Chapter 483 Ashley is Pregnant with Your Child
Thomas didn't understand what he meant and was stunned for a moment, "What's missing? Isn't Mrs. Hearst at the hotel? Did she leave early? Didn't she tell anyone?"
"No, she left without saying a word."
Damian was filled with regret.
He shouldn't have gone to see Jessica. Even if he did, he should have explained it to Ashley or taken her along. She must have misunderstood the reason.
It was his fault. He always thought that keeping these relationships ambiguous would make her care and feel jealous, but he unknowingly did too many things that hurt her.
She must have seen him and Jessica alone in the garden, which is why she had such a big reaction. She must have misunderstood his relationship with Jessica, which is why she kept mocking and sarcastically criticizing him, and why she resisted that box of condoms.
Damian smiled bitterly. Many things, if not for the right opportunity, he wouldn't have realized or admitted.
When he saw the truth hidden in the morning mist, he realized that his foolishness had driven Jessica away.
Thomas didn't hear Mr. Hearst's response and gently reminded him, "Or, is it possible that she went to find her good friend? Mrs. Hearst's best friend in Rochester City, Amelia."
Damian opened his phone and realized he didn't have Amelia's contact information.
He had never cared about anyone related to Ashley before, never paid attention to them.
Damian frowned in frustration, "Give me Amelia's number."
"Mr. Hearst, please wait a moment."
After receiving Amelia's phone number, Damian immediately dialed it.
On the other end.
Amelia looked at the screen after the call ended and muttered to herself, "What did that scumbag Damian do to Ashley again?"
No matter what happened, knowing Ashley, she definitely wouldn't forgive or compromise this time.
Just like when she defied her entire family to marry Damian, now that she decided to leave, she wouldn't have any second thoughts.
Maybe it's for the best.
Instead of being repeatedly hurt, it's better to see the reality, leave the mess, and start anew.
Perhaps Rochester City, this land of heartbreak, was no longer suitable for Ashley. In Sylvania, at least she could be with her beloved family.
Who needs that damn love anyway? Women should focus on their careers, make money, and love themselves.
Why make yourself so miserable for a man?
Sighing, Amelia's eyes stung, and tears welled up, ruining her freshly done makeup.
Then, the phone rang again.
An unfamiliar number from Rochester City.
The last six digits of the number were very smooth, like the golden numbers seen at auctions.
"Hello?"
"Ms. Fields, it's me."
Amelia sneered sarcastically, "Mr. Hearst, what can I do for you?"
Damian didn't mind her sarcastic tone and said calmly, "Has Ashley contacted you?"
Amelia feigned ignorance, "No, I'm out of town filming. I haven't contacted her in a long time!"
Couldn't find her, huh? Getting anxious, huh?
Who were you putting on a show for?
Did you really care about her?
She was about to say goodbye to you for good, didn't you think it was too late to remember now?
Damian said, "Ashley's phone is off. I can't reach her at the moment. You're her best friend. Do you know where she might go?"
Amelia laughed, a rather mocking laugh, "Mr. Hearst, you've been married to Ashley for three years. Shouldn't you know her better?"
Damian frowned, controlling his emotions, not getting angry, "Ms. Fields, my relationship with Ashley is not as simple as you think. There are many things I can't explain to you right now, but I can assure you, I will treat her well."
Amelia listened to his sincere expression and only felt it was ironic, "Mr. Hearst's idea of treating her well is to imprison her by various means? Scaring her with huge penalties and tricking her into sending her uncle to jail? I really don't understand Mr. Hearst's way of loving her. Is it to bring her pain and suffering?"
Amelia held back her tears, afraid that if she cried, she wouldn't be able to speak clearly, "Mr. Hearst, Ashley is a fool. She fell in love with you and only thought about marrying you, almost breaking ties with her family. Oh, and she even went on a hunger strike for several days, almost starving to death. In the end, her parents had no choice but to agree to your marriage! And what happened? After marrying you, did she have a single good day? Every time she was wronged, she came to me crying, and after crying, she happily went back to your house!"
Damian was speechless.
He didn't know that Ashley had gone on a hunger strike and made so many efforts to marry him.
He always thought that he was the one most helpless in this marriage.
The pressure from the family, the pressure from the company.
The unspoken agreement between Todd and Anthony.
All of this led him to sacrifice his happiness and marry Ashley, which he saw as a mistake, a stain.
"Just like three years ago when you divorced, how could you be so cruel? Not distinguishing right from wrong, making her leave with nothing! What did she do wrong?"
Damian pressed his temples, "You didn't know?"
"Should I have known? The outside world said she cheated, and I was very puzzled. A woman who loves you to the point of madness, finally marries you, would she cheat? Mr. Hearst, use your high IQ and think about it, is it possible!"
Damian suddenly felt like he was struck by lightning.
When he saw the photos of Ashley with another man, he didn't judge their authenticity. In his anger, he announced the divorce.
And the Astor Group's embezzlement of KM's funds and other actions, he didn't carefully verify but accepted them all, believing that the Astor family had no good people.
Looking back now, maybe everything wasn't as simple as it seemed.
And the timing of everything was incredibly coincidental!
One thing led to another, as if someone had deliberately set it up.
Who took the photos?
Why were they sent to him specifically, without any blackmail?
Just kindly letting him know his wife was unfaithful?
As for the Astor Group's embezzlement of KM's money, after some investigation, he gradually found out that Todd was coerced, forced into it.
Who?
Who was behind all this?
With clues constantly flashing in his mind and emotions running high, Damian couldn't sort it all out at once. He just wanted to know Ashley's whereabouts, "Ms. Fields, when I see Ashley, I will explain everything to her. I will do my best to make up for what I owe her."
"Can you make up for it? Do you know, just before you signed the papers, Ashley went to your house in the pouring rain. She knelt in your yard, begging you to spare her parents and her brother."
Damian had heard about it from Hayden, but he didn't verify it because he didn't want to use those painful memories to remind each other.
"I wasn't home at the time, and no one told me about it. Ms. Fields, what else do you know? Please tell me."
Amelia had promised Ashley she would never tell, but she was too angry, too unwilling. Why should good people suffer while bad people stay on top? She wanted Damian to feel the pain of loss, the taste of regret.
"Ashley was pregnant with your child! At that time, she was pregnant with your child!"
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