Chapter 43: Chapter 43: End the Ga with Her? Reluctant! Chapter 43: Chapter 43: End the Ga with Her? Reluctant! Bella Woods stared into the man’s eyes.
Those deep-set eyes were the most profound, the pupils dark and mysterious, carrying stories of affection with each gaze.
She could look into this man’s eyes with wanton abandon, even as her heart pounded intensely, she felt no fear.
Ashton Marshall’s eyes, however, she dared not to gaze at for too long.
Yet such similar people left her with outrageous suspicions.
She dared not remove Ashton’s mask but she could boldly question the pretty male prostitute, waiting for his answer.
The ambiguous atmosphere in the room dissipated gradually because of Bella’s query.
Ashton Marshall mused inwardly, this child was always smarter than he imagined.
Even if it seed implausible, she knew to ask him for a clear answer.
To speak?
Or remain silent?
If he spoke, this ga would end.
It seed he was sowhat reluctant.
After a mont’s reflection, Ashton decided to continue the ga: “Under what circumstances would the dignified president of the Marshall Clan Group allow himself to be kept by you as a prostitute?”
As these words fell, the image of the dignified and aloof Ashton when Bella had seen him in the store appeared in her mind.
Such a proud man, with an aura as if he were above the world, being kept as a male prostitute?
Such absurdity?
Bella couldn’t help but look at the cat ear headband atop the man’s head.
How could he possibly associate with soone so high and mighty?
“I must be crazy,” Bella said.
“There’s also another possibility,” Ashton said with a smirk.
“What?”
“The president of the Marshall Clan Group finds life dull and suddenly ets soone interesting, treating it as a ga to play,” Ashton revealed the truth while staring at Bella.
As Bella was about to rebut, her phone abruptly rang.
Ashton picked up her phone, answering and putting it on speaker: “Bella Woods, you wretched girl, not coming ho again tonight? Are you fooling around with so pretty boy again?”
Jade Patel’s sharp voice echoed in the bedroom through the speaker: “Bella, how can you be so shaless? How much further do you want to ruin yourself before you’re satisfied?”
Ashton’s gaze deepened, these words, to any young girl, were the sharpest weapon.
Especially since such words ca from one’s biological mother, they were like a deadly blade.
Yet Bella seed unfazed, her expression hardly fluctuating.
She simply blinked twice, then calmly asked, “Mom, did you call just to scold ?”
“Shouldn’t I say sothing?” Jade retorted, “You’re getting engaged soon, staying out every night, how can your mother not say sothing?”
“Bella, if not for being your mother, I wouldn’t even bother telling you this, do you think I enjoy ddling with you?”
“Then mom, you might want to focus on your youngest daughter,” Bella even asked, “How’s Rose’s surgery recovery?”
“Bella Woods!” Jade’s voice pierced with outrage, “You should’ve died in the countryside, I shouldn’t have softened and brought you back. Once you returned, you corrupted Rose.
Rose told you deceived her, misled her into making mistakes again and again, what a malicious sister you are.”
“So that’s what my sister said,” Bella suddenly smiled, only when smiling, tears welled up in her eyes: “Then sure, mom must think I pretend to treat my sister well while secretly plotting to ruin her.”
“Heh, as long as you know,” Jade sneered, “Good thing I sent my son to a prestigious boarding school, otherwise he’d be hard by you too. Your heart is truly wicked, to compete for favor, fra your own sister, you make sick.”
“Really sorry, mom.”
Though Bella said this, she kept smiling.
Even as tears fell from her eyes, she ignored them and continued to smile.
When Ashton touched Bella’s face, he caught her falling tears, and his fingers trembled at the scorching heat.
He reached out, gently rubbing Bella’s earlobe repeatedly.
When Bella raised her eyes to et Ashton’s gaze, her parched heart felt nourished by a spring, making her smile.
“If mom called to berate , I am sorry, I’m not really available now…”
As Bella spoke, she leaned in and kissed Ashton on the lips, with a hint of vengeance making the kissing sound louder.
Understanding her intent, Ashton held Bella’s head, his voice hoarse, “Baby, when can you end the call?”
“Bella Woods!” Jade scread, unable to comprehend, “What are you doing! Do you know what you are doing, how can you be so ridiculous, have you forgotten you’re engaged to Oliver Hughes?”
“Mom, if there’s nothing else, I’m going to hang up now,” Bella said, her eyes fixed fervently on Ashton.
Over the phone, Jade’s voice was frantic and exasperated, “How could you be like this, what have you turned into! You’re acting like a common whore, you… truly corrupted by the countryside, the countryside…”
“Baby, it’s too noisy, it’s disturbing .”
“Oh.”
After responding, Bella hung up and then crazily kissed Ashton as if in a storm.
She wanted to vent her inner collapse and bitterness.
Yet amidst the fervent kiss, there was an intertwining of salty tears and sweetness.
Eventually, Bella couldn’t continue; she lay on Ashton’s chest, her shoulders trembling violently.
Ashton sighed, hugging her, gently patting her shoulder: “Good child, cry loudly if you’re sad.”
“Who says I’m sad?” Bella’s voice choked, still stubbornly denying: “I’m used to it, it’s not the first ti. I’ve long known that I am not loved, no matter what I do, I am not loved…”
“But…”
“Why have if you don’t love ?”
Bella suddenly looked up at Ashton, tears falling one by one: “Tell , why would a mother not love her own child?”
“What’s so wrong with that even my own mother doesn’t love , has to speak of this way?”
Even with the truth so plainly in front of Jade, she’d rather believe Bella was scheming to ruin Rose.
Denouncing her as malicious, berating her for manipulation.
All Bella wanted was for Jade to see Rose wasn’t the pure and innocent daughter she imagined.
“So, it was never about mistakes, it was about guilt. I am guilty, so whatever I do is wrong, Rose is blaless, whatever she does is right.”
Bella laughed outrageously, “But why, why was I born…”
Finally, she couldn’t hold it in, clutching tightly onto Ashton’s collar like a drowning person, desperately seeking lifeline.
“Am I truly so terrible that I am undeserving of love?”
Her eyes, overflowing with tears, were humble and fragile.
After asking this, her lips trembled uncontrollably as she spoke.
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