What?
I couldn’t help but widen my eyes in surprise at his unexpected answer. Shouldn’t he try his best to steer clear of it? Why did he admit to it right away? Did he no longer want to maintain the children’s impressions of him?
Summer, on the other hand, was relatively calm. She listened to it silently without giving any opinions as though she would only have to accept it and didn’t plan to judge him from the morality aspect.
In the end, she didn’t care much about us. It proved that to her, Ashton and I were merely someone related to her by blood. Aside from that, we were no different from the outsiders. Hence, the issue of our relationship wasn’t enough to cause her to lose her composure.
As the realization washed over me, I didn’t know if I should be glad.
The house fell into a dead silence for half a minute before Ashton’s low voice finally sounded. “She’s my deceased friend’s sister. I’ve always treated her as my biological sister, but I’ve cut ties with her now since she keeps crossing the lines and hurt your mom multiple times.”
Summer remained silent even after that. However, judging from her expression, she did pay heed to his explanation.
Ashton then curved his lips and asked with an implicative tone, “You don’t believe it?”
Eventually, Summer shook her head. “I do.”
After pausing briefly, she raised her eyes and added, “I’ll make her pay for what she’d done today.”
“Okay.” Ashton nodded. When something came to his mind in the next second, he remarked casually, “Ask the assistant to adjust your schedule. I need you to accompany us to J City tomorrow.”
“All right,” Summer blurted. After giving it a thought, she found his request inappropriate and voiced her concern. “But I’m afraid that if I’m away for a long time right after such a big deal happened to the club, they would…”
Yet, before she could finish her words, Ashton shook his index finger, cutting in, “Rest assured. Since they’ve achieved their goal already, they won’t make a move for now. Thus, go ahead and make the arrangement.”
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