Chapter 17 She Lied, Didn't She?

Ignorant of what Ashton had done to Alyssa, Deborah said in a muffled voice, "Alyssa is innocent. Please, don't hurt her. She is your..." Ashton interrupted Deborah with a kiss while tightening his grip on her shoulders. He showed no mercy to Deborah as if he was blind to her face white as a sheet. Ashton was anxious to vent his anger. Ashton did not know why he was angry. His anger began when he heard Alyssa call Zayne intimately or when Deborah followed Zayne away to the hospital. The growing anger made Ashton lose control of himself in the end. Outside the French window, the dawn was here. Deborah was in a coma. Ashton remembered his first night with Deborah. He thought, back then, Deborah was only 19 years old. However, she was scheming and set me up. The old memory infuriated Ashton because he hated whoever schemed against and threatened him. Right then, the unconscious Deborah