Chapter 1670 Love Is Unstoppable
Ashton did not answer. Instead, he tugged at my hand forcefully, causing me to lose my balance and topple over into his arms.
“Stop fooling around now. Emery’s waiting for me at the bar!” I struggled to free myself from his grasp.
“Someone else will get her.” He shifted his position and stood up, carrying me to the bed in his arms.
“I was the one who just received the phone call. Who else would be going if not me? Come on, Ashton, just let me go. It’s getting late now, and it’s dangerous for Emery to be alone.”
Completely ignoring my words, he placed me down on the bed and pressed his body on top of mine, his brow tightening into a frown. “You’re hardly an inexperienced woman, so how could you not understand this?”
“What do you mean?” My friend was drunk and needed someone to pick her up. What else was there to understand?
Heaving a deep sigh, he leaned sideways and fell onto the bed beside me. “The bar doesn’t close so early. Just call back in another twenty minutes and go if there’s still no one there. It’s only twenty minutes anyway. It shouldn’t make much difference.”
I still had no idea what he meant by all that. However, since I failed to win that argument, I could only compromise and go with his suggestion.
I waited in agony till twenty minutes finally passed before calling Emery back. The line got through quickly, and a familiar male voice instantly came on the line.
“You must be Scarlett. This is Alexander. Don’t worry, Emery is with me now. Have an early rest and good night!”
“Good… night.”
It took me a few seconds after I hung up to come back to my senses. Then I turned toward Ashton and propped my head up with a hand. “How did you know Alexander was also at that bar?”
“I didn’t.” A smug smile crept onto his lips. He lay there with his eyes shut, looking calm and confident as if he had everything in the palm of his hands.
“You didn’t?” I found that hard to believe. “Then how did you know someone else would surely be there to pick Emery up?”
Only then did Ashton open his eyes. He turned over, gazing at me with his deep, dark eyes. “Because I understand the feeling of missing another person without being able to meet them.”
“Tell me more about it.” His words had just piqued my interest, and I could not wait for him to elaborate on the subject.
However, Ashton shut his eyes lazily, refusing to cooperate. “I don’t think I want to. My mouth’s a bit dry, to be honest…”
He looked a striking resemblance to John with that sly and impish look on his face, but I guessed his motives in an instant.
What to do? I’ve got to hear the rest of this story, don’t I?
Thus, for the sake of satisfying my curiosity and despite being unwilling to do so, I leaned toward him and pecked him on the cheek.
“There! Now, will you tell me?”
Immediately, another smug look flitted across his face. Although it lasted for only the briefest moment, I still had no trouble spotting it and instantly regretted my actions.
Damn it, Scarlett! Why were you in such a rush to please him? You should have stood your ground firmly, and he would eventually tell you the rest anyway.
Fortunately, Ashton was a man of his word and did not attempt to trick me into giving him more.
Wriggling slightly, he shifted to a more comfortable position and extended his hand through the space between my neck and my pillow, hugging me toward him. With just a little force, he had me pressing against his chest while his hands aimlessly wandered across my body.
Huh! Men!
Just as I was about to lose my temper, Ashton finally spoke. “What do you imagine I’d do when you’re not by my side and there’s no way I could reach you?”
“No idea. What would you do?”
“I would go to a hidden spot, turn off the flight mode on my phone, and dial your number repeatedly.”
“Are you talking about the time you were in R Province?” A certain calmness washed over me as I recalled the past, but I did not want to dive into the subject so as not to evoke unpleasant emotions. “I understand there are lots about the past that you find difficult to talk about, but those times are long gone now, aren’t they? Nothing matters more than the present.”
“Yeah.” Sensing my intentions, he did not go further into the subject either. “What I mean is, love is an unstoppable force akin to a great deluge or a savage beast. Even I couldn’t stop myself from secretly and compulsively calling you when my heart called out for you, let alone a man like Alexander.”
I nodded thoughtfully, feeling as if I was beginning to understand. However, another thought struck me suddenly, and I blurted out, “B-But Emery said she was going to limit her loss. She must have blocked all manners of communication with Alexander since the beginning. Then how did he manage to reach…”
