Chapter 716 The Stain

• I wasn't planning to subject myself to further awkwardness that night. I stood up and prepared to clear the table. Ashton, however, was looking at me strangely. Bemused, I asked, “Do you want to head over to the living room and rest?”
• Ashton didn't speak. He wordlessly got up and brought the dishes into the kitchen.
• I took a step forward to stop him. He was a guest, after all. However, Ashton's dark gaze halted me in my tracks. I gaped at him, unable to muster a single coherent thought.