That night, Elliot didn't tell Ashley the reason he wanted her to take a leave.

'Elliot, you told me to take a leave, is it to take me on the Ferris wheel?" Ashley looked at the giant Ferris wheel in front of her in disbelief.


'Let's go, I promised you, I'll take you on the Ferris wheel."

Elliot held out his hand, and Ashley cautiously took a step back.

'Ashley?" Did she not want to go on the Ferris wheel?


Ashley cautiously looked at Elliot: 'Elliot… I'm sorry."

She was sorry, she could only leave him with the words 'I'm sorry."


Elliot was stunned, a moment later, his serious face, suddenly revealed a smile: "It's okay if we don't sit today, then one day we will sit on the Ferris wheel together." This sentence contained a hidden meaning.

Ashley did not resist, raised her head to look at the sky, and then said: "Elliot, I feel a little tired, you take me back to the dormitory."

After listening, Elliot looked deeply at Ashley, finally, his magnetic voice said: "Okay."

Wait until they arrive at the lobby below Ashley's dormitory.

"I have something to tell you, Elliot, I don't like..." I don't like you.

"Wait a minute." The man sitting in the driver's seat suddenly called: "I have a phone call. Ashley, you get out of the car first."

"Elliot, why don't you let me finish my sentence?" Ashley's eyes fell on Elliot's face, she had heard his phone ringing several times, but there was no sound just now, he lied that there was a phone call - other than not wanting her to finish her sentence, she couldn't find any other reason.

"Ashley, get out of the car. There's a lot of work at home and the company recently, very busy." After he finished speaking, seeing Ashley's stubborn expression, he suddenly felt his heart soften, his expression also relaxed, "Ashley, if you have something to say, wait until I'm done with everything before saying it, okay? No need to say it now, okay?"

His eyes looked into hers, there seemed to be a hint of pleading, Ashley's heart trembled, her reason told herself, she should say it now. But... she saw the tiredness and pleading in the man's eyes, the words that had been cherished for so long, at this moment, could not be said.

She let out a sigh, said nothing, and quietly got out of the car.

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The next day, on Ashley's way home from work at night, suddenly a few cars passed by her, then stopped less than 7-8 meters away from her.

Hearing the sound of brakes, Ashley opened her eyes wide, looking at the familiar face getting out of the car.

"Isn't it Ashley?" Leading the way was a woman, exquisite in appearance, wearing high heels, walking towards Ashley, her face full of surprise: "Is it the Ashley who made waves in this coastal city that year? However..." This woman wrinkled her nose: "How did you become like this? I still remember your demeanor at that time."

Ashley naturally recognized the woman in front of her - Midge.

Familiar faces gathered around again.

"It's Ashley. Just now you said Ashley, I didn't believe it. Now that I look closely, it is Ashley."

"But Ashley... why did she become like this?"

'That's right, Sister Ashley."

'Still calling her sister? You still want to call someone who is in prison ‘sister'?" Midge smiled slightly, as if suddenly remembering something, immediately her face looked worried as she asked Ashley: 'Ashley, when did you get out of prison? Why didn't you tell us? We were good friends before anyway, if you get out of prison, tell us, we will warmly welcome you."

Ashley's already pale face became even paler. Is this a warm welcome? She raised her eyes and glanced at Midge, clearly wanting to embarrass her in front of everyone, and then make things difficult for her.

"It's okay, we'll meet again today, let's make it up to her with a warm welcome today." Midge finished speaking, holding Ashley's shoulder tightly with one hand: "Go, Ashley, everyone will prepare a warm welcome for you today. Go."

"I'm not going." Ashley stood rooted to the spot, not wanting to go with Midge's group.

"How can that be, why can't you go? This is a special party prepared to entertain you, it can't be done without the main actor." Midge said, pulling Ashley into the car: "Ashley, don't you want to save face for us?"

After speaking, she took out her phone: "If you don't want to save face for us, then I have to post this video."

As she spoke, she held the phone in front of Ashley.

Suddenly.

Ashley's eyes widened in disbelief: "How did you get this? How did you get this video?" Her face paled: "Give it to me. Give it to me."

The phone in Midge's hand suddenly threw it towards the other person, "Want to steal it?

"Take it, take it, I still have a spare." After speaking, she coldly smiled, crossed her arms in front of her chest, clearly treating Ashley as a joke, "Now I ask you, do you want to save face for us, this banquet, are you going or not?"

Go or not go?

Ashley's face paled: "I'll go. Give me the spare copy."

"This... Then it depends on how you perform at the banquet."

"This video... how did you get it?" That humiliating video, Ashley's heart had long been seriously hurt, this video, was like bringing her back to the moment three years ago.

"You don't need to know this." She also happened to get it.

'What do you want to do today?"

Midge laughed and said, 'What? You'll know when you get there." She said again, 'Who said you're not destined to be rich but still want to fly high and become a phoenix? Don't blame me, I'm just following someone else's orders."

'Following someone else's orders… Who is he?"

Ashley said arrogantly. 'Ashley, you're ridiculous, do you think you're still Ashley from back then? Do I have to answer whatever you ask?"

Midge's words echoed in her ears, Ashley didn't refute a word – This was the truth.

She followed Midge's group, got out of the car, but suddenly stopped.

"Why didn't you leave?" Midge turned her head to look at the woman who had stopped behind her, her delicate eyebrows furrowed... Still a little unaccustomed to seeing Ashley like this.

But thinking about it again... it was true, this woman was no longer a rich young lady, today she was a lowly person selling smiles in the Paradise club.

With a light laugh, Midge withdrew her gaze from Ashley. Today's Ashley was not worthy of her looking straight at. A woman who was cowering like a rat living in a sewer, this woman could no longer be the Ashley of that day.

From now on, no one would ever compare her to her again.

'Here… is having a party," Ashley said.

Midge suddenly laughed after hearing this: 'Hey, Ashley, are you naive enough to think that we're preparing a party to warmly welcome you today? What's so strange about a party? Are you going in or not?"

As she spoke, she deliberately fiddled with her phone in front of Ashley.

What she meant was: If you don't go, I'll be angry, if I'm angry, I'll post all of your videos.

Under the streetlights, Ashley's face was as pale as a ghost, she took a deep breath, Her teeth clenched together, and she said: 'I'm going in."

'Remember this place?" Midge smiled and leaned closer to Ashley: 'I still remember, on the evening of your 18th birthday, here, in front of the famous young masters and young ladies in this S city, you shouted. Ashley, why did you say that? Oh my god, I'm old so my memory isn't good. Anyway, you're going back to the same place today, why don't you shout again?"

Ashley's face was pale as a corpse, here... here was the memory that she once thought was the most proud of, today it became the place that made her most uncomfortable.

That evening, she stood in front of everyone, shouting: Milan, I like you, one day I will make you like me too.

At that time the young man was confident, she was extremely arrogant, at that time she raised her chin, looking at him who stood out the most in the crowd, at that time, he did not say a word, turned around, and left, but she was still full of confidence, arrogantly refusing to lower her head. 'Looking at your pitiful and shabby appearance now… never mind, you don't need to scream anymore." The kind and understanding Midge thought for Ashley. 'Let's go, let's go, don't dawdle anymore." She wanted to settle the matter she had agreed to with that ghostly man as soon as possible… Thinking of that person's ghostly face, and that tall figure, Midge's heart beat faster.