Chapter 42

"Alice, don't hang up yet. I'm not finished—" This was the last thing Ashton said before Alice ended their phone conversation. He hadn’t even finished speaking before Alice cut him off.

Ashton was only trying to help. He had called Alice to let her know about Dimas, who he saw enjoying time with another woman.

It really wasn’t Ashton’s business who Dimas spent time with, but it was different because Ashton knew Dimas planned to confess his feelings to Alice soon. Somehow, Ashton couldn’t accept this. He didn’t agree with Alice getting close to, let alone accepting, someone who was clearly involved with another woman. Besides, Alice was his wife. How could she consider dating another man?

Since he didn’t get a good response from Alice, Ashton decided to go to her office. Carrying the food he had bought, he went to find her.

"Alice isn’t here, sir," said one of the staff as she saw Ashton standing and knocking on the door to Alice's office.

"Oh, really?"

"Yes, sir," replied Adinda, the