Chapter 466


    Chapter 466 You Are Not Wee Here


    Ashley immediately ced a call to get in touch with Samuel. The moment the call connected, she


    quietly asked, “Why aren’t you here yet, Samuel?”He simply replied, “Traffic congestion.”Traffic


    congestion? How’s that possible? That’s all excuses!“Samuel, at the end of the day, I did save your life.


    No matter what happens today, you’re not allowed to put me in a difficult position before everyone else.


    Just take it that I’m begging you for your cooperation on this,” stated Ashley pleadingly.There was no


    warmth in his voice when he replied, “It’s up to you whether to believe me or not.”With that, he ended


    the call.Ashley was taken aback and left speechless. Despite the surge of rage that overwhelmed her,


    she fought back the urge to fling her phone in her anger.He’s too much!As she clenched her teeth


    firmly together and fumed about the matter, she gave it some thought and guessed that Samuel was


    likely behaving this way because of Kathleen.As such, she rose to her feet and lifted the hem of her


    dress up before she made her way out.To herplete surprise, she saw that Kathleen had already


    arrived. Thetter was dressed in a fully ck gown and had a trench coat wrapped around her. It was


    almost as if she hade to attend a funeral.Ashley instantly felt that this was a bad omen of things to


    wee here!”However, Kathleen only raised her eyebrows questioningly in response.“That aside, I


    didn’t even invite you! Please leave the premises at once!” yelled Ashley angrily.“You’re right in saying


    that you didn’t invite me. However, the Macari family wanted to give me an invitation card,” replied


    Kathleen nonchntly.As she spoke, she pulled out the pastel-colored purple invitation card.Ashley


    was caught utterly by surprise, especially since this was the exact same card that she had arranged to


    have sent over to the Macari family previously.She had done so as she wanted to antagonize Calvin


    and Wynnie by letting them know that her engagement with Samuel was set in stone andpletely


    unavoidable.Furthermore, this was also her way of signaling that it was now impossible for things to


    progress further between Kathleen and Samuel.Despite her intricate ns, Wynnie and Calvin hadn’t


    turned up at all. Instead, they had handed the invitation card over to Kathleen and had thetter attend


    on their behalf.That’s despicable of them! Isn’t that the same as purposefully trying to gatecrash and


    ruin the event?However, just as this thought ran through Ashley’s mind, Kathleen coldly stated, “I’ve no


    interest in crashing this event or ruining it for you. Furthermore, I didn’te over to look for you.”At


    this, Ashley furrowed her brows and countered, “That may be true, but you’re here for Samuel! Isn’t


    that the same?”Kathleen scoffed lightly before she dered, “Ashley Zeller, if I truly intended to stop


    your engagement with Samuel, I didn’t have to go through the trouble of turning up here physically at


    all. I could simply have gone over to find him at Florinia Manor.”This stumped Ashley as she realized


    that Kathleen did have a point.Kathleen momentarily swept her gaze across the ce and it


    involuntarily fell upon Luna. Thetter returned the favor with a cold re.As they locked eyes, an


    indescribably cold glint flickered across Kathleen’s eyes.She marched forward and strode over to take


    a seat right next to Luna.Kathleen’s eyes narrowed as she asked, “Is it all right if I sit here? We’re fairly


    well acquainted after all.”However, Luna only snorted coldly in reply.Well acquainted? In your


    dreams!Kathleen nced over at Trevor, who had acted as if the entire situation was none of his


    business, and her red lips curled slightly.Back where she had been left standing alone, Ashley


    clenched her fists tightly as she fumed over this new development. She was sure that Kathleen’s


    presence here would surely affect Samuelter on. As such, she knew it was imperative that she get


    rid of Kathleen as soon as possible.Ashley swiveled about on the spot and looked about anxiously.


    Finally, she called a bodyguard over and muttered a series of instructions in a low voice into his


    ear.Following that, the bodyguard nodded and strode off, presumably to perform as instructed.Ashley


    directed her gaze back toward Kathleen and red venomously at Kathleen’s back.At this moment,


    Samuel suddenly strode in. Ashley let loose a sigh of relief as she daintily threaded her way over to him


    and greeted, “Samuel.”However, he didn’t even bother to look at her. His eyes, sharp as they were, had


    immediately noticed Kathleen’s presence and locked onto her.She’s here!His handsome and elegant


    face suddenly took on a darker and more solemn look.At this, Ashley quietly murmured, “You’re finally


    here. You’re almostte.”However, Samuel didn’t pay her any heed and instead made his way over to


    Kathleen.He had only arrived thiste because he had been waiting for Kathleen to head over to find


    him. Despite the entire situation, he held a glimmer of hope that Kathleen would seek him out to stop


    him from proceeding with the engagement.However, she didn’t turn up at all, and he was left with


    nothing but an overwhelming sense of disappointment.As such, he hadn’t expected that Kathleen


    would make her way here directly, let alone sit calmly at her seat without so much as a hint of any


    intent to stop the engagement from proceeding.Samuel grabbed a chair and sat down.This left


    everyone present dumbfounded as they struggled to understand what was unfolding before their


    eyes.After all, despite being the male lead and the star of the show, Samuel had elected to take a seat


    among them. If that was the case, that invited the question of exactly who Ashley was engaged


    with.Ashley started to feel ufortable about the entire situation. She approached Samuel and


    began, “Samuel, don’t you think we should…”“What are you doing here?” asked Samuel coldly all of a


    sudden as he interrupted Ashley and directed his question toward Kathleen.Kathleen knew that Samuel


    was speaking to her.“Here to watch the show,” exined Kathleen tersely.“There are so many other


    forms of entertainment avable in Jadeborough. Did you really have toe here for that?”


    demanded Samuel as his eyes filled with rage.However, this didn’t seem to faze Kathleen. She


    casually replied, “Whatever’s going on here seems pretty entertaining. Just look at all the attendees’


    faces and their hungry gazes. I simply can’t wait for them to devour youpletely until there’s nothing


    left of you.”A hint of fury shed across Samuel’s eyes and a vein on his forehead started to bulge and


    throb fiercely.Trevor was the first to speak up. He eximed, “What do you mean by this, Kathleen?


    This is not somewhere that you can do as you please! That’s especially so for today, of all days!”“Just


    look at what you’re saying now, Trevor,” remarked Kathleen as sheughed mirthlessly. She continued,


    “How can you speak to me this way when I helped you get your hands on Ronald? Given our close


    ties, don’t you think you’re being too much of a stranger here?”Trevor was caught off guard by her


    that Samuel would start to be suspicious of him.After all, Trevor had already dumped the mess on


    Kathleen, and it seemed like Samuel had bought the story.“I don’t know what you’re talking about,”


    mumbled Trevor as he feigned ignorance.Kathleen chuckled coldly before she exined, “You don’t


    understand? What a joke! Weren’t you the one that went around telling everyone that I was the one


    that paved the way for Ronald to take his entire team with him over to Hoover Group?”Trevor frowned


    deeply in response to her words.“This is making me really curious. With how you’re behaving right now


    and pretending like you don’t know me, it seems like I have nothing to gain from our rtionship. If


    that’s the case, then why should I continue to help you?” asked Kathleen as she continued to gaze at


    Trevor. She continued, “Should I do so just because we’re rted by blood? But you never intended to


    acknowledge our biological rtions, right?”At this point, Trevor’s face had darkened and be


    sullen with rage.Kathleen smirked coldly once more and added, “Why are you keeping quiet, Luna?


    Didn’t you send a couple of men to get rid of me just a few days back?”“Are you really that desperate


    for us to chase you off the premises?” retorted Luna as she red at Kathleen.Kathleen sneered upon


    taking in Luna’s words and countered, “Chase me away? I’m here at the behest of the Macari family. If


    you kick me out, you’ll only be hurting the Macari family’s reputation and offending them. I dare you to


    give it a try!”At this, Luna’s face turned even uglier and she nced sideways at Ashley in a bid to


    prompt her to take action quickly.Ashley understood what Luna was hinting at and immediately called


    some bodyguards over in preparation to force Kathleen to leave.Following this development, Yadiel


    and Rory brought their men over and stood staunchly behind Kathleen.Once they had gotten


    themselves into position, Yadiel sternly dered, “Let’s see who dares toy a finger on Dr.


    Johnson!”Kathleen narrowed her eyes as she looked at Ashley and said, “Ashley, do you know who


    Marjory Garner is?”Taken by surprise, Ashley paused for a moment as she gave the question some


    thought. Her expression was frantic when she finally replied, “I don’t know her.”“Ah! You’re truly


    merciless to the core. To think that you’ve forgotten all about her now that you’re done making use of


    her,” remarked Kathleen as she rose to her feet. She continued, “Since that’s the case, let me exin


    everything.”She strode over to Ashley’s side and slowly circled her once as she maintained the icy cold


    smile on her face. Finally, Kathleen began, “Approximately three months ago, Marjory went to


    Smend along with a group of people. Theseprised the students under her charge. After


    They hid along the side of the road before they seized the opportunity to ambush and assault a passing


    businessman.”Ashley’s face turned ashen pale as she took in Kathleen’s words.Kathleen’s cold gaze


    next fell upon Samuel as she continued her story. “This businessman had only gone over to help deal


    with his good friend’s aftermath. Not only did he have a stake in several mining business ventures inPublished by N?v''elD/rama.Org.


    Smend, but he also managed to maintain a fairly amicable rtionship with some of the local


    organizations as well. With all that in mind, it wouldn’t be a stretch to im that a trip to Smend for


    him was analogous to him visiting his very own backyard. He was fullyfortable and familiar with the


    working environment. It was for this reason that he elected not to have a full security detail with him for


    that particr trip. In the end, this only contributed to his downfall. After he got assaulted by the group


    lying in wait, he suffered grievous injuries and was taken away as a result.”