"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
"There has to be something shady there. The Lloyds ran illegal businesses in the past and had great success after they decided to go, well, legal," Anthony said.Anne knew the history of Lloyd Group's development and everyone could tell how successful they had become, but that had made the situation more complicated than she had imagined.Corentin was not as harmless as he wanted to appear."She is Corentin's legal wife now. It's best that we stay out of it," Anthony said.Anne was at her wits end. She did not know that they were married, but now that she did, she had no clue on how to handle the situation.'Should I force them to get a divorce or something?' She thought to herself."Corentin came here specifically for Ashlynn. He's not about to give up."Anthony had only said a few words, but that was enough to shed light on what was truly happening.The Lloyd Group was the head of Athetin and nothing good would come from crossing them. Anne knew the limits to her abilities, a
If he did not care about human lives, he definitely would not care about an animal's life."That depends on you. I've sent you the address of the hotel." Corentin hung up and sent her the address of his hotel along with his room number to her, before waiting for her to come to him.Terrified, Ashlynn hurried to the hotel. Along the way, she thought back to the call history on her phone from the pet store. She realized that her dog did not go missing.The pet store owner made a call to her because the stay period for her dog was almost over. Corentin came to the phone and took her dog away ahead of time.Once she arrived at the hotel, Corentin's subordinates led her to the room and opened the door for her.Ashlynn walked inside and saw the man lounging on the couch, even the couch could not contain his towering figure.At that very moment, she saw him as the way she knew him as Salvatore, free and untameable.He laid lazily with a wine glass in his hand. He stared at her with his
It was impossible for Ashlynn to leave her dog to die, and because of that, she was given no choice."I...I will go with you, but can you promise me something?""Go on.""Don't kill people again," she requested. That was the best she could ask for. Salvatore knew nothing but blood and he would have to change if he wanted to keep her in his life.Corentin stared at her quietly with a terrifying manner."There are other solutions to things apart from killing people," she pleaded."Alright."Shocked, she exclaimed, "Really?" Back when the man before her was still Salvatore Yeager, he was violent and anyone who crossed him would die."Of course. When have I ever lied to you?" He lowered his head and focused on devouring her lips.Ashlynn did not resist, but grabbed onto the bedsheets tightly to suppress the fear coursing through her veins.In the past, she had been consumed by fear that she would die at the hands of Salvatore and now, she simply could not imagine what a monster h