Chapter 432 Misunderstanding
Chapter 432 Misunderstanding
After the divorce, James had indeed given Lily several properties.
But living alone in a huge vi felt far too empty, and if she was honest, a little frightening.
So the afternoon after she was discharged from the hospital, she moved into a spacious high–rise apartment in the city center.
Theplex had excellent security, and she didn’t have to worry about that lunatic John suddenly breaking in to hurt her.
Not that he could, for now.
She’d heard Ashton had sent him to the police station–fifteen days of detention.
Lily thought it was a pity. Fifteen days, not fifteen years.
The four–bedroom, two–living–room apartment was beautifully decorated, and she had already hired cleaners to scrub it down. She could move in immediately.
She had barely stepped through the door when her brand–new phone rang urgently.
Seeing Ashton’s name on the caller ID, she hesitated, then answered.
“Ashton, you’re looking for me-”
She didn’t get to finish before his anxious voice spilled through the line.
“Ms. Lily, you have toe see the boss! It poured all night yesterday–he stood out there almost the whole time,pletely lost. When I found him, he was still standing in the rain like a ghost. He’s burning up with fever, and tonight he’s been drinking a lot… The doctor prescribed medicine, but he won’t take it. He won’t let anyone near him for an IV. He just keeps calling your name… Please, I’m begging you,e talk him into taking his medicine!”
<i>James </i><i>had </i><i>a </i><i>fever</i><i>… </i>
Her heart jumped instantly.
But remembering that he had another woman now, she told herself it wouldn’t make a difference if she went. “Ashton, I’m noting. Even if I did, he wouldn’t listen to me. Yesterday morning, I saw a woman on top of him… I even asked if he was about to marry her, and it seemed like he was. You should find her- instead–maybe she can talk him into treatment.”
“A woman?”
<i>What </i><i>woman</i><i>? </i>
Ashton was stunned for a second–then it clicked.
The woman Lily was talking about had to be Marilyn.
James’s constant “Lily, Lily” made it obvious he couldn’t let her go. Ashton wasn’t about to let her keep
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believing otherwise.
“Ms. Lily, I think you mean Marilyn, the new secretary I just hired. The old man thought the boss liked women and told me to keep him away from any male… distractions. So when we hired in the secretary department, I didn’t dare hire a man. Who knew Marilyn would dare set her sights on him! After <b>you </b>left yesterday, I saw her in his study. She was the one who threw herself at him–he shoved her away and even threw up from disgust. I’ve already fired her, per his orders. Marry her? Ms. Lily, I swear on my honor, aside from one date with some ugly guy with a mole on his face, he’s never been involved with <b>any </b>man or woman. Now he’s cut ties with that guy, and his heart’s only got room for you. You can’t just leave him like this!<b>” </b>
<i>Ugly </i><i>guy </i>with a <i>mole</i><i>… </i>
Lily: “…”
What a coincidence. That “ugly guy” was her.
When she’d walked in on that scene yesterday morning, her heart had felt like it was being torn apart.
She had thought that was the woman James liked–but it turned out she’d been wrong.
“I’m begging you, pleasee see the boss. If you don’t, he really might drink himself to death!”
“I…”
Lily’s thoughts were tangled.
Knowing there was nothing between James and Marilyn sparked a secret, guilty joy inside her.
But remembering how, after they’d been so close, James had still said he didn’t want to see her again left her aching.
She didn’t want to break their agreement or shamelessly show up only to be pushed away.
Yet she couldn’t smother the worry twisting in her chest. After wrestling with herself for a long moment, she finally said, “I’lle.”
“Good, I’ll wait for you at the gate!”
The relief in Ashton’s voice was palpable.
He didn’t dare waste time–he drove straight from the main house to the vi’s front gate to meet her.
The estate was sorge that from the front gate to the main house was a long drive.
When Lily stepped out of the taxi, Ashton jumped out, opened the passenger door for her like an eager attendant, and hurried her into the car so they could head to the main house at once.
Sliding into the driver’s seat, he still found time to plead his boss’s case.
“Ms. Lily, Mr. James is really pitiful. You’ve been gone less than two days, and he’s already lost so much weight, he’s hardly recognizable…”
Lily: “…”
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