Chapter 343

I’d almost forgotten about the mark on my cheek. ‘Oh… that. I just scraped it by accident.’ He took my hand. ‘Tell me who did this to you.’ ‘Just leave it, please.’ I didn’t want to put Ashton in a difficult position, and I didn’t want to upset myself all over again. If I told him it was Genevieve’s mother, what would he do? Would he actually confront her for my sake? ‘Tell me.’ I looked up and met his frustrated gaze. ‘Fine, since you want to know, I’ll tell you. It was Genevieve’s mother. She said I stole her daughter’s boyfriend. She decided to teach me a lesson, slapped me, and her nail caught my cheek. That’s how I got this scratch.’ His eyes narrowed. ‘Come on.’ He took my hand and led me firmly towards the car park. ‘Where are you taking me?’ He made a quick call. ‘Ryan, something’s come up. I have to go. Put everything on my tab.’ Ryan must have asked why, because Ashton replied, ‘I’m settling a score for my wife.’ ‘You’re really going to confront Genevieve’s mother?’ I asked a