Ashlynn did not feel the need to answer her question and continued, "Do you feel like he's acting differently toward you compared to five years ago?"Meredith was surprised by the thought that they had known one another from five years ago. She had thought that Corentin was unlike other men, who would keep mistresses, and it seemed as though she had misjudged him."Sorry to disappoint you, but he's always been great to me. He's never changed." Frustrated, Meredith turned to leave."Are you leaving, Ms. Hilton?" The butler asked.She turned to look at the butler. "This woman was here last night, right? Or has she been here for days? Your Mr. Lloyd is just an ordinary man, after all. It seems like I should be reconsidering our engagement!" She then turned to leave.Ashlynn remained frozen in place, consumed by her thoughts.Meredith said that she knew Corentin from a young age and that he had not changed at all, which simply meant that Salvatore was far too good at hiding himself,
Her stomach turned and she immediately started vomiting. "Ugh...!""Ms. Thompson, are you okay? Ms. Thompson..."Ashlynn shoved the maid away and stumbled forward, before collapsing on the ground.When she slowly regained consciousness, she realized that there was a man sitting by her bed."The doctor has come by and said that you passed out because of over-exhaustion. Did I go overboard last night?" Corentin asked gently.Noticing that he was holding her hand, she jolted away and sat up. "Where is Amy?""Who?""The maid who tripped me yesterday.""I sent her on her way. How dare she hurt you, when even I couldn't bring myself to do it?" He stared into her eyes obsessively."Did you send her on her way, or did you throw her into the river to feed the alligators?" She said with a lump in her throat. "Don't even try to deny it. I found her hair tie next to the cliff. Why would she be there for no reason at all? Give me her house address. I won't believe you until I see her alive
Ashlynn was in her room when the maid came and told her that Cory wanted to see her.She hurried down the stairs and saw the man sitting in the living room. She instinctively knew that that had to be Anne's grandfather and walked over politely."You are Anne's assistant?" Cory asked."Yes. My name is Ashlynn Thompson.""I don't care about your name. You should have focused on doing your job, instead of climbing into my son's bed," Cory said in contempt, "you shouldn't be here.""If I'm given permission to leave, I will leave right away," she said.Confused, Cory asked, "Are you trying to say that Corentin forced himself on you? You must think highly of yourself.""Do you really know your son?" She asked. "Can't you tell that your son has been replaced by someone else?""What?""The Corentin you see now isn't the real one. The man you see now is Salvatore Yeager, my ex-husband. You've all been fooled by him." Ashlynn felt that telling the truth was her only way to escape."Wha
"You can go outside for now. We will talk later," Anne said."Yes." Ken walked out and closed the door behind him.Before Anne could ask Ashlynn about who had captured her, Ashlynn ignored Anthony and blurted out saying, "Ms. Vallois, we've all been fooled. The Corentin in the Lloyd Family at the moment is fake. He's actually Salvatore!""Salvatore...who is that?" Anne asked in confusion.With fear all over her face, Ashlynn explained, "He's my ex-husband and was arrested for a certain crime. He was supposed to be sentenced to death five years ago, but...he's shown up again, only this time as Corentin of the Lloyd Family. Something must have happened. Why didn't Salvatore die? How did he become Corentin? I think that he might have murdered the real Corentin and replaced him!"Shocked, Anne turned to look at Anthony and Anthony remained quiet with a dark expression.It was no wonder that Ashlynn mentioned that she would never get married during her interview if something like that
Anne noticed his teasing tone and retorted, "Yeah. I spoke from my experience. Who do I have to thank for such experiences but the almighty Mr. Marwood?"Anthony signaled for her to come closer.Anne did not want to move, but weighed her choices as she met his eyes, before walking over.He dragged her down to sit on his lap and she gasped. "We are still in the office. Control yourself.""What exactly do you think I'm about to do?" He stared at her pointedly.She pursed her lips in silence."Whatever you want, I will satisfy you."Feeling chills down her spine, she said, "I don't want to do anything! Just say what you need to say already!" She could not understand why they had to be so close for him to speak."What are you going to do?" Anthony asked.Anne thought about it and said, "I will have to perform another paternity test on Corentin and if there's an issue, we can only be careful since there's a penalty for breaking the contract. If his target is Ashlynn, this won't aff
When she arrived at the pet store, she was greeted by horrible news."What? You lost it?" Ashlynn questioned frantically, "How? This is a pet hotel! I paid you and you promised that you would look after it! You are supposed to keep it in a cage, so how did you lose it?""We are so sorry, but our staff forgot to lock the cage after feeding it and by the time we noticed that, it's already gone. We couldn't find it.""So it's already missing when you called me?""Yes."Ashlynn noticed the call history on her phone.Corentin had her phone the entire time and she assumed that he had answered the call for her.She had bought the puppy to keep her company through all the loneliness because her psychiatrist mentioned that pets would help heal mental traumas.Ashlyn ran off to the streets, calling out to her dog along the way, hoping that it was waiting for her to find it.'I'm going to find you,' she thought with determination.However, she could not find it even after searching arou
Anne turned to look at Anthony.Anthony did not have to be here, but he came over by coincidence, and Corentin arrived shortly after. Anne could not help but suspect if he plotted to appear at the right time."So you deny all the accusations Ashlynn made against you?" Anthony asked."I've looked into her past in the past two days and I do look a lot like Salvatore, but apart from looks, we are completely different. I've never even stepped foot into undeveloped villages like that," Corentin said calmly.Ashlynn could not believe what she was hearing and explained hastily, "He's lying! That's not true! You told me yourself that you are Salvatore. You locked me in your room and asked me why I betrayed you and sent you into prison. I'm not mistaken!"Corentin maintained his composure at Ashlynn's confrontation to the extent where even Anthony could not tell any fault in his reaction. "When I looked into your background, I found that you've been going to a psychiatrist for a long perio
"Let's see what happens with the paternity test," Anthony said authoritatively.Anne's expression darkened at his tone."Ms. Vallois, I'll go back now.""I'll contact you once the results are out," Anne consoled her, "you look exhausted. You didn't sleep well?""The dog I kept went missing and I've been searching for it...I think it's gone."Anne scowled. "How long has it been missing?""About a week."'There's no way to track it down, then,' Anne thought, 'it's likely lost forever."She understood that some people kept pets to keep them company through lonely times, so Ashlynn had to be devastated to have lost her dog."Maybe someone picked it up from the streets. It's cute, after all. Maybe it will show up someday. Don't be too worried."Ashlynn nodded and turned to leave, when Anne invited, "Ashlynn, why don't you stay at my apartment for the next few days?""Um..." Ashlynn wanted to accept her offer as she was terrified by Corentin's presence in the city, but she did not