Chapter 208: Chapter 208: Ashley Shaw Is Also Just Her Foil
She just couldn’t understand.
What was so great about Ashley Shaw?
Was it just because she was a bit prettier?
A lowly village girl from the countryside, how could she possibly attract Warren’s attention?
Pople from their social class, if Ashley Shaw wasn’t lucky, she wouldn’t even come into contact with them.
Besides, she felt she was the one more worthy of attention.
People around her had said she was a beauty since she was young, and it was said that the second child was often more attractive than the first.
So, she was sure she would be prettier than her sister in the future.
By then, not only her sister, but Ashley Shaw would also serve as her backdrop.
Furthermore, though she would only be in high school next year, she was only three years younger than Warren.
If a woman is three years older, she can be considered a precious gem. She might not be inferior to her sister.
Seeing Warren Prescott walking up to Ashley Shaw, Jillian Lynch suddenly felt agitated inside and couldn’t control the urge to walk quickly towards Warren Prescott.
Elder Prescott had gone upstairs to take his medicine, and Ashley Shaw was waiting for Grandpa Prescott to come down so she could say goodbye and leave.
Meanwhile, before the farewell, she was helping Ariana ask if there was someone named Lia or Leah on Spectator Live.
Ashley Shaw was staring at the stairs, waiting for Elder Prescott to come down.
However, as she turned her gaze, she saw Warren Prescott coming towards her, as if he had something to say.
To be honest, Warren Prescott had helped her twice today, so what did he want to say now?
Yet just as Warren Prescott was about to get close to her, a slim figure suddenly blocked her view.
Looking closely, Ashley Shaw saw it was Jillian Lynch.
Warren Prescott noticed Jillian Lynch appearing between him and Ashley Shaw, his brow subtly furrowed.
"What’s the matter?"
"Warren." Jillian Lynch made up a topic: "My sister’s birthday is coming up, will you be attending her birthday party?"
She didn’t know what to say to Warren Prescott, so she used her sister as a conversation starter.
Warren Prescott’s expression visibly darkened.
"Didn’t your sister tell you that we are no longer friends?"
Jillian Lynch was stunned, wide-eyed, her cheeks flushed with embarrassment.
"I-I didn’t know..."
"Well, now you know."
"But..."
"Alright, I have other things to do. If you’re bored, you should go wait for your sister by the pool."
Warren Prescott called Mrs. Chase as he spoke.
"Show her the way, please."
"Okay, young master."
Mrs. Chase responded, gesturing to Jillian Lynch, "Miss Jillian, please come this way."
A girl at that age couldn’t endure such humiliation, and tears welled up in her eyes.
She bit her lip in resentment, turned around in shame, and followed Mrs. Chase towards the pool.
With every step she took, she stomped her feet hard.
Exaggeratedly, if she stomped any harder, she would make a dent in the tiles.
Still, she was at an age where it’s hard to hide her feelings.
But her focusing on her sister’s "former boyfriend" at this age, was it a bit too precocious?
Ashley Shaw quietly retracted her gaze from Jillian Lynch’s departing figure, but her mind lingered on Warren Prescott’s words, "We are not friends anymore."
They two hadn’t been together?
So does that mean the "wise person" behind the Lynch Group wasn’t Warren Prescott?
Then who could it be?
For someone who knew what would happen in the future, encountering an unexpected situation left her unsettled.
She dreaded it might turn into a butterfly effect, causing a series of negative reactions.
And on Warren’s side, as soon as Jillian Lynch left, his furrowed brow eased.
He strode up to Ashley Shaw and stood before her.
"Can we talk in private for a bit?"
Ashley Shaw glanced at Ariana Grant beside her. Before she could speak, Ariana Grant was the first to respond.
"I think I ate too much just now. I’ll go to the bathroom, you two chat."
With that, Ariana Grant displayed her agility despite being chubby, twisted her body, and quickly vanished.
"Shall we talk at the entrance?" Warren Prescott asked.
Ashley Shaw looked at Warren Prescott’s face. She didn’t perceive any hostility from him, as if he genuinely had something important to say.
She nodded, "Okay."
The two of them walked out one after the other.
Warren Prescott instinctively reached for the cigarettes in his pocket, but halfway through, he put them back.
Ashley Shaw noticed that the cigarettes he carried were the same brand he tried in his past life.
According to the past life, he shouldn’t be smoking these yet.
Indeed, many changes had occurred in this life, but she wondered if Warren’s changes were due to her.
Ashley Shaw suppressed the thoughts in her mind, deciding not to dwell on them for the moment.
She met Warren Prescott’s gaze and asked, "What’s the matter?"
"It’s about your friend."
Ashley Shaw’s eyes widened suddenly.
"Ariana?"
"Yes."
"Is it about Dr. Tate?"
"No. It’s good news."
Ashley Shaw felt a bit relieved and asked, "Then what is it?"
Why couldn’t he just say everything at once?
Warren Prescott then asked her, "Do you know your friend has an online romance?"
Ashley Shaw nodded affirmatively, still perplexed.
"Do you know who her online romance is with?"
Ashley Shaw shook her head, "I don’t know, why do you ask?"
"I know who, and you’ve met this person too."
Ashley Shaw froze in shock and asked, "Who?"
"Leon Zeller. I just signed an esports team, and when you encountered Damon Crawford and his wife at the esports hotel last time, he was there too."
Ashley Shaw’s eyes widened suddenly.
"You mean The Wolves?"
"You know The Wolves too?"
"That’s not the point, the point is... are you sure? That Lia is The Wolves?"
"What Lia... his name is Leon Zeller."
"Ariana and I only know his online name."
"That’s right, Leon Zeller’s online name is ’Lia’, short for honest Leon."
Ashley Shaw’s mind was suddenly in disarray.
Wasn’t he supposed to be unemployed?
How did he become the captain of a popular esports team?
Moreover, Leon Zeller was also Stardust Team’s captain, the most popular member of Stardust Team.
Leon Zeller and Ariana?
This clearly was a connection impossible to make, also, do esports players have online romances?
Ashley Shaw found it hard to believe.
She asked, "How can you be sure that The Wolves’ captain is Ariana’s online boyfriend? Even if the online names are the same, it doesn’t mean that ’Lia’ is Leon Zeller. There are too many people with similar online names."
"Take a look at this."
Warren Prescott said as he opened his palm.
Ashley Shaw looked down and saw Warren Prescott holding a sealed bag of passion fruit jelly dried tea.
The seal was transparent plastic, without any logo, but Ashley Shaw instantly recognized the contents of the tea bag.
That blend... was undoubtedly the tea Ariana had crafted.
"Was this... given to you by The Wolves’ captain?"
"Yes."
Warren Prescott nodded, "Leon Zeller said his online girlfriend sent it to him."