Chapter 50 She Doesn’t Like You
Ashton sat beside Helen’s bed and helped her peel fruits.
But for some reason, he couldn’t help but think about other things.
Ashton thought about the scene that Deborah lowered her head to draw the design drafts in the ward Ashton also remembered the scene that Alyssa screamed in the car and fell off the cliff.
Then he imagined how heartbroken Deborah would be after knowing that Alyssa had already passed away.
He was absent-minded, Helen called him several times, but he did not respond.
Helen reached out to pull his sleeve and said softly and uneasily. “Ashton, do you hate me?”
Ashton suddenly came back to his senses and looked at Helen, “What did you say?”
Helen’s eyes were red and swollen. She said with a trembling voice, “It was me who killed Alyssa. If I take my life to repay Debby, will
she forgive me?”
Ashton looked out at the sky. It was almost dawn.
”
Alyssa fell off the cliff. In the blink of an eye, it was already yesterday, but it still seemed like it had happened at the last second.
He pressed the space between his eyebrows. He seemed to have a headache and comforted Helen, “Helen, don’t be silly. Things have
already come to this. You weren’t sober yesterday, so it was not you to be blamed.”
Helen spoke until her tears started to fall. “But Alyssa… I want to apologize to Debby. If Debby hates me, I will repay her with my life.”
As she was about to get up from bed, Ashton immediately stopped her.
Helen looked at Ashton strangely, Ashton hesitated and said, “Deborah… She still doesn’t know about this. Helen, don’t tell her now. 1
will tell her when the time is right.”
Helen sobbed and was stopped by Ashton. Thus, she did not insist on going to Deborah.
Ashton thought about it for a long time. Perhaps the only way was to let Deborah get pregnant as soon as possible.
When Deborah had another baby, she might be able to accept it when she knew the truth.
In that case, Deborah had to care about the baby and would not be so upset about Alyssa’s death.
The more Ashton thought about it, the more confused he became. Suddenly, he remembered that he did not ask the bodyguards to keep an eye on Deborah.
Not long after he stayed with Helen, he got an excuse to leave.
When he went to Deborah’s ward and saw that Deborah was still sitting on the bed and drawing the design drafts, he was relieved.
Deborah had just gone to Alyssa’s sterile room, but it was not allowed for family members to go in to visit. The doctors and nurses naturally ed Deborah from going in..
She tried to look inside through the door for a long time, but she could not see anything inside. She was worried that Ashton would find out, so she had no choice but to go back to her ward.
The costume design draft in her hand was painted in the style of a child’s winter dress without her notice.
After hearing footsteps, she came back to her senses and tried to hide the things in her hands in a panic.
Just as she was about to hide the paper, Ashton had already reached out and pulled away the paper.
An uneasy expression appeared on Deborah’s face. She was afraid that if she offended Ashton again, it would implicate Alyssa
When Ashton saw what was drawn on the paper, a strange look flashed across his eyes, but he did not show any signs of anger.
He returned the draft to Deborah and asked in a good tone, “Did you draw it for Alyssa? Are you going to make clothes for her?”
Deborah answered cautiously. “Yes, New Year is coming. I reckon the day Alyssa comes out from the sterile room will be about half a month after New Year.”
She thought that when Alyssa come out from the sterile room, Alyssa could be considered to have been reborn. At least, Deborah thought that Alyssa should wear beautiful and festive clothes to celebrate.
Ashton forced him to be calm. “I can get someone to customize the clothes. You can also do it yourself if you want to. I will ask Jeff to bring over anything you want.”
Deborah replied with some expectation, “Ask Jeff to buy some red fabric for me. Alyssa likes the color.
“I used to have a lot of expectations for Alyssa, but now she has escaped death. I only hope that she will be safe and sound for the
rest of her life.”
Ashton’s face was a little stiff. “Sure, shell be.”
Deborah glanced at him and felt that he seemed a little strange today.
Deborah didn’t know why, but she couldn’t help but say. “Whether you believe it or not, Alyssa is indeed your daughter.*
Ashton did not get angry. He sat down beside the bed and said guiltily, “Aren’t you sleepy? It is dawn. Go to sleep for a while.”
Deborah looked at Ashton and felt that he
was suddenly so gentle as if he had become a different person.
Or it could be said that Ashton had returned to the appearance of many years ago.
Deborah was a little emotional. “You are my only man. In the past, in my heart, you were the best. No one could compare to you. Don’t you really know why?”
When Ashton saved Deborah at the foot of the mountain cliff and carried her to the hospital, Deborah was 13 years old.
At that time, Ashton was 18 years old.
Then after a year, when Deborah was 14 years old, she saw Ashton again and had deep feelings for the latter.
Speaking of which, Ashton should have remembered Deborah at that time.
Ashton did not think much about it at all. “There are many things that you may like about me. Is it strange that you like me?”
At the time, Ashton’s parents died when he was 19 years old, and he returned to the country with Helen.
When he first met Deborah in the Bauer family, Deborah couldn’t help but keep looking at him.
But Ashton had seen that kind of look many times, and countless women chased him. So he did not find it strange at all.
But there was one strange thing. Other women, who were fascinated by him, all looked at his face.
But Deborah was special. Ashton still remembered that the first time they me), Deborah had been staring at his hand. It might be
because of shyness.
Deborah.
suddenly, Ashton, have you forgotten that when I was 13, you saved me?”
Ashton felt that Deborah seemed to have a brain problem. He opened his mouth and tended to give her a negative answer coldly
He went abroad with his parents when he was less than 3 years old. He never came back until his parents died when he was 19. Only then did Hector bring him back to the Mullen family.
When Deborah was 13, he did not even know that there was such a person in the world, let alone save her.
But before he said anything, he felt that something was wrong and changed his words. “What’s wrong?”
Deborah thought back to the past. Even though Ashton had become like this, she would never forget those things.
would only think that the old Ashton had already died, and it was also the old Ashton who let her live until today rather than die
under that cold mountain.
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