With a straight face, Gordon walked past Devin and glanced at Ashlyn, who was standing behind Devin. “You’re good at playing these games.”
And to think he had actually worried that she’d be fooled by Devin. How foolish!
Ashlyn’s good mood was completely ruined. The bitter and unresolved feelings at the bottom of her heart resurfaced, causing her to throw caution to the wind. She took a step forward and reached out to hold Devin’s hand. Then she looked into Gordon’s eyes and smiled slightly. “I did not expect such a compliment from you, but thank you.”
Gordon’s expression instantly darkened.
Devin lowered his head and studied Ashlyn’s expression. Squeezing her hand a little, he said lightly, “Don’t worry about him. He’s irrelevant.”
As he spoke, he raised his hand and gently tucked a stray hair behind Ashlyn’s ear. Then he led her to his car and opened the door for her.
It was rare for Ashlyn to cooperate, but this time, she obediently got in the car.
Devin quickly trotted over to the other side, got into the driver’s seat, and started the car. In a few seconds, the car disappeared from Gordon’s sight.
He watched them leave, thinking about Devin and Ashlyn’s intimate kiss just now.
Just then, Aiken came out, only to find Gordon standing outside with a long face. “What’s the matter with you? You hungry now?”
Without even looking at him, Gordon got into his car.
He slammed the door behind him so hard that the bystanders felt a jolt.
Seeing the car in the distance, Aiken clicked his tongue. “What’s wrong with him?”
In the past, Gordon had never given Ashlyn, his wife, the light of day. But ever since they divorced, whenever he ran into her, he always looked at her as though she owed him millions of dollars.
Noticing this, Keenan commented, “He’s being possessive.”
Aiken didn’t understand. “Huh?”
Keenan rolled his eyes. “Let me ask you a question. How would you feel if your ex-wife found a new partner faster than you?”
Aiken paused for a while and then said, “How would I feel? I’d want her to be happy, of course. I mean, we divorced already, and she didn’t cheat on me!”
Hearing Aiken’s response, Keenan didn’t know what to say.
“In that case, just forget what I said.”
Despite wanting to shrug it off, Ashlyn was disgusted by Gordon this evening. Even the time Denise spread rumors that Ashlyn was a mistress, Ashlyn was able to laugh it off.
In her eyes, the Jones family meant nothing to her now, and Gordon was nothing but her ex-husband.
She didn’t care about who was right or wrong in the past. Since they had nothing to do with each other now, she just wanted to move forward.
She had thought that the time Gordon had forced her to kneel was what would disappoint her most, but she was wrong. What Gordon had said just now made her even doubt whether he had morals.
Glancing at the flashing neon lights outside the car window, Ashlyn suddenly remembered something. She turned to look at Devin with concern and said, “Didn’t you drink tonight?”
The traffic lights just happened to turn red at that moment. After pulling the car to a stop, Devin turned his head to look at her and smiled. “I just took a sip.”
Ashlyn narrowed her eyes at him. “A sip? Or you didn’t drink at all?”
Instead of answering her question, he chuckled. “Figure it out yourself.”
After a slight pause, Devin asked, “How are you feeling now? Are you still sad?”
“I’m not sad.”
When her eyes fell on the necklace around his neck, Ashlyn was a little distracted.
What happened tonight had caught her off guard.
How could the man from that night four years ago be Devin? And if it was indeed him, then why did she wake up next to Gordon the following morning?
Pondering over this, Ashlyn’s head started to ache and she had to rub the spot between her brows. “Was it really you that night four years ago?” she murmured.
Devin leaned closer to her. “Are you disappointed?”
The amorousness in his eyes disappeared. Instead, all Ashlyn could see were two bottomless pools, and her figure was reflected in his pupils. Startled, she wanted to shrink back subconsciously, but he wrapped his hand around her waist firmly.
The traffic lights then turned green, and their car was first in line, but it didn’t budge. The cars behind them kept honking their horns, but Devin ignored them.
Ashlyn had to raise her hand and push him away. “We should get going.”
Devin blinked, turned towards the road, and started driving.
Ashlyn bit her lip. She didn’t answer him, nor did he press her further.
A hush fell over the car. When they pulled to a stop in front of Ashlyn’s apartment building, Devin said, “I’ll drive myself home tonight and return the car to you tomorrow morning. Is that okay?”
Over half an hour ago, Ashlyn used him to provoke Gordon. It wasn’t appropriate for her to burn a bridge after crossing it, so she had no choice but to nod. “Okay, thanks. Bye.”
As she spoke, she unfastened her seat belt, opened the door, and got out of the car.
“Ashlyn?”
As soon as Ashlyn closed the car door, Devin got out of the car and looked at her intently.
“Yes?”
“You didn’t answer me.”
Ashlyn didn’t know what to say.
While she was lost in thought, Devin walked up to her.
The two were a foot apart when he stopped. He looked down at her and asked softly, “Is it that difficult to answer?”
Seeing Ashlyn fall silent, he sneered in disappointment. “I’ll take that as a yes.”
Although he already knew the answer, he still couldn’t help but ask.
Devin smiled bitterly. “Bye.”
Looking up at him, Ashlyn pursed her lips and asked, “When did you fall for me?”
This question caught Devin off-guard. He looked at her in a daze for a moment and then broke into a smile. “Ashlyn, only my girlfriend can ask me that.”
“Well, then forget it.” She smiled back at him. “Bye. Be careful on your way home. And thanks for taking me home, Devin.”
Her smile stunned Devin.
Ashlyn had already turned around and was walking towards her apartment building. Devin shook his head helplessly and felt that not all was lost tonight.
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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