She coldly stepped out of the car.

"Since things have come to this, then don't run away anymore."


Slivana stepped forward, teasing the woman following behind.

"You spent so much effort to block me at Patterson Group, how can you let me walk freely?" The woman calmly followed Slivana.

The two entered the elevator, in the elevator, Slivana stared at the woman, the last time he could look at her so intently, when was it?


It seemed like a long time ago.

The elevator door opened a little, and Slivana was still stunned.


"How long do you want to look?"

The woman frowned and asked softly.

Only then did Slivana startle, realizing that the elevator door had opened.

The woman beside him lifted her leg, intending to step out of the elevator.

Suddenly he raised his hand and pulled her back: "Aren't you curious, what exactly did I bring you here to see?"

"No matter what you brought me here to do, can I still escape your gaze?" She glanced at him sarcastically.

The mockery in those eyes made Slivana's heart suddenly tighten, his pupils also contracted: "Then... please." Suddenly, she felt a little reluctant to continue doing so.

No, the moment he was waiting for was almost here, how could he give up at such a crucial moment?

She had been here before, had come so many times, so many times, so many times that she didn't even remember how many times she had come here.

But today, the road leading straight to the conference room of the Elise Group seemed endless.

'Aren't you going in?" Slivana stood behind Ashley, the woman's footsteps stopped at the door of the conference room.

It seemed hesitant.

She was also hesitant.

'Let me help you?" Slivana said with a smile, he raised his hand towards the door in front of him. His hand turned the doorknob five times, and the door opened.

At this moment, time seemed to stop. Separated by a door, the two looked at each other, without saying a word.

Ashley only looked at the person facing her like that, that face. Seeing the pupils on that person's familiar face shrink, her complexion paled, her eyes filled with surprise.

Slivana's heartbeat quickened, this moment had finally come.

'Milan lied to you."

Slivana's eyes were filled with enthusiasm. 'Silence." The person at the door of the conference room was Milan.

'The person whose mind is as narrow as an 8-year-old child."

Slivana's one sentence exposed everything, the man behind the door was angry, and his bullet-shaped eyes looked straight at Slivana. 'Ashley, listen to my explanation."

The man looked anxiously at the woman in front of him and hurriedly said.

There were other people in the conference room, Mr. Elise, Jerome, and even a few senior managers of the company, Ashley's gaze swept past these people, then stopped in that crowd, her gaze looked straight at that person, 3 seconds, her gaze immediately shifted, the irony in that smile, made it almost impossible for others to understand, so it was hidden behind her calm face.

As for the person sitting in the crowd in the conference room, he saw the woman's mocking smile flash by, he clenched his fists, his peach blossom eyes, staring at the woman.

At this moment, everyone was looking at Ashley.

Jerome opened his mouth: "Ashley, Milan, he didn't mean to deceive you..."

"Alright, explain."

Under everyone's attentive gaze, the woman did not get angry and rage like those who knew the situation expected. The woman just calmly interrupted Jerome's explanation, coldly looking at Milan opposite, gently without any anger: "Alright, explain."

No one heard the anger in her words, only felt the calmness.

No one thought that this woman would be so calm.

Jerome breathed a sigh of relief, Slivana's eyes seemed to exude a coldness, his lips pressed tightly together, staring at the couple in front of him like a scorpion.

Another person was sitting in the crowd, although he didn't look as tense as Slivana at the moment, the movement of his Adam's apple still showed his concern for the couple.

Milan's pitch-black eyes stared anxiously at the woman in front of him, "Ashley." He didn't realize that he had rarely been this nervous in his life: "I didn't mean to deceive you. It's just that I wanted to be by your side, but at that time, you were extremely wary of me. Although I said a few words, I didn't mean anything else, but you were always secretly wary in your heart." 

"Ashley, I just wanted you to be by my side, so I did it. I... had no choice but to do it." 

The woman listened to the man in front of her. He said a lot, but the more she listened, the more desperate she became. 

Her hand, secretly put into her coat pocket, clenched tightly. 

As if she wanted to preserve her last bit of dignity and... her bit of hope. 

Wrong, she was wrong again. 

"Then, all of this, you planned it, right?"  The woman calmly raised her head and asked, "Then, at first, it was all a lie, what about the injury in Italy, what about the amnesia, what about the brain damage, it was all a lie from the doctors on your side, right?

You guys are all actors and the audience, it's just me, right?"

Each of her questions was very calm, from beginning to end, and her speaking speed was gentle and slow, as if there was no anger or frustration, however, the continuous "right?", if you listen carefully, you can still recognize the chaos in her heart at this moment.

It's just that she doesn't want to reveal that agitation, she can't be like the resilient appearance of youth anymore, neither soft-hearted nor giving in, just wanting to expose all the emotions in her heart, her opinions and views, her feelings as if she just wanted to let everyone in the world know immediately.

 No, she had already gone through that stage. She had no motivation left to the point where she couldn't control herself like that anymore.

"Ashley, I just hope you can stay by my side like before, that's all." The man looked at the woman in front of him worriedly.

"I didn't mean to deceive you. Can you forgive me?"

The woman's lips curved slightly, revealing a cold smile: "I'm confused, can you leave me alone to think for a while, then give you an answer?"

The way she handled this matter was so gentle.

Milan stared at the woman in front of him, his dark eyes filled with worry, deep and endless, suddenly a gloom flashed, and he lowered his head, appropriately giving in: "I will wait for you."

Ashley smiled: "Okay." She raised her head to look at the man opposite and chuckled.

She turned and left. All those who knew about this were waiting for a storm.