Charles frowned at Mason's bloody face and immediately ordered his driver as they were driving out of the police station, "Head to hospital now!"
Mason wiped the blood on his face before exclaiming, "I'm fine! I don ‘t need to go to the hospital!"
Charles did not insist after hearing his words, "Drive us to Mason's house then!"
The driver immediately turned and headed to Merton Condominium.
Charles followed Mason off the car when they arrived and coughed as he said, "That incident last night...stays between us!"
Mason turned and stared at him, "Shouldn't you give me an explanation for your actions, uncle?"
"An explanation?" Charles asked with a sneer.
"Where do I even start ? Ashley and I were both set up and we somehow ended up on bed together."
"That's it?" Mason retorted.
"What? Did you think that I would be interested in a woman that you slept with?"
Charles replied coldly, "I'm saying this not because I think that I'm disappointing your aunt, but make sure you forget about this incident if you don't want to upset her."
Mason understood the meaning behind his words immediately.
However, he was confused as to how Charles could pretend nothing had happened.
Charles had taken out his temper on Elizabeth by scolding and hitting her, and Mason felt that it was a pity as it was obvious that Charles did not care about her at all.
Why would he marry Elizabeth if he had no feelings for her then? Mason thought as he tried to control the rage burning inside him, "I promise to keep this a secret from my aunt if you promise never to meet Ashely again."
"Alright, stop nagging, I know what to do"
Charles waved impatiently, "Remember to go back and come up with an excuse so that you can answer your aunt when she questions you about it."
Charles got in his car and left after reminding Mason.
Mason sighed as he watched the car drive out of the condominium.
He realised everyone wore masks and never treated anyone sincerely.
Instead, they were all pretending to help each other while trying to stab each other in the back.
Mason couldn't help but look back at the carefree days when he was still dating Valeria.
Valeria had always been sincere and she had never betrayed him.
What did he do in return? He cheated on her! Mason suddenly remembered that he had fainted while trying to stop a waitress from carrying Valeria into the elevator.
He was worried about her.
He immediately picked up his phone to call her, but only a robotic voice could be heard from the other end, "The number that you've dialled is engaged, please try again later!"
Mason felt ashamed as he hung up.
How could he have forgotten that Valeria had blocked him after their fight? As he thought about how Valeria had taken care of him when he was injured, Mason teared up once he realised that he could never mend his relationship with Valeria anymore.
He had only realised how important Valeria was after losing her.
However, it was impossible for him to get her back, and no amount of regret could change this fact.
Valeria picked up her phone to read the news as soon as she woke up the next morning.
William reached out and pulled her back into his arms, "It's still early, so why don't we sleep a little longer?"
"I can't fall back asleep anymore! You can go ahead and rest more, I'll read the news!"
She answered gently as she escaped from his arms.
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