just couldn’t bear to hear anyone accuse him of having no feelings for Ashlyn.
“Devin, are you looking for another fight?” he growled threateningly.
“lam, Gordon.I’ve wanted to beat you up for a long time now.Last night was not enough.Let’s finish it tonight!”
But even after Devin’s declaration, Gordon didn’t make any move.
Instead, he stood rooted to the spot, not showing any active interest in fighting.
This surprised Devin, but still, he didn’t hesitate to seize the opportunity and deliver a hard kick to Gordon.
Then, he turned around.
When Devin saw Ashlyn standing there, he was stunned.
He stood there, flustered and confused as she stared back at him.
But he quickly recovered himself and walked up to her.
“Ashlyn, why did you come out? Are you going somewhere?”
If Ashlyn had known that she would run into Gordon and Devin fighting, she would have gladly stayed in her apartment and had someone else do her a favor.
With all the stress she had been through in the last two days, she was supposed to be sleeping in bed by now.
At first, she slept deeply and comfortably, but all of a sudden, a strange feeling came over her, forcing her to wake up immediately.
Women seemed to have this almost magical sense that informed them of the approach of their periods.
The moment Ashlyn woke up, she quickly ran to the bathroom to check.
And she saw the blood on her underwear, showing that her period had begun.
She had been so busy these past few days that she had completely forgotten that her period was due.
Since she had used up all the tampons she had at home, the only solution was to go out to the convenience store nearby to get some.
The last thing she had expected to see the moment she stepped out of her apartment was Gordon and Devin facing off.
She had thought that their fight, at least the physical one, had come to an end.
Apparently, she had been wrong.
“Why did you guys stop? Go on, please.Don’t let me interrupt you,”
Ashlyn said and walked past them.
Devin pursed his lips for a while as he watched her go.
Then he turned to Gordon and said, “Mind you, this doesn’t end here.We’ll finish what we started another day.”
Having said that, he took off after Ashlyn and soon caught up with her.
“Ashlyn, what’s wrong? Are you feeling sick?” he asked in concern.
Ashlyn had left her room in a hurry, so she had not had time to dress properly.She had only thrown a simple dress over her body before leaving.
Now, the wind was blowing the dress onto Devin’s leg as he walked beside her.
“I’m going to get something,” she said.
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