Chapter 996

Chapter 996

Back in the hotel, Corentin tossed his jacket aside and looked at Ashlynn, who was curling up on the

couch.” What do you want for lunch?”

Before she could answer, he sat down next to her and lifted her chin, noticing how pale she was.

“Still in pain?”

“It's better now. At least I can stay in the same position now,” she said. The severe pain started from

noon to night the day before and sitting or standing both hurt as much. “Since I'm feeling better,

are we going to have lunch with Anne?”

“Can you handle that?”

“It's fine. You said that we are going back in two days’ time, right? I don’t know when I will get to

see Anne again,” Ashlynn said.

Corentin took out his phone to call Anthony, asking to have lunch together.

They had made arrangements in a high-class clubhouse and reserved the entire place so that no

unrelated personnel would be seen inside.

“I thought you brought your kids along?” Corentin asked upon arriving.

“They are playing outside. Ignore them,” Anthony said.

Anne chuckled, “They are wild.”

“It's good for them to see the world more often!” Ashlynn commented. “This just means they have

their own way of thinking. They are just so smart and cute.”

She had always wanted to play with the triplets whenever they went to the office in the past, so

much so that she could hardly focus on work.

"If you like kids so much, we will have our own soon,” Corentin said.

Ashlynn jolted, causing the knife to slip out of her hand. Corentin caught it in time, before placing it

back into her hand. “Calm down. Take it slow.”

Ashlynn looked as though she was terrified and Anne instantly sensed that something was wrong.

“I need to use the bathroom.” Ashlynn got up to leave.

Inside the bathroom, she stood before the mirror and stared at the pale face looking back at her in

the reflection.

She regretted reacting so dramatically to what Corentin said as she knew that everyone must have

felt awkward after seeing her reaction.

“Ashlynn, are you okay?” Anne followed her into the bathroom and asked.

“I'm fine. Do I look that bad? I feel alright. My stomach. doesn’t hurt as much anymore,” Ashlynn

said with a smile.

Anne was not certain if Ashlynn was pale because of menstrual pain, but if Ashlynn refused to say

anything; she decided that she should not ask any more questions. Alright. Are you two going back

this afternoon?”

"Yeah. Corentin said we are heading back to Athetin after lunch. Anne, when will you drop by

Athetin? I grew up there so I can be your tour guide.”

“Sure, I'll visit whenever I have time,” Anne promised. As the two walked out of the bathroom, she

asked, “Did you and Uncle get into a fight in a bar with someone on your last visit in Luton? I heard

that that couple got killed.”

"Yeah, that happened. What of it?”

"An officer came by my office today, asking about Uncle and said that it's just a routine check. I've

lost my memories, so I thought I should ask you.”

Ashlynn froze. “Officer..what's his name?”

“Marco York."

“Not the same officer in charge of Salvatore’s case,’ Ashlynn thought. “I don’t know him..."

"Something wrong?” Noticing the odd look on Ashlynn’s face, Anne wondered for a moment if her

uncle indeed had been involved in the murder.

“Nothing. That couple was trying to drug someone at the bar and we stopped them. Corentin didn't

do anything...” Ashlynn said.

“I don't think he did it, either.”

“No," Ashlynn thought to herself, “something about the case must have led the officer to Anne. Anne

has lost her memories and is no longer as sharp as she once was, so I can't ask for her help to look

into Corentin with me.’

After lunch, Corentin and Ashlynn returned to the car.

"You seem shocked by the idea of having kids?" Corentin asked casually.

“You...you brought it up all of a sudden and I wasn't ready for it.”