My extraordinary wife novel (Ashlyn and Lucas) novel Chapter 301

Chapter 301

That made Ashlyn seem like an annoying, arrogant, pretentious, and vainglorious woman who liked showing off and had also put her parents to shame.

Ashlyn shot a glance at Penelope, who was feeling smug that she had exposed her step-sister. With a frosty glint in her eyes, Ashlyn said nonchalantly, “I never knew that you were so eager for me to start work.”

Penelope let out a scornful snort, “It’s too bad, you can’t get a job.”

Ashlyn twisted her lips into an unfathomable smile and there was an icy look in her crescent eyes which also exuded an inexplicable sense of haughtiness. “Don’t worry about that, Mr. Haddock will come and beg me eventually.”

“Ashlyn, are you daydreaming? Did you just say Mr. Haddock was gonna beg?” Penelope burst out laughing as if that was the funniest joke she had ever heard.

Horace and Mary were both ashen-faced.

None of them uttered a word.

Ashlyn looked at that family with an ambiguous smirk on her face and turned her back towards them.

She had already told them. It was up to them to choose whether to believe her or not.

At the very moment when she turned around and was about to walk away, Ashlyn heard someone coughing violently.

She stopped in her tracks and cast a sharp glance towards the stairs. “Who’s coughing?”

Horace laughed nervously, “It’s just the nanny who’s not feeling well.”

Ashlyn noticed the momentary look of discomfort which crossed his face and said coldly, “If it’s really the nanny, why are you looking so guilty?”

“Your dad is still the boss of a company no matter what, why would he lie to you?” Mary said with a forced smile and continued, “You’re so busy that you didn’t even have the time to eat. Don’t starve yourself.”

Just leave quickly! That was the one thing Mary did not say out loud.

It was obvious that the couple was hiding something from their anxious behavior.

Ashlyn kept a poker face and remained unfazed as she said, “Since the nanny is not feeling well and Penelope is a nurse, why don’t we get Penelope to go upstairs and check on her? Penelope, let’s go together, I wanna see for myself how proficient a surgical nurse from the First Hospital is.”

“You don’t have to worry yourself over such a trivial matter,” Horace said quickly and continued, “Penelope had already treated her.”

“Oh, is it?” The corners of Ashlyn’s mouth curved upwards as she said that. “Can I know what medicine did she prescribe?”