Chapter 487: Chapter 487: The Truth Revealed
However, just because of a moment of hesitation, what fell into Ashley Shaw’s eyes was shame so deep that no words could express it.
Ashley Shaw originally thought she would be very angry when she brought up old matters, but at this moment, from the initial rage to now... she has already found peace within.
Perhaps it’s the rebirth into a new life, her state of mind has dramatically changed.
How could a man who doesn’t love his wife possibly empathize with her?
It was she who had too high expectations of Warren Prescott.
Now she has no demands on Warren Prescott, except one: she hopes he didn’t lie about the child.
This is also the purpose of their trip.
Behind the wheel, Warren Prescott also thought Ashley Shaw would be furious, possibly even attacking him despite the dangers on the highway.
So he had already tightened his grip on the steering wheel in advance, lest the car lose control, but Ashley Shaw’s expression remained calm with no reaction at all.
He froze for a moment, feeling even more bitterness in his heart.
Has she reached the point where she doesn’t even want to be angry at him?
After the "rebirth," he had been confident about winning Ashley Shaw back.
Because it was all a misunderstanding, he had never done anything to wrong her.
As long as the misunderstanding was cleared up, Ashley Shaw could still come back to him.
But at this moment, facing Ashley Shaw’s calm demeanor, he suddenly lost all courage, like a person standing on a stage with no chance of winning.
The grip on the steering wheel was so tight that his knuckles turned blue.
Watching the greenery beside the road retreating relentlessly, Warren Prescott couldn’t help but chuckle wryly.
He thought Ashley Shaw would lose control, but unexpectedly, the one who lost control turned out to be himself.
But until that final step, until he sees Ashley Shaw walk into the marriage hall with someone else, he will not give up.
He feels that he can still salvage something.
Surely the heavens wouldn’t be so cruel.
Letting him lose her once only to lose her again.
After a long silence, Warren Prescott mustered the courage to speak: "Honey, do you..."
"Don’t call me that." Ashley Shaw looked at Warren Prescott without expression: "You’ve never called me that once before, and now you call me that, don’t you find it ridiculous?"
Warren Prescott said: "I’ve always called you that in my heart."
Ashley Shaw found that amusing.
"I don’t understand... now that things have come to this, you regret it... is there any point?"
"Yes."
"..."
Seeing her face as stern as water, Warren Prescott had to compromise: "Okay, if you don’t like it, I won’t call you that anymore. I’ll call you Ashley, is that alright?"
Ashley Shaw said nothing, which was a tacit agreement.
Even if Ashley wasn’t much of a nickname, anyone meeting her for the first time could call her that.
Warren Prescott continued: "Do you have any impression of your father?"
Ashley Shaw frowned: "Why are you asking this?"
Warren Prescott hurriedly explained: "I didn’t accompany you to Ariana’s funeral because I found clues related to your father and rushed to confirm them... I thought, you lost your only friend at the time, maybe if you could find another relative, you wouldn’t be so sad..."
Rather than accompany her to the funeral and watch her grief, it’s better to do something practical to alleviate her sadness a bit.
Ashley Shaw smiled, but the smile didn’t reach her eyes.
"My dad died a long time ago."
Warren Prescott said: "He didn’t die..."
Ashley Shaw looked at him: "What does it matter if he’s not dead? He hasn’t shown up all these years, so how’s it different from being dead?"
Warren Prescott couldn’t help but ask: "Aren’t you curious about who he is?"
Ashley Shaw replied without thinking: "Not curious! I don’t want to know at all."
"But..."
"Don’t bring up these random things, focus on driving. I don’t want to die a second time because of you."
Of course, Warren Prescott was focusing on driving.
Moreover, this car has a smart system, it also has an automatic obstacle avoidance feature, though not yet as advanced as in the future, it’s safe enough to reach Glanburn.
Especially since tomorrow is National Day, there aren’t many cars on the highway today, and even fewer on the highway to Glanburn, since Glanburn isn’t much of a tourist destination, vast and sparsely populated, with few people.
Only after Ashley Shaw’s reminder did he become a bit more focused.
But he was still somewhat distracted.
Regarding Owen Sinclair’s matter, since she doesn’t want to hear about it now, he’ll postpone it.
There’s another issue he must mention.
"That car accident you were in wasn’t an accident; it was deliberate."
Ashley Shaw had already decided to ignore whatever Warren Prescott said.
But these words made her involuntarily twitch.
She had always believed that the accident was a mishap... never considering it a murder, just blamed her death on Warren Prescott’s betrayal, but now Warren Prescott says... it was deliberate?
Her brow furrowed tightly again, and she couldn’t keep silent anymore, she had to ask: "What do you mean by deliberate? Did someone intentionally want to harm me?"
Warren Prescott nodded: "Hmm, can you guess who?"
His peripheral vision caught a glimpse of anger deep in Ashley Shaw’s eyes, and he immediately dared not tease further, truthfully revealing everything.
The driver of the truck was previously employed by the Lynch Family. He was let go because of a mountain of gambling debts.
But later, the Lynch Family remembered him and "made use of him."
Ashley Shaw didn’t understand: "Why would the Lynch Family want to harm me, and with a plan that must see me dead."
After a pause, Ashley Shaw suddenly looked at Warren Prescott.
"Was it your new girlfriend, Jillian Lynch?"
Warren Prescott immediately denied: "She wasn’t my new girlfriend, I never liked any woman other than you."
Ashley Shaw laughed: "Do you believe what you are saying?"
Warren Prescott grew anxious, this was a matter of principle, he couldn’t let her continue misunderstanding.
"I really haven’t been involved with any woman, believe me."
"With what should I trust you? On our anniversary, you bought me a necklace that Jillian Lynch also has. You couldn’t even spend a moment’s thought buying me a gift; how should I trust you?"
Warren Prescott suddenly remembered the necklace matter.
Because he felt a sliver of guilt towards Rosalind Lynch in his past life, he naturally cared a bit more for Jillian Lynch.
Plus, he wanted to probe information from Jillian Lynch—at that time, the Prescott Group’s branch members were close to the Lynch Family, so he thought to start from Jillian Lynch.
Therefore, when Jillian Lynch set her eyes on that necklace, he conveniently bought it for her.
But he didn’t expect that Ashley Shaw would have the same one?
No, he remembered now, regarding the anniversary gift, he had instructed Mark to buy it, so Mark also picked the same necklace?
He quickly explained the situation.
Ashley Shaw remained composed in her cold demeanor.
"Even if the necklace issue wasn’t intentional, it’s true that you had your assistant pick the gift, isn’t it? If you had just a bit of thought for me, how could you have your assistant handle something as important as an anniversary gift?"
Warren Prescott weakly replied: "Because at that time, there was something very important that needed me urgently. And, soon everything will be over. So I was thinking, once I’d explain everything clearly to you later, I would relive the anniversary."
