Chapter 497: Chapter 497: Do You Still Like Him?
Ashley Shaw heard the conversation just now.
She stepped forward, glanced at him, and asked, "Who is your wife?"
Warren Prescott felt a bit guilty, speaking ambiguously.
He didn’t expect Ashley Shaw to hear it from such a distance.
But seeing Ashley Shaw staring at him without blinking, he could only muster up the courage and say, "If you want to be my wife, then you are my wife. If you don’t want to be my wife, you are..."
Still my wife.
The last half of the sentence Warren Prescott didn’t dare to say out loud, he only said it in his heart.
Afraid Ashley Shaw might get upset.
Luckily, Ashley Shaw didn’t seem too bothered by it and said, "Dr. Tate has an emergency surgery, so he’s too busy for lunch. Let’s eat by ourselves, and afterwards I’ll pack a meal to take to him."
Warren Prescott said, "I’ll deliver it for you then, so you won’t have to run back and forth."
"It’s no big deal going back and forth."
Compared to her treating Ariana, this is really nothing.
Then she thought of the "past life" Ariana, and Ashley Shaw’s expression became a little sad.
Warren Prescott noticed and deliberately brought up something else to distract Ashley Shaw.
"Leon Zeller is back."
Ashley Shaw nodded, "I know."
"Has he met with Ariana?"
"He said they arranged to meet tomorrow."
Warren Prescott grunted in response and said, "From my observation, Leon Zeller seems decent, you can trust him with your friend."
Ashley Shaw, while entering the elevator, asked Warren Prescott, "What’s Leon Zeller’s family situation?"
Warren Prescott recalled, "I only know his father is a botanist who often goes into the rainforest. I’m not sure about his mother’s situation, but I’ll find out for you."
Ashley Shaw said, "What matters most isn’t just the job, but whether they are easy to get along with and if they can accept Ariana. If they have high standards... I also want to prepare Ariana mentally."
Warren Prescott said, "Don’t worry, if they raised a son like Leon Zeller, his parents should be reasonable."
Ashley Shaw thought for a moment and said, "That’s true... generally, strict families wouldn’t agree to let their children pursue this path."
"I’ll find a way to gather information for you."
"Okay."
As they talked, the elevator doors opened.
Ariana Grant happened to come over, and upon seeing her, immediately started talking about how she couldn’t find Jane Tate anywhere.
Ashley Shaw explained the situation, and only then did Ariana Grant breathe a sigh of relief.
"I thought we delayed so long that Aunt Talbot got angry."
Ashley Shaw smiled slightly, "Aunt Talbot isn’t that petty."
A sidelong glance revealed Warren Prescott staring intently at her face.
She instinctively reached out to touch her face, "Is there something on my face?"
Warren Prescott shook his head, "No."
After a pause, he added, "It’s just too beautiful to resist looking twice."
Ashley Shaw’s face heated up, and she glared at him.
Why is it that the older his soul gets, the less serious his words become?
Meanwhile, Ariana Grant had an even bigger reaction, choking on her saliva in surprise at the "too beautiful" comment, and couldn’t stop coughing.
Earlier, Ashley Shaw merely felt Warren Prescott was growing shameless with age, but seeing Ariana Grant’s huge reaction, her face felt even hotter.
"Ahem..." She also coughed dryly and said, "Since Aunt Talbot is busy, let’s just find a restaurant to eat."
"Sure, there’s a Faelan hotpot place nearby that’s pretty good, especially the beef balls, want to try it?"
Ashley Shaw agreed, and so did Ariana Grant.
But when they arrived, they found that the hotpot place was now just a furniture store.
The two of them stood at the entrance of the furniture store, looking at each other wide-eyed.
Ashley Shaw and Warren Prescott naturally knew what was happening, it was just that in this lifetime, the hotpot place hadn’t opened yet, while Ariana Grant, who was unaware, kept looking around.
"Where is it? I don’t see any hotpot place."
"Ahem..." Warren Prescott said, "I got it wrong, it’s over on the Fifth Ring."
"The Fifth Ring? That’s way too far."
Ashley Shaw seized the chance to say, "Yeah, a bit far, let’s just find a place nearby."
Warren Prescott agreed and soon drove them to a nearby hotpot place.
Since it was a last-minute choice, the hotpot base was quite average, but luckily the meat was fresh enough to be passable.
After they finished eating, Ashley Shaw went to the neighboring Chinese restaurant, packed a few dishes, and headed back to the hospital the same way.
Ashley Shaw initially intended to take them up herself, but Warren Prescott got out of the car first and took the bag, saying, "I’ll be quick, you guys wait in the car."
After that, he closed the car door and left with big strides.
Ariana Grant immediately grabbed Ashley Shaw’s sleeve, looking stunned as if she’d discovered a new continent.
"I’ve been holding this in for so long! Quickly, tell me, what’s going on? Are you two... are you two an item?"
Ashley Shaw felt a bit uncomfortable, coughed dryly, and said it wasn’t like that.
Ariana Grant looked even more puzzled.
"Not an item? Then what’s going on with you two?"
Ashley Shaw didn’t know how to explain it, and many things couldn’t be explained to Ariana Grant.
She organized her thoughts and said, "There were a lot of misunderstandings between us before, and during this trip to Glanburn, some of those got cleared up."
"So now you’re friends?"
"I guess you could say that."
Ariana Grant made a clicking sound with her tongue and said, "Is it just me, or is there more to it than just being friends between you two? What exactly happened?"
"Nothing really happened."
Ariana Grant scratched her head and said, "I was telling Robin the other day that you and the lost girl are like water and fire, absolutely impossible to have anything."
"...I used to think so too."
"Used to? So now you don’t think so anymore?"
"..."
"Is it possible for you two to be together?"
This was a question Ashley Shaw couldn’t answer for herself.
She shook her head, her eyes showing a confusion that hadn’t been there for a long time.
"I don’t know either."
It’s not that she was avoiding Ariana Grant’s question; she genuinely didn’t know.
The misunderstandings had been resolved, and she wasn’t resistant to Warren Prescott. Today at the hospital, when she encountered the Bond siblings, her first reaction was to find Warren Prescott.
But she couldn’t quite pinpoint what was wrong, always feeling that no matter how many misunderstandings were resolved, many things couldn’t go back to how they were.
Anyway, she no longer had the feeling from her past life that only Warren Prescott would do.
Maybe it was that she loved herself more than Warren Prescott now.
Her world no longer revolved solely around Warren Prescott, and the way they interacted couldn’t be the same as before, so she was somewhat at a loss on how to interact with Warren Prescott.
But one thing was certain, she didn’t dislike Warren Prescott anymore, otherwise she wouldn’t have immediately sought him out for help.
"Maybe I need some time to figure out my relationship with him," Ashley Shaw said.
Ariana Grant, with the limited information she had, thought it was simpler.
She asked, "Do you still like him?"
"I can’t say," Ashley Shaw looked out the car window and said, "But compared to others, I do feel a bit differently towards him. If that’s liking, then maybe it is liking."
