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Ch -174. He knows??

Author: J V
last update Last Updated: 2024-10-18 23:44:28

Ashley's POV:

“Ashley!!”

The word and the voice, both somehow lock my legs to the exact place where I was standing.

I have already left this name in the past, along with the identity attached to it. But the moment this voice knocks against my ear drums, I just can't deny my reality any longer… I can't deny the life that I have once lived.

Because I know no matter how harsh the past was on me, this person… the owner of the voice has always been kinder to me.

In fact, I have to accept that when everyone else was there just because they were seeking some kind of benefit from me, he was the only person who was genuinely there for me, just because he cared for me.

He cared for me like his own family.

“Ashley! I knew it… I knew it! It's you, and I just knew you are alive… you have to be alive, healthy and happy! Or else… or else how could I have asked forgiveness for the sins I have committed in the past? The mistakes that I have committed thinking that they are harmless–”

“Peter!”

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