Chapter 209: Chapter 209: Ashley Really Loves Her
Ashley Shaw widened her beautiful eyes in surprise.
The online girlfriend sent him...
Ariana said that other than herself, she only ever shared the fruit tea with one other person, and that person was "Lia".
It’s almost eighty percent certain that Ariana’s online boyfriend is Leon from The Wolves.
No wonder Warren Prescott once mentioned he’d tasted similar fruit tea. At the time, she wondered if Warren might know Ariana’s boyfriend, but since it was Ariana’s private affair, she didn’t press Warren for details.
She didn’t expect that they really did know each other.
Ashley Shaw had to make an effort to digest this news.
She took a deep breath and asked Warren, "Does Leon know who Ariana really is?"
Warren hit the nail on the head with her real question: "What you’re really asking is, does Leon know your friend is a bit chubby?"
Ashley couldn’t help but frown.
Call her hypocritical, but she could joke about Ariana herself, yet couldn’t bear anyone else saying half a bad word about Ariana.
Even if it’s just the word "chubby".
"So what if she’s chubby? She hasn’t eaten you or The Wolves’ family rice, has she?"
"My Ariana might weigh a bit more, but she has a pretty face, and if she slims down, she’d definitely be a beauty."
"Plus, she’s got a great personality, is good at games, likes cleanliness, loves organizing, and is ambitious, almost flawless."
"Are you guys maybe too focused on appearances? Liking someone should be about improving together, not just nitpicking their flaws."
Ashley, full of dissatisfaction, said a mouthful, speaking so much that she felt slightly out of breath.
Warren glanced at her.
"I said one sentence, and you’ve said ten. And don’t lump everyone together. Not all guys only focus on looks. I’m not that type. If I were, why would I..."
Halfway through his sentence, Warren abruptly stopped.
Ashley was waiting for him to continue and saw him look caught.
"Why did you stop?"
"I don’t want to say it anymore."
"Is it because you have nothing to say?"
Because he’s also the type to care about a girl’s appearance, otherwise why be so taken with someone like Rosalind Lynch?
Isn’t it because Rosalind is beautiful?
Warren couldn’t help but want to smack her.
"I shared this with you out of kindness and this is your attitude?"
Ashley opened her mouth, unexpectedly with no comeback.
Because she suddenly realized Warren genuinely told her this out of goodwill.
She suddenly felt a bit embarrassed.
"I... I just..."
Warren, however, didn’t intend to really argue with her and directly answered her question from before.
"Don’t worry, I didn’t tell Leon anything about your friend, only that I might know his online girlfriend."
Ashley relaxed a little.
"Well...thanks."
"Now you thank me? A minute ago, you looked like you wanted to eat me alive."
Who wants to eat him?
She’s not that desperate for a bad dish.
Ashley held back from arguing further with Warren and asked, "What kind of person is The Wolves?"
"A normal person."
Ashley waited for Warren to continue describing Leon, but Warren seemed done speaking.
"And?" she asked.
"That’s it, just a regular, normal person."
"..." That explanation is as good as hot air, isn’t it?
"But you can be assured, he’s not a bad guy. In your girl’s terms, he’s not a player."
Knowing he’s not a player, Ashley felt relieved.
"Thank you for telling me all this."
No hard feelings, she knew when to be gracious.
She just didn’t know if this counted as owing Warren another favor.
Warren didn’t acknowledge her thanks, just asked, "So what do you think now?"
"Think about what?"
"Are you going to tell your friend about Leon’s identity?"
"Of course. If I don’t tell Ariana today, they might end things directly. But... for some reason, Ariana can’t get in touch with him today."
"He went to attend an event at our company, and phones aren’t allowed during the event."
"What event?"
"You’ll find out tomorrow."
Ashley pursed her lips; if he didn’t want to say, he could just say so. No need to be mysterious.
But it was enough for her to know Lia wasn’t deliberately ghosting. She’d find out what the event was sooner or later anyway.
"Then I’ll go tell her now."
Having said that, Ashley turned around to leave without lingering for another second.
Warren frowned.
Using him up and then discarding, without sparing another second for him?
Chill gathered in Warren’s eyes, not sharp, but penetrating.
He felt like he was being slowly tortured, yet he could do nothing but endure.
Who knows what misfortune in his past life made him endure this slow agony in this life.
...
Dusk had settled completely, enhancing the Prescott Family’s mansion’s bright lights.
After Ariana returned from the bathroom, Mrs. Chase, seeing her with nothing to do, suggested she go sit by the pool.
Unable to refuse Mrs. Chase’s enthusiasm, she followed her directions to the pool.
Speaking of it, she had only ever stayed in the hall the two times she visited and hadn’t explored other parts of Westcroft’s supposed luxurious mansion.
Walking through the glass doors connecting the mansion’s hallway to the pool, the Prescott Family’s pool suddenly appeared before her eyes.
She saw the pool shimmering with ripples, surrounded on three sides by meticulously trimmed greenery, making the pool look like a blue gem embedded in lush green.
A breeze blew by, bringing a wave of pool mist, smelling a bit like bleach, yet pleasantly refreshing in the heat of summer.
Even more pleasing to the eyes were several intricately carved white stone fountain sculptures around the pool.
The fountains, under the bright lights, reflected rainbow-like auras, complementing the clear pool water.
Ariana only felt wrapped in an aura of luxury.
She’d always known that the joy of the wealthy was not the same as that of regular folks; the joy of the wealthy existed only in her imagination.
But after seeing it firsthand, she realized the joy of the wealthy was beyond imagination!
She suddenly couldn’t understand Ashley anymore.
Why not live in such a grand mansion instead of her kennel? And why was she so happy living there?
She could only conclude: Ashley really loves her.
Oh my, so touching!
Ariana submerged in her feelings alone, but this peace was soon broken by the sound of water.
Instinctively, she looked up to see Jillian Lynch, in a white one-piece swimsuit, spontaneously jumping from the diving platform into the pool.
Her body hit the water, splashing a huge wave right onto Ariana’s face.
"Ptooey, ptooey..."
She spat out the water that splashed into her mouth and wiped her face, cursing her luck and grudgingly looked at Jillian again.