Chapter 239 I Was Stupid and Ignorant

Hearing the commotion, Cressida looked up. "Get up," she said. "I won't get up unless you agree to help!" Gideon clung to her lower leg, afraid she might leave. "If the Ashworth family goes bankrupt, how does that benefit you? Yes, you're the boss of LS Group now, and you've got Mr. Leigh backing you. But you're still an Ashworth! "If your natal family collapses, what do you think will happen to your reputation? You'll be nothing but a joke to the Willow family!" Cressida laughed out of incredulity. "My reputation?" She looked down at Gideon. "My reputation was ruined by you with your own hands the day you kicked me out of the Ashworth family. And now you want to talk to me about reputation?" "That was just my stupidity and ignorance! Your mom egged me on!" Gideon immediately pushed all the blame away. "How wonderful. It's just wonderful." Cressida nodded. She pulled a tissue from the side, wiped the spot on her pants where he'd touched her, then tossed the tissue into the tras