Chapter 1670

Chapter 1670 Love Is Unstoppable

Ashton did not answer. Instead, he tugged at my hand forcefully, causing me to lose my balance and

topple over into his arms.

“Stop fooling around now. Emery’s waiting for me at the bar!” I struggled to free myself from his grasp.

“Someone else will get her.” He shifted his position and stood up, carrying me to the bed in his arms.

“I was the one who just received the phone call. Who else would be going if not me? Come on, Ashton,

just let me go. It’s getting late now, and it’s dangerous for Emery to be alone.”

Completely ignoring my words, he placed me down on the bed and pressed his body on top of mine,

his brow tightening into a frown. “You’re hardly an inexperienced woman, so how could you not

understand this?”

“What do you mean?” My friend was drunk and needed someone to pick her up. What else was there

to understand?

Heaving a deep sigh, he leaned sideways and fell onto the bed beside me. “The bar doesn’t close so

early. Just call back in another twenty minutes and go if there’s still no one there. It’s only twenty

minutes anyway. It shouldn’t make much difference.”

I still had no idea what he meant by all that. However, since I failed to win that argument, I could only

compromise and go with his suggestion.

I waited in agony till twenty minutes finally passed before calling Emery back. The line got through

quickly, and a familiar male voice instantly came on the line.

“You must be Scarlett. This is Alexander. Don’t worry, Emery is with me now. Have an early rest and

good night!”

“Good… night.”

It took me a few seconds after I hung up to come back to my senses. Then I turned toward Ashton and

propped my head up with a hand. “How did you know Alexander was also at that bar?”

“I didn’t.” A smug smile crept onto his lips. He lay there with his eyes shut, looking calm and confident

as if he had everything in the palm of his hands.

“You didn’t?” I found that hard to believe. “Then how did you know someone else would surely be there

to pick Emery up?”

Only then did Ashton open his eyes. He turned over, gazing at me with his deep, dark eyes. “Because I

understand the feeling of missing another person without being able to meet them.”

“Tell me more about it.” His words had just piqued my interest, and I could not wait for him to elaborate

on the subject.

However, Ashton shut his eyes lazily, refusing to cooperate. “I don’t think I want to. My mouth’s a bit

dry, to be honest…”

He looked a striking resemblance to John with that sly and impish look on his face, but I guessed his

motives in an instant.

What to do? I’ve got to hear the rest of this story, don’t I?

Thus, for the sake of satisfying my curiosity and despite being unwilling to do so, I leaned toward him

and pecked him on the cheek.

“There! Now, will you tell me?”

Immediately, another smug look flitted across his face. Although it lasted for only the briefest moment, I

still had no trouble spotting it and instantly regretted my actions.

Damn it, Scarlett! Why were you in such a rush to please him? You should have stood your ground

firmly, and he would eventually tell you the rest anyway.

Fortunately, Ashton was a man of his word and did not attempt to trick me into giving him more.

Wriggling slightly, he shifted to a more comfortable position and extended his hand through the space

between my neck and my pillow, hugging me toward him. With just a little force, he had me pressing

against his chest while his hands aimlessly wandered across my body.

Huh! Men!

Just as I was about to lose my temper, Ashton finally spoke. “What do you imagine I’d do when you’re

not by my side and there’s no way I could reach you?”

“No idea. What would you do?”

“I would go to a hidden spot, turn off the flight mode on my phone, and dial your number repeatedly.”

“Are you talking about the time you were in R Province?” A certain calmness washed over me as I

recalled the past, but I did not want to dive into the subject so as not to evoke unpleasant emotions. “I

understand there are lots about the past that you find difficult to talk about, but those times are long

gone now, aren’t they? Nothing matters more than the present.”

“Yeah.” Sensing my intentions, he did not go further into the subject either. “What I mean is, love is an

unstoppable force akin to a great deluge or a savage beast. Even I couldn’t stop myself from secretly

and compulsively calling you when my heart called out for you, let alone a man like Alexander.”

I nodded thoughtfully, feeling as if I was beginning to understand. However, another thought struck me

suddenly, and I blurted out, “B-But Emery said she was going to limit her loss. She must have blocked

all manners of communication with Alexander since the beginning. Then how did he manage to

reach…”