Chapter 20

The following week, Claire was nowhere to be seen. Ashton could finally sigh in relief. As expected, she couldn't bear to cut things off with Curtis. He still remembered how she rushed to Curtis' bed to console him because he shed a few tears, while she left him behind, half-dead at Matilda's hands. Now that Ashton had left just as Curtis wished, there was no way the latter would let go of Claire so easily. Perhaps Curtis would only need to choke on his tears, and she would immediately forgive him. Then, they could live happily ever after… … With Claire out of the picture, Giselle felt not only relieved for him but also strangely… down. She didn't have an excuse to be Ashton's chauffeur anymore. Frankly, she appreciated the private time she had spent with him lately. She could vividly feel them getting closer as he acted more naturally and easily around her. To her, that was enough. Her notification chime snapped her back to reality. When she looked down, she saw a text messa