Flash Marriage: Slow Down Mister novel Chapter 61

Ashlee's fingers, imperceptibly, clenched.

A few days ago, when she found out that Clara had married Horace, she had been so angry that she had made this plan with barely any thought.

And initially, she had been particularly confident in her plan, having bribed a subordinate of the Kirkland family. Once the banquet was over, she had arranged for that subordinate to resign and leave, so she initially thought there was no way she would be exposed.

But she didn't expect that the Kirkland family, as a prestigious family after all, would have investigated these matters much more efficiently than she had thought, and she was exposed that night.

So she never thought about how to explain the origin of the photos.

And hearing Darren's questioning at that moment made her even more unsettled.

It was true that she had sent him the photos in Darren's hand, both two years ago and recently.

It was she who had set up the trap, and it was she who had placed the pinhole camera in the hotel.

But Darren must not know about this.

So she tried to calm herself down as quickly as possible and had an idea.

She pretended to look scared, "Darren, don't blame me if I tell you how I got these pictures, okay?"

Darren's eyes contracted for a moment, "First, you tell me where exactly you got the photos?"

Ashlee avoided his gaze, and her voice dropped a few more notches, "Actually... I secretly looked through your phone."

Darren had looked at Ashlee with a grim face and a wary expression, but he didn't expect such a reply from her and froze.

"Yeah." Ashlee whispered as if summoning tremendous courage, "Do you remember the day we were at the Japanese restaurant? You seemed out of sorts that day, and I thought you had a woman outside, so I got scared; I went through your phone and saw there was an unread anonymous email, so I clicked on it... I didn't expect to see something like that, and I was so shocked that I instinctively passed it on to my phone."

Darren frowned, struggling to remember.

Indeed, he had had dinner with Ashlee on the days he had received that anonymous email, and he had been preoccupied because of Clara's picture.

Could that be what had happened?

He looked down at Ashlee beside him, only to see her eyes red and as pitiful as a little bunny, and all of a sudden, he couldn't help but feel a little bit of sorry.

"All right. I got it." He patted her shoulder, "Don't make that face as if I've bullied you."

Ashlee bit her lip and gave him a cautious look, "Darren, you don't blame me?"

Blame her?

Of course, he did.

Especially when he thought about how Clara had looked at him when the pictures were released, he had been so angry that he wanted to break off his engagement with Ashlee, that stupid woman!

But then he looked at Ashlee's eyes, which were similar to Clara's, and he couldn't bear the thought.

It was true that he had been too concerned about Clara since his return to China, and it was no wonder that Ashlee was insecure.

Ultimately, Ashlee would do it because she loved him too much.

Darren's eyes suddenly twinkled.

What if...

If only Clara could be as madly in love with him as Ashlee was and would do anything for him...

In a trance but for a moment, Darren shook his head, "I forgive you this time, but in the future, don't do these things without telling me, okay?"