CHAPTER 247: CHAPTER 239: YOU ARE GOOD ENOUGH TO GET ME HOOKED

"Brother, I just, just..." Ethan Marshall’s eyes darted, trying to find an excuse.

"Make up a good story, it’ll determine which car I send you off in later."

Ashton Marshall took off his coat and walked towards Bella Woods, draping it over her shoulders, and gently touched her somewhat distressed face: "Were you scared?"

Bella Woods didn’t respond, just stared at Ashton Marshall.

She felt aggrieved inside.

Especially when she saw Ashton Marshall appear, Bella Woods really wanted to rush into his arms and tell him about her fears.

The moment she saw him, she felt so safe.

But she knew she couldn’t.

She had lost all the right to embrace Ashton Marshall.

"Brother!" Ethan Marshall gritted his teeth and knelt down: "I know saying this will offend you. But brother, you and Nina Sutton truly love each other, it’s this Bella Woods who meddled in between. I just hope you can end up with Nina Sutton."

"Brother, I know you’re just feeling guilty, just because Bella Woods is someone Cyan Marshall has always liked, so you took extra care of her, so you can’t bear to be hard on her.

But you can’t let Bella Woods take advantage of it, monopolizing you, what will Nina Sutton do then?"

Ethan Marshall accused sternly.

Bella Woods stood nearby without turning back to look at Ethan Marshall, nor dared to lift her head to look at Ashton Marshall, feeling deeply ashamed, like a thoroughly evil person.

And Ashton Marshall remained silent in response to Ethan Marshall’s words.

Bella Woods thought, it wasn’t appropriate for her to stay here, the show was about to start, she should go meet Cyan Marshall, then leave this place.

But.

Just when Bella Woods was about to leave, Ashton Marshall suddenly grabbed her wrist, making Bella Woods finally look up at him.

Ashton Marshall’s gaze was still fixed on Ethan Marshall: "Continue."

Ethan Marshall was ready to risk it all today, not afraid: "Brother, you know. Everyone says I’m fighting for the Marshall Family’s inheritance, but just like how I voluntarily gave the shares to you back then, I admire you, and I believe only under your leadership can the Marshall Family hold its position as the first enterprise in Peace City."

Ashton Marshall chuckled lightly, then his eyes turned sharp and imposing: "Do you think, even if you weren’t willing, you could have won?"

The contempt of the powerful for the defeated, with sheer disdain.

Ethan Marshall was too ashamed to bear it but still stuck to his belief: "I know I’m not as capable as you. But you are someone I admire, I just want you to be happy, to be with the person you love, am I wrong, is Nina Sutton wrong?"

Bella Woods couldn’t listen anymore.

She didn’t want to hear Ethan Marshall talk about how much Ashton Marshall and Nina Sutton loved each other, how two lovers were split apart because of her intervention.

"Ashton Marshall, I should go now."

Bella Woods softly reminded, pulling off Ashton’s hand to leave, but Ashton Marshall pulled her back, holding her shoulders, making Bella face Ethan Marshall.

"You said, you just hope I can be with the person I love nicely?" Ashton Marshall questioned.

Ethan Marshall confirmed: "Yes!"

"Then just now, you were planning to send the person I love to Myanmar North, hmm?" Ashton Marshall’s imposing presence was overwhelming.

Ethan Marshall blurted out: "I just... what did you say?"

He seemed to realize suddenly, staring at Bella Woods in shock.

Bella Woods had already been staring at Ashton Marshall in disbelief with the phrase ’planning to send the person I love to Myanmar North.’

"How, how could that be..." Ethan Marshall didn’t believe it: "Isn’t the person you love obviously Nina Sutton?"

Ashton Marshall looked down at Bella Woods: "You’ve never asked, and I never had the chance to explain. I thought it was something trivial, but I didn’t expect you cared so much."

"What are you talking about?" Bella Woods genuinely didn’t understand what Ashton Marshall was saying.

And with a glance from Ashton, Nina Sutton was brought out, bound by his men.

She struggled desperately: "Ashton Marshall, you can’t do this to me, let me go!"

Nina Sutton was thrown beside Ethan Marshall and knelt together.

"Ashton Marshall..." Nina Sutton tried to stand, but a bodyguard kicked her back in her knee, forcing her to kneel.

"Didn’t she say she was with me abroad?" Ashton Marshall pointed at Nina Sutton.

Ethan Marshall looked at Ashton Marshall, then at Nina Sutton: "Wasn’t he the one who stayed with you and helped you out of the low point abroad?"

Ashton Marshall snickered: "Nina Sutton, I give you a chance to clear things up in front of my fiancée, you’d better cherish it, otherwise."

The bodyguard nearby was already preparing to draw a gun.

Seeing this, Nina Sutton turned pale but stubbornly said: "Weren’t we doing well abroad? You just mind that I’m part of the Sutton Family. Now I’ve come back for you, I’m willing to leave Sutton Family. But why, just because of Bella Woods’ appearance, should I suffer like this."

Bam!

The bodyguard mercilessly shot Nina Sutton in the calf, making her fall to the ground, groaning in pain.

Ashton Marshall looked down at Bella Woods: "You only met her a few times, but we have been together for two months, and yet you are willing to believe her one-sided words instead of trusting me?"

"I..." Bella Woods started, but didn’t know what to say.

In such a situation, she couldn’t trust Nina Sutton, nor did she know how to believe Ashton Marshall.

Meanwhile, the bodyguard brought over a laptop, showing a video call with seven or eight foreign-looking people.

They all greeted Ashton Marshall when they saw him.

Ashton Marshall: "My girlfriend misunderstood that I was with someone abroad, I need your help to clear things up."

After Ashton spoke, these people showed their academic credentials and group photos with Ashton at school.

In one of the photos, they were posing together, but Nina Sutton was seen watching from a distance.

One person said: "During school, she was always there. Except she confessed to Ashton and was rejected, then kept following him, always watching from afar."

"I know her too, she would always be with Ashton, try to find angles to capture photos, post them on social media, making many people believe they were together."

"She’s a suitor of Ashton."

After the call ended, Ashton Marshall looked at Bella Woods: "Can you trust me now? If not, I have no more evidence, Little Bella."

Bella Woods was stunned with her mouth open, not knowing what to say.

With such proof, it was impossible for Bella Woods to keep trusting Nina Sutton.

"It’s not that I don’t believe you, I just..." Bella Woods choked up: "I don’t believe you would love me."

"I told you, you are excellent, excellent enough to make me infatuated with you, Little Bella." Ashton Marshall looked at Bella Woods earnestly, expressing his admiration for her.

Bella Woods pressed her lips together, tears falling uncontrollably, not knowing what to say.

She never doubted Ashton’s character, she doubted herself, thinking she wasn’t enough for Ashton to love deeply.