Torn Between Love and Hate

Chapter 50

Chapter 50 She Doesn’t Like You

Ashton sat beside Helen’s bed and helped her peel fruits.

But for some reason, he couldn’t help but think about other things.

Ashton thought about the scene that Deborah lowered her head to draw the design drafts in the ward

Ashton also remembered the scene that Alyssa screamed in the car and fell off the cliff.

Then he imagined how heartbroken Deborah would be after knowing that Alyssa had already passed

away.

He was absent-minded, Helen called him several times, but he did not respond.

Helen reached out to pull his sleeve and said softly and uneasily. “Ashton, do you hate me?”

Ashton suddenly came back to his senses and looked at Helen, “What did you say?”

Helen’s eyes were red and swollen. She said with a trembling voice, “It was me who killed Alyssa. If I

take my life to repay Debby, will

she forgive me?”

Ashton looked out at the sky. It was almost dawn.

”

Alyssa fell off the cliff. In the blink of an eye, it was already yesterday, but it still seemed like it had

happened at the last second.

He pressed the space between his eyebrows. He seemed to have a headache and comforted Helen,

“Helen, don’t be silly. Things have

already come to this. You weren’t sober yesterday, so it was not you to be blamed.”

Helen spoke until her tears started to fall. “But Alyssa… I want to apologize to Debby. If Debby hates

me, I will repay her with my life.”

As she was about to get up from bed, Ashton immediately stopped her.

Helen looked at Ashton strangely, Ashton hesitated and said, “Deborah… She still doesn’t know about

this. Helen, don’t tell her now. 1

will tell her when the time is right.”

Helen sobbed and was stopped by Ashton. Thus, she did not insist on going to Deborah.

Ashton thought about it for a long time. Perhaps the only way was to let Deborah get pregnant as soon

as possible.

When Deborah had another baby, she might be able to accept it when she knew the truth.

In that case, Deborah had to care about the baby and would not be so upset about Alyssa’s death.

The more Ashton thought about it, the more confused he became. Suddenly, he remembered that he

did not ask the bodyguards to keep an eye on Deborah.

Not long after he stayed with Helen, he got an excuse to leave.

When he went to Deborah’s ward and saw that Deborah was still sitting on the bed and drawing the

design drafts, he was relieved.

Deborah had just gone to Alyssa’s sterile room, but it was not allowed for family members to go in to

visit. The doctors and nurses naturally ed Deborah from going in..

She tried to look inside through the door for a long time, but she could not see anything inside. She

was worried that Ashton would find out, so she had no choice but to go back to her ward.

The costume design draft in her hand was painted in the style of a child’s winter dress without her

notice.

After hearing footsteps, she came back to her senses and tried to hide the things in her hands in a

panic.

Just as she was about to hide the paper, Ashton had already reached out and pulled away the paper.

An uneasy expression appeared on Deborah’s face. She was afraid that if she offended Ashton again,

it would implicate Alyssa

When Ashton saw what was drawn on the paper, a strange look flashed across his eyes, but he did not

show any signs of anger.

He returned the draft to Deborah and asked in a good tone, “Did you draw it for Alyssa? Are you going

to make clothes for her?”

Deborah answered cautiously. “Yes, New Year is coming. I reckon the day Alyssa comes out from the

sterile room will be about half a month after New Year.”

She thought that when Alyssa come out from the sterile room, Alyssa could be considered to have

been reborn. At least, Deborah thought that Alyssa should wear beautiful and festive clothes to

celebrate.

Ashton forced him to be calm. “I can get someone to customize the clothes. You can also do it yourself

if you want to. I will ask Jeff to bring over anything you want.”

Deborah replied with some expectation, “Ask Jeff to buy some red fabric for me. Alyssa likes the color.

“I used to have a lot of expectations for Alyssa, but now she has escaped death. I only hope that she

will be safe and sound for the

rest of her life.”

Ashton’s face was a little stiff. “Sure, shell be.”

Deborah glanced at him and felt that he seemed a little strange today.

Deborah didn’t know why, but she couldn’t help but say. “Whether you believe it or not, Alyssa is indeed

your daughter.*

Ashton did not get angry. He sat down beside the bed and said guiltily, “Aren’t you sleepy? It is dawn.

Go to sleep for a while.”

Deborah looked at Ashton and felt that he

was suddenly so gentle as if he had become a different person.

Or it could be said that Ashton had returned to the appearance of many years ago.

Deborah was a little emotional. “You are my only man. In the past, in my heart, you were the best. No

one could compare to you. Don’t you really know why?”

When Ashton saved Deborah at the foot of the mountain cliff and carried her to the hospital, Deborah

was 13 years old.

At that time, Ashton was 18 years old.

Then after a year, when Deborah was 14 years old, she saw Ashton again and had deep feelings for

the latter.

Speaking of which, Ashton should have remembered Deborah at that time.

Ashton did not think much about it at all. “There are many things that you may like about me. Is it

strange that you like me?”

At the time, Ashton’s parents died when he was 19 years old, and he returned to the country with

Helen.

When he first met Deborah in the Bauer family, Deborah couldn’t help but keep looking at him.

But Ashton had seen that kind of look many times, and countless women chased him. So he did not

find it strange at all.

But there was one strange thing. Other women, who were fascinated by him, all looked at his face.

But Deborah was special. Ashton still remembered that the first time they me), Deborah had been

staring at his hand. It might be

because of shyness.

Deborah.

suddenly, Ashton, have you forgotten that when I was 13, you saved me?”

Ashton felt that Deborah seemed to have a brain problem. He opened his mouth and tended to give her

a negative answer coldly

He went abroad with his parents when he was less than 3 years old. He never came back until his

parents died when he was 19. Only then did Hector bring him back to the Mullen family.

When Deborah was 13, he did not even know that there was such a person in the world, let alone save

her.

But before he said anything, he felt that something was wrong and changed his words. “What’s

wrong?”

Deborah thought back to the past. Even though Ashton had become like this, she would never forget

those things.

would only think that the old Ashton had already died, and it was also the old Ashton who let her live

until today rather than die

under that cold mountain.

Deborah responded in a low voice, “That year, Helen’s mother left me in the mountain. I panicked and

rolled down the mountain. When I was dying at the bottom of the cliff, you were the only one who came

to save me.

“Ashton, I liked you before. Not for anything else, just because you saved my life that day. People like

me have never felt any warmth, so you might forget about that in the blink of an eye, but I remember it

very deeply”

Ashton’s face became pale and stiff.

He digested the strange and huge amount of information in Deborah’s words, and he could not say a

word.

After a long time, he asked, “Then how did you recognize that I was the one who saved you?”

Deborah said, “I was brought into the Bauer family when I was 13. The Mullen’s house was very close

to the Bauer’s house. I remember

that you always came out of the Mullen’s house at that time. Your face was injured, and you wore a

mask.

“The day you saved me, your left wrist was scratched, and there left a scar. Also, I remember your

voice.”

After that, Deborah sneered lightly, “Ashton, you have changed quite a lot. You have changed beyond

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“I didn’t know before that a person could change so much, like an angel turning into a hateful devil.”

Ashton listened to Deborah and subconsciously wanted to put his left hand into the pocket of his coat.

He suddenly understood why Deborah had not stared at his face for the first time when they met, but at

his wrist.

And he suddenly understood why Deborah had secretly asked Jeff about the injury on his face before.

He thought that Deborah had looked at his wrist just because she was shy and just wanted to ask Jeff

about him and approach him.

Deborah had loved Ashton for 10 years since the nineteen-year-old boy met the fourteen-year-old girl

for the first time.

Ashton had believed this for 10 years.

Ashton didn’t put his hand in his pocket, but he couldn’t help but hide his hand behind his back. He said

in a low voice, “How many years ago has it been? What is there to talk about? All right, have a rest. I’m

going out.”

He didn’t even wait for Deborah to say another word and directly stepped out of the ward.

When he re

the window at the end of the corridor, he took out a cigarette box from the pocket of his coat. He

wanted to take out

a cigarette, but several of the cigarettes in the box fell to the ground.

He simply put the cigarette box on the sill and took out his cell phone to call Jeff. ‘Find someone for

me.”