She didn't run away... Just like what Milan said that year, if she wasn't the right person, why run away?

Suddenly, Ashley understood in her mind... It turned out that the reason that man didn't shake her hand away, letting her hold his hand, was because she wasn't the right person, so why care, why waste effort?


Thinking like this, over the years, the actions that had become more and more suppressed and courageous... were just a joke.

Elliot frowned... This woman, today had already been absent-minded three times.

Unable to express his feelings at this moment, Elliot leaned down and kissed Ashley lightly on the lips.


"Is it Milan?"

He suddenly asked.


 Ashley's whole body trembled.

Elliot smiled, this smile, something was wrong: "Ashley, forget him, no matter what kind of past you and he have, it's all pain."

Ashley's nerves seemed to be very sensitive, she raised her head and asked: "Why are you so sure that it's all pain?"

Elliot stared at the woman he was holding tightly in his arms... This woman probably didn't know, the expression on her face at that moment was full of hostility, his mouth slightly pursed... It's okay, he will make her forget Milan.

"Did you have anything happy in the past? If so, why is all I see on your face is despair?"

.." Silent, saying nothing, he admitted that it was true.

"Ashley, you should at least try.  Even if you don't agree to be my girlfriend now, at least give yourself a chance, to accept happiness, to grasp happiness.

You can't just live in memories, live in the past, live in your little world.

Ashley, forget him, no matter what memories you two have, what past, I'm sure, those unhappy pasts and memories, will all be replaced and filled with happy memories between me and you."

For a moment, Ashley was moved... Happiness, who can refuse this? Ashley was also fascinated by this beautiful word.

"Okay..." Just as she was about to say "Okay", she immediately came to her senses, "No."

Happiness, who doesn't want it?

But does she deserve it?

The her of today, does she deserve to have what everyone in this world wants?

"Ashley?" Elliot couldn't believe it and called Ashley's name: "Why?"

 Why didn't this woman give him a chance?

"That Milan, is he that important to you?"

He looked at the woman in front of him.

The woman bowed her head, staring blankly at her feet, pain filled her…

Elliot, do you know what kind of person I am?

Do you understand that the person standing in front of you right now, the person you confessed to, is a living person with a body and heart living under the sunlight of this human society, or is she just a zombie with a human body and soul but forever in a lowly place that cannot see the light?

Do you think that a person like me… can still yearn for happiness?

'…I'm sorry."

Elliot felt sad in his heart, not wanting to give up, he leaned down, his warm lips, trying to cover those pale lips, this kiss he kissed even deeper.

Ashley did not avoid, letting the man in front of her, kiss her.

After the kiss, Elliot raised his head: 'Look, you didn't refuse."  The seriousness and stubbornness in his eyes made Ashley not dare to look straight into his eyes.

Feeling guilty, she lowered her eyes, hiding the mood in her eyes, the woman said indifferently: 'Elliot, have you forgotten my profession? Although I have not been in the profession for long, I know the principles towards customers.

I have never heard of prostitutes refusing to have intimate relations with customers, Elliot, have you ever heard of it?"

Elliot's face turned pale.

He did not believe it and argued back: 'Then I just came here from there, the first time I saw me, that look, what does it mean?

Ashley, do prostitutes use that look that makes people tremble to look at customers?"

Ashley raised her eyes, and she looked at Elliot with a serious gaze, this gaze was focused but contained something unclear, Elliot was moved, and even his heartbeat under this gaze, beat a few beats faster.

 He also lowered his head, his eyes staring at the face of the woman in his arms as if waiting for Ashley's answer.

After a while, Ashley sighed softly, looked at Elliot coldly, and opened his mouth to say: "That year, the boy I liked, standing under the shade of the tree, also wearing a white shirt, from then on I fell in love with that white shirt.

Today, you are wearing a simple shirt, and also standing under the shade of the tree, I am dizzy, lost in the past."

So, all of this has nothing to do with him.

On Elliot's handsome face, a hint of loneliness flashed, and a hint of relaxation also disappeared, time blinked, he smiled again, his eyes lit up, his arms exerted force, easily pulling the woman in his arms closer to him, bowed his head and kissed her lips again: "Then you consider me a customer, Ashley."

 Ashley's heart trembled, at this moment, she could not understand this man who was sometimes simple, sometimes joking with life in front of her.

She thought that saying so would make the other party angry and leave.

Instead, she felt a little guilty.

She did not care, and immediately said to Elliot: "Your kiss just now, was not without a price, you must remember to pay me."

Saying that... should be okay, right?

Ashley thought so.

Then she saw the man in front of her, she held out a hand, his pocket rustled, when she held out her hand, his palm opened in front of her: "Here, for you."

Ashley was surprised, she had never seen anyone like Elliot.

Staring at the red bill in Elliot's palm, Ashley did not know how to respond.

"..." He quickly handed her the money like that.

She originally thought that, in front of him, revealing her ugly side, in front of him, imagining her like this, would scare him away.

'Ashley, I told you, you can't escape. I'm serious."

In her ear, Elliot's voice was extremely determined.

But Ashley was even more panicked.

Seriously.

Serious things… She didn't dare to want them.

How could she still deserve 'serious" things like 'Ashley, you're treating me like this is unfair."

Ashley suddenly raised her head, her eyes revealing a bit of strangeness: 'Elliot", her voice was hoarse, slowly interrupting Elliot, she looked at Elliot seriously and asked: 'In your eyes, what does Ashley look like?"

Elliot was surprised, why couldn't he guess, this woman in front of him, suddenly asked such a question.

This… was it very important?

 In a place Elliot couldn't see, Ashley's two hands, continuously pinching each other with her fingers, continuously like this without stopping… Those who knew her well could see clearly with just a glance — Her heart at this moment, was not as calm as her expression showed.

'Elliot, I have nothing," Ashley reminded indifferently.

Elliot was a little worried: 'Who said that?"

'Elliot, I have nothing." So, in the end, why did he keep showing her his 'seriousness"?

'You are very stubborn, also very resilient, and also very kind. You dare to do and dare to take responsibility, except for your feelings for me, you don't avoid anything. The image of your red ears looks so cute, when I kiss you it feels like first love."

Elliot hurriedly said: 'Ashley, you are not nothing, you are very good.  So good that the things outside your ears no longer matter."

A wry smile appeared on Ashley's lips… Resilient? Kind? Dare to do and dare to endure? Not avoiding?

She looked at the somewhat childish man in front of her, his eyes were so serious, so determined and certain… Ashley felt that she didn't dare to look straight into his eyes, only felt her cheeks heating up.

Such determined and certain eyes, such serious expression… Ashley opened her mouth, wanting to say 'Elliot, you're wrong, the person you're talking about, isn't me", she wanted to say, in the end, Ashley's eyes flashed, and those words came out of her mouth, but in the end, she still didn't say it.

Perhaps, now she no longer had the strength to love someone, nor the ability to love someone, perhaps she was driven by the thoughts deep in her heart.

'Ashley, you don't need to step towards me, you don't need to get closer to me,  just stand there, and don't move, I will walk towards you, get closer to you. I will come and hug you tightly, you just stand there without moving, don't need to do anything, the rest, let me do it."

"Ashley, if you don't try, how do you know that there is no happiness in this world?"

"Ashley, try, just try, I will not let you be sad, or shed a single tear."

"Ashley, give me a chance, give yourself a chance, give both of us a chance to be happy."

"Ashley..."

"Ashley..."

"Ashley..."

Each word "Ashley", is about to enter her heart, what to do?

What to do?

"Ashley, do you think that the current you, can still deserve to be happy?"

Milan said.

"Ashley, give both of us a chance to be happy," Elliot said.