However, just because of a mont of hesitation, what fell into Ashley Shaw’s eyes was sha so deep that no words could express it.
Ashley Shaw originally thought she would be very angry when she brought up old matters, but at this mont, from the initial rage to now... she has already found peace within.
Perhaps it’s the rebirth into a new life, her state of mind has dramatically changed.
How could a man who doesn’t love his wife possibly empathize with her?
It was she who had too high expectations of Warren Prescott.
Now she has no demands on Warren Prescott, except one: she hopes he didn’t lie about the child.
This is also the purpose of their trip.
Behind the wheel, Warren Prescott also thought Ashley Shaw would be furious, possibly even attacking him despite the dangers on the highway.
So he had already tightened his grip on the steering wheel in advance, lest the car lose control, but Ashley Shaw’s expression remained calm with no reaction at all.
He froze for a mont, feeling even more bitterness in his heart.
Has she reached the point where she doesn’t even want to be angry at him?
After the "rebirth," he had been confident about winning Ashley Shaw back.
Because it was all a misunderstanding, he had never done anything to wrong her.
As long as the misunderstanding was cleared up, Ashley Shaw could still co back to him.
But at this mont, facing Ashley Shaw’s calm deanor, he suddenly lost all courage, like a person standing on a stage with no chance of winning.
The grip on the steering wheel was so tight that his knuckles turned blue.
Watching the greenery beside the road retreating relentlessly, Warren Prescott couldn’t help but chuckle wryly.
He thought Ashley Shaw would lose control, but unexpectedly, the one who lost control turned out to be himself.
But until that final step, until he sees Ashley Shaw walk into the marriage hall with soone else, he will not give up.
He feels that he can still salvage sothing.
Surely the heavens wouldn’t be so cruel.
Letting him lose her once only to lose her again.
After a long silence, Warren Prescott mustered the courage to speak: "Honey, do you..."
"Don’t call that." Ashley Shaw looked at Warren Prescott without expression: "You’ve never called that once before, and now you call that, don’t you find it ridiculous?"
Warren Prescott said: "I’ve always called you that in my heart."
Ashley Shaw found that amusing.
"I don’t understand... now that things have co to this, you regret it... is there any point?"
"Yes."
"..."
Seeing her face as stern as water, Warren Prescott had to compromise: "Okay, if you don’t like it, I won’t call you that anymore. I’ll call you Ashley, is that alright?"
Ashley Shaw said nothing, which was a tacit agreent.
Even if Ashley wasn’t much of a nickna, anyone eting her for the first ti could call her that.
Warren Prescott continued: "Do you have any impression of your father?"
Ashley Shaw frowned: "Why are you asking this?"
Warren Prescott hurriedly explained: "I didn’t accompany you to Ariana’s funeral because I found clues related to your father and rushed to confirm them... I thought, you lost your only friend at the ti, maybe if you could find another relative, you wouldn’t be so sad..."
Rather than accompany her to the funeral and watch her grief, it’s better to do sothing practical to alleviate her sadness a bit.
Ashley Shaw smiled, but the smile didn’t reach her eyes.
"My dad died a long ti ago."
Warren Prescott said: "He didn’t die..."
Ashley Shaw looked at him: "What does it matter if he’s not dead? He hasn’t shown up all these years, so how’s it different from being dead?"
Warren Prescott couldn’t help but ask: "Aren’t you curious about who he is?"
Ashley Shaw replied without thinking: "Not curious! I don’t want to know at all."
"But..."
"Don’t bring up these random things, focus on driving. I don’t want to die a second ti because of you."
Of course, Warren Prescott was focusing on driving.
Moreover, this car has a smart system, it also has an automatic obstacle avoidance feature, though not yet as advanced as in the future, it’s safe enough to reach Glanburn.
Especially since tomorrow is National Day, there aren’t many cars on the highway today, and even fewer on the highway to Glanburn, since Glanburn isn’t much of a tourist destination, vast and sparsely populated, with few people.
Only after Ashley Shaw’s reminder did he beco a bit more focused.
But he was still sowhat distracted.
Regarding Owen Sinclair’s matter, since she doesn’t want to hear about it now, he’ll postpone it.
There’s another issue he must ntion.
"That car accident you were in wasn’t an accident; it was deliberate."
Ashley Shaw had already decided to ignore whatever Warren Prescott said.
But these words made her involuntarily twitch.
She had always believed that the accident was a mishap... never considering it a murder, just blad her death on Warren Prescott’s betrayal, but now Warren Prescott says... it was deliberate?
Her brow furrowed tightly again, and she couldn’t keep silent anymore, she had to ask: "What do you an by deliberate? Did soone intentionally want to harm ?"
Warren Prescott nodded: "Hmm, can you guess who?"
His peripheral vision caught a glimpse of anger deep in Ashley Shaw’s eyes, and he imdiately dared not tease further, truthfully revealing everything.
The driver of the truck was previously employed by the Lynch Family. He was let go because of a mountain of gambling debts.
But later, the Lynch Family rembered him and "made use of him."
Ashley Shaw didn’t understand: "Why would the Lynch Family want to harm , and with a plan that must see dead."
After a pause, Ashley Shaw suddenly looked at Warren Prescott.
"Was it your new girlfriend, Jillian Lynch?"
Warren Prescott imdiately denied: "She wasn’t my new girlfriend, I never liked any woman other than you."
Ashley Shaw laughed: "Do you believe what you are saying?"
Warren Prescott grew anxious, this was a matter of principle, he couldn’t let her continue misunderstanding.
"I really haven’t been involved with any woman, believe ."
"With what should I trust you? On our anniversary, you bought a necklace that Jillian Lynch also has. You couldn’t even spend a mont’s thought buying a gift; how should I trust you?"
Warren Prescott suddenly rembered the necklace matter.
Because he felt a sliver of guilt towards Rosalind Lynch in his past life, he naturally cared a bit more for Jillian Lynch.
Plus, he wanted to probe information from Jillian Lynch—at that ti, the Prescott Group’s branch mbers were close to the Lynch Family, so he thought to start from Jillian Lynch.
Therefore, when Jillian Lynch set her eyes on that necklace, he conveniently bought it for her.
But he didn’t expect that Ashley Shaw would have the sa one?
No, he rembered now, regarding the anniversary gift, he had instructed Mark to buy it, so Mark also picked the sa necklace?
He quickly explained the situation.
Ashley Shaw remained composed in her cold deanor.
"Even if the necklace issue wasn’t intentional, it’s true that you had your assistant pick the gift, isn’t it? If you had just a bit of thought for , how could you have your assistant handle sothing as important as an anniversary gift?"
Warren Prescott weakly replied: "Because at that ti, there was sothing very important that needed urgently. And, soon everything will be over. So I was thinking, once I’d explain everything clearly to you later, I would relive the anniversary."
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