Chapter 224: Chapter 224: My Period Started
Over there, Mark was nervously driving, while here Ashley Shaw was also nervously watching the car leave.
It wasn’t until the car completely disappeared from view that Ashley Shaw finally breathed a long sigh of relief.
She was really afraid that Warren Prescott or Assistant Lowell would call her over.
Thankfully, neither of them talked to her.
Ariana Grant turned her head and saw Ashley Shaw showing a look of relief.
She walked over a few steps and asked, "Why are you still sitting here? Don’t tell me your leg went numb from riding; this is a scooter, not a bicycle."
Ashley Shaw looked at Ariana Grant with a complex expression, then glanced around, seeing no one else, she finally stood up and spun in a circle right in front of Ariana Grant.
She had a feeling earlier that she must have stained her dress.
Sure enough, as soon as she turned halfway, she heard Ariana Grant say in a low voice, "Oh my! Is it that time of the month?"
Ashley Shaw pulled at her dress with a face full of woe and said, "Isn’t it?"
"No wonder you were sitting here earlier without saying a word. I thought your leg really was numb, scared stiff by that snake, and I didn’t want to call you over for fear you’d make a laughing stock of yourself."
Ashley Shaw thought about how she did look pretty stupid at that time, she felt a bit embarrassed and touched her nose.
She had looked absolutely ridiculous.
Looking up, she saw Ariana Grant’s teasing face and immediately retorted unconvinced, "What? You’re not afraid of that snake?"
"That snake has a name, Susan, feels like it would turn into a person the next second and hand me an umbrella, what’s there to be afraid of?"
"Oh, well, I know the guy who owns the snake, I’ll have him send you one after Susan gives birth."
"Cough! Let’s forget it! I’m afraid her babies would end up in a pot of soup and Susan comes to trouble me later."
"Stop the nonsense, let’s go back!" She didn’t want to continue this topic any longer.
She never wanted to remember the soft-legged look again.
"Yes, yes, yes, let’s go quickly while it’s still dark and no one’s around, hurry up! I’ll walk behind you, blocking you."
"Alright. With you covering me, I feel much more at ease."
"Do you believe I’d kick you?"
"Got it."
"Call me daddy."
"Alright, since I don’t have a dad, I’ll just recognize a thief for a father today!"
"Seeing you like this, you don’t seem scared anymore, I can rest assured." Ariana Grant said as she followed behind Ashley Shaw.
She was chubby, with a broad frame, blocking the skinny, reed-like Ashley Shaw effortlessly.
They didn’t encounter anyone along the way, Ashley Shaw safely made it back home.
The first thing she did upon returning was taking out the medicine and having Ariana Grant take it.
Ariana Grant pursed her lips, "Sweetie, never mind your dad for now, can you change your clothes first? That outfit looks expensive, won’t you be heartbroken if it doesn’t clean?"
"Oh gee, you care more about clothes than people, huh?"
"Go on, go on! Look in the mirror, your lips are purple. Don’t actually catch a cold tomorrow, I have to take care of you while I’m sick."
"Got it."
Ashley Shaw didn’t argue with Ariana Grant, quickly went to her room to take a hot shower.
Her cold body gradually warmed up, and the color of her lips slowly returned to red.
After a hot bath, Ashley Shaw finally felt alive again, and her mind started working too.
Seeing Ariana Grant making ginger tea in the living room, she suddenly remembered about The Wolves.
Because Ariana Grant fell into the pool, she hadn’t had a chance to tell her about her online crush "Lia" being Leon Zeller, from The Wolves.
Just as she was thinking about how to start the conversation, she saw Ariana Grant bringing over a cup of brown sugar ginger tea.
"Drink up quickly or your stomach will hurt."
Ashley Shaw sighed, "Menstrual pain is common for me, I’m used to it, food supplements don’t help much, if it really hurts, I’ll take painkillers, you better drink it yourself, it’s good for warding off the cold."
Ariana Grant widened her eyes and said, "Are you seriously saying food supplements don’t work? Weren’t you the one telling me porridge with millet is good for the stomach and making it for me every day?"
"That’s different, the stomach needs nurturing."
"And so do girls during their periods! Stop making excuses, your ’dad’ made this for you, drink it up obediently, don’t think I don’t know you don’t like the taste of ginger."
Her thoughts exposed, Ashley Shaw gave an awkward smile, and helplessly drank the ginger tea in one go under Ariana Grant’s "watchful eye".
After drinking, the ginger flavor made her head throb, but she didn’t forget the main issue.
"Ariana, come over and sit down."
"What?" Ariana Grant said with a wary expression, "Don’t think of taking revenge on me! I’m doing this for your own good."
"It’s not that, I want to talk to you about Lia."
Ariana Grant’s face slightly changed, she pursed her lips and sat down on the chair opposite her.
"What’s there to talk about? I’ve already blocked and deleted him."
"What?!" Ashley Shaw’s eyes shot up, "You deleted him?"
"So what? A scammer who vanished, should I keep him to celebrate the holidays?"
"It’s just... isn’t there a possibility that he’s not a scammer, but was unable to use his phone for some reason?"
Ariana Grant looked at her curiously.
"You sound like you know this scammer or something?"
Ashley Shaw decided to stop beating around the bush, and directly nodded, "Actually, I do know him."
Ariana Grant laughed.
"Ashley, if you’re trying to fool me, at least choose something else. You couldn’t even tell which ’Lia’ he was before, and now you’re saying you know him."
"That was before, now I know, it’s Leon Zeller’s Lia."
"Come on, don’t mix a scammer with my idol from The Wolves."
Ashley Shaw clapped her hands, stood up, and said, "Well, it’s really a coincidence, your idol from The Wolves is indeed your online crush, Lia. Lia is Leon Zeller, and Leon Zeller is Lia."
Ariana Grant stared at her.
"Ashley, this is the least funny joke I’ve heard in years."
Ashley Shaw said seriously, "I’m not joking, I’m telling the truth. Check this out."
As she spoke, she took out a small transparent plastic bag from her pocket.
The plastic bag contained the freeze-dried tea packet that Ariana Grant had sent to "Lia" before.
Ariana Grant’s eyes focused, she quickly took the tea packet from Ashley Shaw’s hand.
"Where did you get this from?"
"From Warren Prescott."
"Warren Prescott?!" Ariana Grant’s eyes widened.
"Yes, he got it from The Wolves. The Wolves told him that his girlfriend sent it to him..."
Ashley Shaw relayed everything Warren Prescott had told her to Ariana Grant.
Ariana Grant’s face went through a series of colors, none of them good, staring tightly at the freeze-dried tea packet without saying a word for a long time.
Ashley Shaw didn’t say anything either, giving her time to digest this surprise.
Whether it was a shock or a delight depended on Ariana Grant herself.
Suddenly, the mobile ringtone went off.
Both of their phones had the same ringtone, "Castle in the Sky."
Ariana Grant was startled, but when she saw it was Ashley Shaw’s phone screen lighting up, she inexplicably breathed a sigh of relief.