Christy’s POV
Celine led us to a quiet corner where we could talk without being watched by everyone.
"What happened to you?" I asked Ashton and he smiled.
"What did you hear about back then?" he asked instead of answering my question.
"The old lady at the orphanage said that you were adopted by a wealthy family" I replied to him truthfully.
Everything happened so suddenly back then, one evening we were still playing around, the next morning he was gone and I never saw him again.
"The truth is my biological father actually ca for but everyone thinks I am adopted" he said with a slight smile and I frowned.
"Why would your father not announce your identity? I rember you told that he and your mother were a very loving couple before he went to the capital and she lost contact with him.
Even when she died, he didn’t co back to take you and now he..." I said but suddenly stopped talking when I rembered that we were not alone.
I gave him an apologetic smile for blurting out so much as I wasn’t sure he wanted others to find out about his life.
"It is fine, Celine is a good friend of mine and she is your sister right?" he asked as he glanced at Mira.
"Yes she is and she wouldn’t tell anyone" I replied quickly.
"Mira, this is Ashton, we were friends when we were kids. He was one of the few people that truly accepted back then" I introduced her to him.
"Nice to et you Ashton and thank you for taking care of her" she said as she gave him a handshake.
"It’s a pleasure to et you" he said calmly as he shook her hand.
"So let just give you a brief explanation of what happened. My father cheated on my mother when he ca to the capital to work. He got married to a rich heiress and had to change his na to her family’s na. Apparently he married into the family, he ignored us and never ca back and the Heiress was aware that he had a son and a wife in his hotown but she didn’t care.
She even secretly ca to warn my mother and threw a pile of cash on her, that was the cause of my mother’s depression that consequently led to her death.
Even when my father learnt about her death, he didn’t co for . Instead he gave money to the old lady at the orphanage to take care of .
A few months later, he suddenly ca to take to the capital, apparently his precious wife was worried that I would bring them trouble in the future, so they brought here to keep their eyes on and prevent such from happening" he narrated with a calm expression.
He spoke like he wasn’t talking about himself but rather he was telling soone else’s story.
"It’s good you are fine, Ash. I was so worried back then" I said as I gave him a hug.
"The truth will definitely co out so day, so it’s best you know now" he said as he hugged back.
We pulled away a few seconds later and he looked at his watch.
"Your first class is starting in fifteen minutes, so we have to go," he said to .
"Co on Mira, we have to go too. You don’t need a tour as you are already quite familiar with the campus and there hasn’t been any significant changes in the past two years" Celine said to Mira.
"See you later sis" Mira said to before walking away with her.
"Let’s talk and walk" Ashton said as it seed like he had sothing else to tell .
"You seem really close to Mira, are you sure she is trustworthy?" he suddenly asked .
"Of course I am sure, but if you weren’t certain she was trustworthy, then why did you tell her about your family?" I asked him with a frown.
"That’s just the surface that anyone can find out if they investigate , so it’s not a big deal. I left out the deeper details" he replied with a smile.
"You always think ahead of ti," I said with a little laugh.
"You can trust Mira, she has changed a lot" I said with a serious expression and he nodded.
"I saw that video online back then and wanted to co find you but I was under house arrest" he said and I froze.
The video that was released by Celeste at the engagent party.
"It’s fine, I’m with my real family now and that’s all in the past" I said after snapping out of my initial shock.
"And what do you an by you were under house arrest?" I asked him with a frown.
"My stepmother’s family is a very influential military family. They are very strict and would never tolerate anything that threatens their reputation" he said with a sigh.
"Which family is that?" I asked him as I was quite familiar with most of the influential military families as my grandfather felt it was important to be on good terms with them.
"The Michaelson family" he replied and I suddenly stopped walking.
"Now I am very certain that your stepmother is a vicious character" I said with a disgusted expression.
"They hate your family," he said with a chuckle.
"We hate them too, they never play fair in anything" I said with a slight anger.
The Michaelson family is the third most influential military family in Country N, the second being the Williams and the first the Lancasters.
The Williams are very calm and easy going and my family is on good terms with them but the Michaelson family mbers are greedy and are always looking for ways to bring down the other two.
"I guess we will have to be careful how we interact with each other, as they would want to use to get to your family" he said and I nodded.
He was right about them, they would never let go of such an opportunity.
By the ti we realized it, we were already standing in front of a classroom door. He knocked on it gently and the door was opened by a middle aged man. He had blonde hair and blue eyes with a very good facial structure.
"Ashton, my boy," he said with a heavy Italian accent.
"Hello Sir Sebastian, this is Christy, the new student" Ashton introduced to the man.
The man observed from head to toe with his eyes with a serious expression then he suddenly gave a wide smile that gave goosebumps.
"Welco beautiful" he said while still maintaining his smile and I smiled back.
"Thank you, Sir Sebastian," I said.
"I also have a class, so I will leave her to you" Ashton said to him with a respectful smile.
"I will see you later" he said to before walking away.
"Co in," Sebastian said and I stepped into the classroom.
I was surprised by what I saw, as it looked nothing like a regular classroom.
It looked more like a huge kitchen and classroom rged together and students were seated in twos.
"Introduce yourself to everyone" He said to and I nodded before taking a few steps to the front of the class, just like I practiced with Mira.
"Hello everyone, my na is Christy. Please take care of " I said with a smile when I noticed that all eyes were on .
"Welco" they all said in unison.
So gave a polite smile, so were busy looking at my clothes and so were just nonchalant.
"Take the empty seat at the back" Sebastian instructed and I nodded before walking to the seat.
When I looked at my seat mate, I was first stunned but quickly adjusted my expression as I didn’t want to be rude.
He was quite handso but had a lot of piercings and tattoos. But there were no tattoos on his face but his ears and eyebrows were pierced.
His hands and fingers were covered in tattoos and his hair was dyed in fiery red color.
"Hello, I’m Christy" I said to him with a smile.
"I’m not deaf" he said with a frown without bothering to look at .
I decided to ignore him and focus as the class was about to start.
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