Chapter 74
DEMI
"Ashley, please take your wife away. I’d like to talk to your brother." Mom says icily without breaking eye contact with Ashton. I look over at Ashton. Whatever was bothering him seems to have taken a back seat now. He tacitly urges me to go with Ashley who has already stormed away in anger. I feel bad for putting us in this position.
When I reach the door, mother refuses to acknowledge my apologies or even look me in the face.
"You should be apologizing to your husband, not me."
"This really isn’t Ashton’s fault. I started..."
"Demi, please," Ashton interrupts me with a mild plea in his eyes. "Go to Ashley. Mother, please come in." Mother’s eyes narrow at our boldness. This must all come as a shock to her. I take Ashton’s advice and run after my husband, hoping I’d get the chance to speak to mother later.
Ashley isn’t in his room when I check. I try his phone but he keeps cutting off my call. He won’t reply my texts either. I rush out of the elevator and head towards the gate in time to see his car leave the mansion. Where could he be off to? This is bad.
"What’s wrong?" Asher comes up behind me. "Was that Ashley?"
"He um...he saw me and Ashton."
"Doing what?"
I bite down on my lower lip and drop my head in embarrassment. "We kissed."