CHAPTER 105: CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND FIVE: A FRIENDLY REUNION

Christy’s POV

Celine led us to a quiet corner where we could talk without being watched by everyone.

"What happened to you?" I asked Ashton and he smiled.

"What did you hear about me back then?" he asked me instead of answering my question.

"The old lady at the orphanage said that you were adopted by a wealthy family" I replied to him truthfully.

Everything happened so suddenly back then, one evening we were still playing around, the next morning he was gone and I never saw him again.

"The truth is my biological father actually came for me but everyone thinks I am adopted" he said with a slight smile and I frowned.

"Why would your father not announce your identity? I remember you told me that he and your mother were a very loving couple before he went to the capital and she lost contact with him.

Even when she died, he didn’t come back to take you and now he..." I said but suddenly stopped talking when I remembered that we were not alone.

I gave him an apologetic smile for blurting out so much as I wasn’t sure he wanted others to find out about his life.

"It is fine, Celine is a good friend of mine and she is your sister right?" he asked as he glanced at Mira.

"Yes she is and she wouldn’t tell anyone" I replied quickly.

"Mira, this is Ashton, we were friends when we were kids. He was one of the few people that truly accepted me back then" I introduced her to him.

"Nice to meet you Ashton and thank you for taking care of her" she said as she gave him a handshake.

"It’s a pleasure to meet you" he said calmly as he shook her hand.

"So let me just give you a brief explanation of what happened. My father cheated on my mother when he came to the capital to work. He got married to a rich heiress and had to change his name to her family’s name. Apparently he married into the family, he ignored us and never came back and the Heiress was aware that he had a son and a wife in his hometown but she didn’t care.

She even secretly came to warn my mother and threw a pile of cash on her, that was the cause of my mother’s depression that consequently led to her death.

Even when my father learnt about her death, he didn’t come for me. Instead he gave money to the old lady at the orphanage to take care of me.

A few months later, he suddenly came to take me to the capital, apparently his precious wife was worried that I would bring them trouble in the future, so they brought me here to keep their eyes on me and prevent such from happening" he narrated with a calm expression.

He spoke like he wasn’t talking about himself but rather he was telling someone else’s story.

"It’s good you are fine, Ash. I was so worried back then" I said as I gave him a hug.

"The truth will definitely come out some day, so it’s best you know now" he said as he hugged me back.

We pulled away a few seconds later and he looked at his watch.

"Your first class is starting in fifteen minutes, so we have to go," he said to me.

"Come on Mira, we have to go too. You don’t need a tour as you are already quite familiar with the campus and there hasn’t been any significant changes in the past two years" Celine said to Mira.

"See you later sis" Mira said to me before walking away with her.

"Let’s talk and walk" Ashton said as it seemed like he had something else to tell me.

"You seem really close to Mira, are you sure she is trustworthy?" he suddenly asked me.

"Of course I am sure, but if you weren’t certain she was trustworthy, then why did you tell her about your family?" I asked him with a frown.

"That’s just the surface that anyone can find out if they investigate me, so it’s not a big deal. I left out the deeper details" he replied with a smile.

"You always think ahead of time," I said with a little laugh.

"You can trust Mira, she has changed a lot" I said with a serious expression and he nodded.

"I saw that video online back then and wanted to come find you but I was under house arrest" he said and I froze.

The video that was released by Celeste at the engagement party.

"It’s fine, I’m with my real family now and that’s all in the past" I said after snapping out of my initial shock.

"And what do you mean by you were under house arrest?" I asked him with a frown.

"My stepmother’s family is a very influential military family. They are very strict and would never tolerate anything that threatens their reputation" he said with a sigh.

"Which family is that?" I asked him as I was quite familiar with most of the influential military families as my grandfather felt it was important to be on good terms with them.

"The Michaelson family" he replied and I suddenly stopped walking.

"Now I am very certain that your stepmother is a vicious character" I said with a disgusted expression.

"They hate your family," he said with a chuckle.

"We hate them too, they never play fair in anything" I said with a slight anger.

The Michaelson family is the third most influential military family in Country N, the second being the Williams and the first the Lancasters.

The Williams are very calm and easy going and my family is on good terms with them but the Michaelson family members are greedy and are always looking for ways to bring down the other two.

"I guess we will have to be careful how we interact with each other, as they would want to use me to get to your family" he said and I nodded.

He was right about them, they would never let go of such an opportunity.

By the time we realized it, we were already standing in front of a classroom door. He knocked on it gently and the door was opened by a middle aged man. He had blonde hair and blue eyes with a very good facial structure.

"Ashton, my boy," he said with a heavy Italian accent.

"Hello Sir Sebastian, this is Christy, the new student" Ashton introduced me to the man.

The man observed from head to toe with his eyes with a serious expression then he suddenly gave me a wide smile that gave me goosebumps.

"Welcome beautiful" he said while still maintaining his smile and I smiled back.

"Thank you, Sir Sebastian," I said.

"I also have a class, so I will leave her to you" Ashton said to him with a respectful smile.

"I will see you later" he said to me before walking away.

"Come in," Sebastian said and I stepped into the classroom.

I was surprised by what I saw, as it looked nothing like a regular classroom.

It looked more like a huge kitchen and classroom merged together and students were seated in twos.

"Introduce yourself to everyone" He said to me and I nodded before taking a few steps to the front of the class, just like I practiced with Mira.

"Hello everyone, my name is Christy. Please take care of me" I said with a smile when I noticed that all eyes were on me.

"Welcome" they all said in unison.

Some gave me a polite smile, some were busy looking at my clothes and some were just nonchalant.

"Take the empty seat at the back" Sebastian instructed and I nodded before walking to the seat.

When I looked at my seat mate, I was first stunned but quickly adjusted my expression as I didn’t want to be rude.

He was quite handsome but had a lot of piercings and tattoos. But there were no tattoos on his face but his ears and eyebrows were pierced.

His hands and fingers were covered in tattoos and his hair was dyed in fiery red color.

"Hello, I’m Christy" I said to him with a smile.

"I’m not deaf" he said with a frown without bothering to look at me.

I decided to ignore him and focus as the class was about to start.