A Moment in Destiny

Chapter 219 Willingly

Without speaking, he covered her up and placed pillows behind her back so that she could lean against the head of the bed. He just looked at her in silence and said nothing.

For a moment, the atmosphere was a little strange.

Tick-tock-

Time passed in silence. Ashley pursed her lips and said nothing. Her lip was a little red and swollen from the bite she had just taken.

Leon looked painfully at her stubborn little face, then with a frown, he asked in a deep voice, "Are you going to mess with me like this? Didn't you say before that you didn't care who I loved? You just want to be with me!"

Ashley was silent for a long time before she said softly, "Before, my father was alive, Mrs. Jones was alive, and I was still the apple of their eye. Now I'm nothing. Of course, I want to find a man who loves me. Why should I condemn myself to a life of such hardship?"

"Say, how much?" Leon saw the look on her face and knew that the more he talked to her so nicely, the more she would be torn. So he went on to ask, "How much can you pay for me to sleep with you tonight?"

He was willing to be a pimp for her.

Ashley was a little stunned. She bit her lip and was silent again. How could he refer to himself as a pimp? She had said that in a moment of anger and aggravation. How could he compare himself like that?

"Didn't you say you wanted me to sleep with you? Fine, I promise. Say, how much can you offer?" Leon's voice was extraordinarily low, even a little husky, "Didn't you say you'd let me sleep with you?"

Ashley's tears suddenly fell and blurred her vision.

"I'm willing to be your pimp and the only one for the rest of your life. Ashley, I just want to tell you that for six years, I've been clean and have had no bad habits. I have not slept with any other woman, except you. If you feel compelled to treat me like a pimp, I'm happy to just be your pimp as long as you're happy." He sounded a little self-deprecating.

Ashley's heart thumped. Instead, he felt a variety of mixed feelings, "As long as you're happy, as long as you think that's what's going to make you feel better, I'm happy!"

Ashley clenched her teeth and stubbornly kept the tears from falling, but her heart ached with his words.

Leon reached out but didn't know how to embrace her. He finally touched her body and could no longer restrain his ache, as if he wanted to rub her into his body. He no longer had any semblance of anger and said feebly, "Silly girl, clearly, you love me and you can't leave me, why do you still torture yourself? Didn't I tell you long ago that I like you? If I didn't like you, why would I make love to you? Was it just a drunken thing, or was it uncontrollable love? Being drunk is just an excuse for me. I can go six years without sex, without a woman, but only with you ... because you're you, do you understand?"

Ashley tried desperately to hold back her tears and not allow herself to cry. But her trembling body and her choked voice gave away her sadness. Her shock and dismay and humble self-esteem and pride.

"I don't want you to pity me! I don't want you to feel sorry for me! You don't need to comfort me. The baby is fine now, and I don't need your comfort." Ashley murmured in pain and pushed him back further and further.

Leon pressed his big hand to her little head and made her lean towards him. He whispered in her ear, "Listen! I'm not pitying you, or feeling sorry for you, or comforting you because of the baby. I just want you, that's all."

He kissed her on the forehead. In a trance, she heard him say so gently, "I really want to start a new life. Six years of waiting is a habit, and that habit takes time to break. I just want to start a new life. I can't erase the past, but I've really let go of it. Believe it or not, I just want you. Not because you're pregnant, not because you have a million dollars, not because I want a double, but in this world, Ashley is just the one. And now this only one is in my arms."

Finally, she couldn't hold back any longer. Ashley burst into tears.

She clutched Leon's shirt and cried like a child, as she had that time in the hospital. It was as if she had found something to fall back on. But he didn't want it to be like last time when she had cried and then pushed him away.

"No more crying!" He ordered in a low voice.

Instead, she cried even harder.

"No more crying. Do you hear me or I'll punish you!" He threatened in a low voice.

"I'll cry. What's wrong with me crying? It's none of your business!" She whimpered in aggression. He wouldn't even let her cry now, would he let her live?

Leon had no choice but to hold her face. A heart-wrenching smile broke on his lips, while she looked a little flustered. He smiled even deeper. Abruptly, he leaned down and pressed his lips against hers. Ashley froze, forgetting to cry, as she took his sudden assault.

It was a long time before Leon released her. He slid his long fingers over the corner of her lips, "If you cry again, I'll even punish you!"

"Who gave you permission to kiss me?" Her small white face was flushed, but there were still tears pooling in her eyes, which made her look even more attractive.

He looked at her and found that she was still lovely when she cried, especially now with tears in her eyes that were so beautiful.

"Because you cry all the time." Leon lifted the corners of his lips involuntarily. He drew a tissue to help her wipe away her tears. "Alright, don't cry. Look at you, you're ugly now!"

"Who let you watch ... none of your business." Ashley said brokenly and grabbed the tissue to wipe tears herself.

"You look beautiful even when you cry!" Leon smiled even brighter, with his eyes glowing.

Ashley froze. She was beautiful when she cried?

She glared up at him while his eyes twinkled. His gaze was so intimidating that it threw Ashley into a state of confusion.

She looked up to meet his eyes, and her flickering eyes finally regained their composure. "I'm going to ignore you!"

She dared not look at him as he looked at her like that because she would be afraid. Her heart would skip a beat and then beat faster.

"Even though you look beautiful when you cry, don't cry. It would hurt my heart if you cried!" He smiled and held her chin. "William and Sherry got their marriage license today. Can we go tomorrow too?"

"They got married?" Ashley froze.

He smiled and looked at her. "You're not mad anymore, are you?"

Then he took a brocade box out of his pocket. She wondered.

He opened it and inside was a diamond ring sparkling with blinding light, "Marry me, Ashley!"

Marry him?

Ashley's already red face turned even redder. She was confused for a moment before she looked away, not daring to look at him.

Leon looked at her intently. He reached out and took her hand in his and slipped the ring onto her finger. He shook her hand and called out her name in a husky, deep voice, "Ashley."

It sounded like he was acting like a spoiled child.

Ashley was dizzy for a moment. She turned her head to glance at him and bit her lip in silence.

Leon looked at her and smiled, "You've said yes. Let’s get a marriage license tomorrow."

"Get a marriage license?" Ashley froze and subconsciously looked at the ring on her hand before reaching out with her other hand to remove it. "I don't want your ring. Who knows if you're getting it for Susan? Now that she doesn't want you, and you're giving it to me. I don't want your ring!"

"I just bought this today!" He explained hastily and took her small hand. "It's just for you. Ashley, let's not mention anyone else, okay?"

"Humph! Who knows if you're lying to me?" Ashley came close to biting her tongue. She stammered, "Did you ... propose to Susan, too?"

"That's all in the past. Anyone has a past!"

"I don't have a past! My first love was you, but your first love wasn't me!" She said and got aggravated, but stopped removing the ring from her finger.

"I'll make it up to you, okay?" He couldn't help it. Since he'd fallen for a girl so much younger than himself, he'd had to cajole her, and he'd been happy to do so. He was truly possessed.

"Then I'll go and have a relationship with someone else too! I want to be fair. Why should I only like you for the rest of my life? I'm going to turn you into the past." Her reasoning was high-sounding and very sufficient.

"Don't you dare!" Leon was disturbed at the sound of this. She actually wanted to fall in love with someone else? "A pregnant woman should be restrained. You need to be a bride early or you won't look good in your wedding dress when your belly gets big!"

"Who's going to marry you? I'm not marrying!"

"Then who are you going to marry?"

"Not you anyway!"

"Little girl, you still want to be punished, don't you?"

"Don't you dare punish me and I'll cry ... oooh ... umm - Leon... don't ..." Her scream faded into a low moan...

The Rowlands' Mansion.

William parked the car. The snow had fallen heavily.

William had driven his wife and children back and Sammy hadn't even asked to follow them. Perhaps the Brooks family had given him so much attention that he had instantly fallen in love with the place. And that was what they wanted. It was for the best that they each went back to their own home.

"Mummy, when are we going to see Grandpa?" It occurred to Dan that he hadn't seen his grandfather in what seemed like days.

"Dan, do you miss Grandpa?" Sherry looked at her son's little face and couldn't resist hugging him. "Call Grandpa, then. When it doesn't snow anymore and the roads aren't congested, we'll go see Grandpa!"

"Yeah!" Dan nodded.

William looked back at his son, "Call me daddy. Call me daddy and I'll take you there tomorrow!"

"No!" Dan shook his head.

"Then I won't drive you!" William threatened.

Dan's eyes rolled and he yawned, then his little face scrunched up. He hugged Sherry, "Mummy, can I sleep with you tonight? Sammy is sleeping with Ms. Brooks. I want you to stay with me too!"

"Yes, I'll sleep with you too!" Sherry couldn't let her son's request go unanswered.

"No, tonight is our wedding night!" William refused outright. He knew what his son was thinking as soon as he rolled his eyes.

"Mummy," Dan shifted his body to act like a spoiled child.

"I'll stay with you!" Sherry took her son's hand, "Let's get upstairs. It's too cold outside!" All rights © NôvelDrama.Org.

They walked out of the garage, hand in hand, while William stared in disbelief at their backs. Dan turned his head and glanced at him. His meaning was clear, "Don't you dare threaten me! You're dead!"

"Mummy, I'll call Grandpa after I shower!"

William, naturally, was not to be outdone. He went after them and picked up his son, then spoke as if to curry favor. "Daddy's going to hold you and give you a bath. I'll sleep with you tonight too!"

In the bathroom.

William put the bathwater on and looked at his son who stood still. "Come on, the water's just right!"

"It's no use you pleasing me. I want Mummy to sleep with me tonight!" Dan glanced at William and spoke coolly.

"Ugh! You did that on purpose!" William couldn't help it. It really wasn't good to have a genius son. He hoped that the next child would not be so well qualified, just normal. Otherwise, he'd be exhausted.

"I'll shower myself!" Dan started to undress.