Torn Between Love and Hate

Chapter 51

Chapter 51 The Person Deborah Truly Loves

It took Jell a while to understand what Ashton said on the phone.

Deborah recognized the wrong person. She had been thinking Ashton was her savior since ten years

ago.

And the reason why she fell in love with Ashton was only because she thought Ashton had saved her.

Ashton now wanted Jeff to find out Deborah’s real savior.

Jeff was silent for a long while, then responded cautiously, “Mr. Mullen, maybe there is no need to

investigate this person. It should be very clear who it is.”

Ashton had a lot on his mind. He didn’t know why he couldn’t accept the fact.

He couldn’t think anything straight and said impatiently, ‘Just get to the point.”

Jeff immediately responded with some panic, “Mr. Mullen, the person who saved Ms. Black back then

is probably Mr. Joseph Black.”

Ashton froze momentarily and quickly said coldly, “Are you serious?”

Joseph was notoriously cruel in Richmond. Would he save people? What a joke.

He did hurt a lot of people. It would be nice if he didn’t kill people.

Ashton thought of the plane crash and the death of his parents, hatred creeping over his eyes again.

”

Joseph had been a murderer. If Joseph hadn’t thought Ashton’s uncle Wayne Mullen would be on that

private plane, there wouldn’t have been an air crash, causing the death of Ashton’s parents.

Jeff said in a muf fled voice, “Mr. Mullen, Ms. Shepherd actually made it very clear.

“She said she saw that person come out of Mullen Manor many times. Do you remember? Before you

returned to the country, Mr.

Black’s mother married Mr. Wayne Mullen.

“Thus, Mr. Black moved in Mullen Manor. When Ms. Shepherd was 13 years old, the fire killed Mr.

Black’s mother. Mr. Black was

struck and went back to the Black family.”

Jeff paused momentarily and continued, “As for the mask, it can be explained. When Mr. Black was still

living in Mullen Manor, Mr. Wayne Mullen often beat Mr. Black and his mother.

“Mr. Black’s face was badly beaten and even burned by boiling water. He always wore a mask at that

time.

“Later, Mr. Black’s mother was killed in the fire in Mr. Wayne Mullen’s villa, but Joseph believed that Mr.

Wayne Mullen beat and killed his mother and then deliberately set fire to destroy the evidence.

“The Millan family protected Mr. Wayne Mullen so that the police did not pursue it any further. In the

end, the police determined his moth died in an accidental fire.

“Therefore, Joseph formed a vendetta against the Mullen family. He has been working hard to destroy

Mr. Wayne Mullen for many years.

“But since Mr. Black’s mother’s death, Mr. Wayne Mullen had a sudden personality change and has

become more cautious in his life and business. Besides, the Mullen family has been very protective of

Mr. Wayne Mullen. So Joseph has not been able to do something to Mr. Wayne Mullen whether in

secret or in the open.”

Ashton’s hatred for Joseph deepened when he thought of those things and his deceased parents.

Jeff continued, “So it’s as clear as day that it was Mr. Black who had saved Ms. Shepherd back then…”

“Enough!” Ashton burst into rage for no reason and interrupted Jeff with a cold voice.

Jeff immediately stopped talking, and Ashton hung up the phone.

With

the window opened, the biting cold wind wrapped in snow flakes came at Ashton immediately.

Ashton finally lit a cigarette, the fire between his fingers flickering in the cold wind. He thought of the

dead Alyssa.

Alyssa was killed by Ashton. If Deborah knew that Ashton was not the one who saved her back then,

what would she do?

Ashton suddenly dared not to think about it. He never ran from things since he was a child, but now he

didn’t want to face Deborah’s choice after she learned everything.

He took a long pull on her cigarette, and his throat was dry and sore.

Ashton said in a deep voice to himself, “Deborah, you will never know. Don’t even think about it.”

Ashton became unsure if he could handle this. In the afternoon, he bumped into Joseph, who came to

visit his elder, in the corridor of the hospital.

Ashton didn’t think they should stay in the hospital any longer. So he insisted on bringing Deborah and

Helen back to Flora Villa that night.

Jeff bought the fabric and other things that Deborah needed. As soon as Deborah returned, she went

to the bedroom to make new clothes for Alyssa.

Helen hugged Ashton’s arm affectionately and went in, whispering weakly all the time, “Ashton, I’m so

tired and don’t have any strength at all. Can you take me back to the bedroom to rest?”

Deborah didn’t even look at them. ConTEent bel0ngs to Nôv(e)lD/rama(.)Org .

Ashton got angry after noticing that Deborah had completely treated him like air.

After sending Helen back to the bedroom, he coaxed Helen and said that he needed to go to the study

to review the documents so that he could leave.

As soon as Ashton closed the door, he went into Deborah’s room.

Deborah was looking at the design drawing, holding the fabric, thinking of how to make the clothes.

Suddenly, the footsteps behind her interrupted her train of thought, and she couldn’t help frowning.

Deborah didn’t know when she started to dislike Ashton. When she saw him approaching, she felt he

was in the way and annoying. As soon as she heard his self-righteous and unreasonable words, she

became increasingly impatient, even if she pretended to

cooperate.

Ashton reac!

this hand, closed the design drawing, and said, “It’s late. Let’s go to sleep.”

Deborah was subconsciously displeased. But thinking that she would see Alyssa in just half a month,

she held back her anger and said nothing.

But Ashton didn’t mean they would go to sleep literally.

Although he said it was late, he kept Deborah awake until early morning and still wished there would be

more sex.