Chapter 1693 Being Targeted
“I’m your wife. I love you. No matter what happens, I’ll always be by your side. Understand?”
Something flashed through Ashton’s black orbs as he laughed. “Understood.” He grinned mischievously.
I’ve been so patient in comforting him, yet he’s still unwilling to reveal the truth. How much longer do I need to wait?
I was starting to get frustrated over it. Meanwhile, Ashton slowly rolled up the bottom of my pants and massaged my leg.
This makes me think of the famous saying that a married man only tries to butter up with his wife when he makes a mistake or plans to.
While thinking that, I wanted to grab Ashton’s hand when he suddenly spoke. “Nathaniel met up with me today. He wanted to start a business with me in producing fake bills.”
My hand, which was in mid-air, was immediately lowered. Thankfully, he said it right on time. Otherwise, it was going to be a different story.
“How could he have the guts to do that when our country has strict rules regulating it?” I asked.
While massaging my leg, he explained it nonchalantly, “He’s planning to produce it here and export it overseas, so that it’s difficult to trace. He’s smart to base it in Chanaea. Since he has no criminal record, there’s a high chance he wouldn’t be extradited if the business was exposed. He was also the one who provoked Quince and Lucas. They aim to make the police suspicious about Fuller Corporation so that all of my actions will be monitored. Now that the police are keeping a close eye on money laundering, everyone feels threatened and wants a scapegoat for it to be over quickly. Thus, they’re just waiting for me to get arrested.”
It was the same situation everywhere. Nobody would remember the things good about you but would start pointing fingers when you made a single mistake.
Sometimes, it would take a great deal of restraint for one to be nice in this world.
If I were Ashton, I would feel disappointed as well. After all, he is getting such treatment from two foreigners with a bad reputation, despite paying years of taxes and providing jobs to many.
“There’s nothing to be afraid of if we’re innocent. I believe in you, and so do everyone else in this household, and that’s enough,” I said earnestly while lowering my head. “Don’t forget that you would never get defeated by people that you don’t even care about.”
Narrowing his eyes, the man stood up and planted a kiss on my forehead. “Don’t worry about it. I’ll go get a shower first.”
After saying that, he turned to the bathroom, and the sound of running water came soon after.
My heart finally calmed down after talking with him for long.
However, I was suddenly reminded of the incident regarding Rebecca and Roger seconds away from sleep. Ashton had explained about Nathaniel but not about them.
When I thought about that, I quickly snapped awake and looked up. However, there was nothing I could do as Ashton was sound asleep.
Therefore, I could only hug him tightly while gritting my teeth in anger. I can’t believe I just realized how tricky he was! He only chose to explain some of the problems. What a jerk!
I was awakened by Mrs. Eriksen’s knock on the door. Glancing at the clock, I noticed it was barely seven o’clock in the morning.
“Is something the matter, Mrs. Eriksen?” I asked sleepily, barely opening my eyes.
“An officer from the military wants to meet with Mr. Fuller. He has been waiting for quite some time,” Mrs. Eriksen answered loudly.
The sun is barely up, and yet they’re here to disturb us. After grumbling in my heart, I finally started to think logically. “Okay. Go on and tend to him first. We’ll come down in a minute.”
Letting out a deep sigh, I managed to open my eyes and looked toward Ashton. However, I realized he was still asleep despite the huge racket from just now.
When my vision got clearer, I noticed that he seemed to be having some nightmares. His eyebrows were furrowed as the nightmare terrorized him in his sleep.
