Chapter 248
Chapter 248 Returning Everything to You
In front of the media and the public, Ashton suddenly knelt down and announced that he wanted to
confess his past crimes to the world.
A single stone stirs up a thousand ripples.
The online attention skyrocketed rapidly, with rted topics sessively topping the trending list.
The media couldn’t wait to write their news articles, so they directly broadcasted the scene of Ashton
kneeling down online.
Since Ashton knelt down in public, it seems that he naturally didn’t mind being watched by everyone
online.
When Deborah received the news, she was sitting on the living room couch, researching and
Evelyn called in a frenzy, “Deborah! Deborah, quickly check the news online!
Ashton just knelt down in public! You have to see it; the way he’s acting is as if he’s giving hisst
words!”
Deborah clicked on the link sent by Evelyn and quickly saw the live broadcast.
The setting was outside the cemetery, where Hector had just beenid to rest.
Richmond had just experienced a heavy downpour, leaving the ground damp and shrouded in ayer
of mist that followed the rain.
Gloomy and deserted, yet amidst the numerous media onlookers, it appeared chaotic
and noisy.
Ashton knelt on the ground, looking at the camera lens.
Countless reporters stretched out their microphones, amplifying his voice continuously.
It had been quite some time since Deborahst saw him.
Thest time, about a month or two ago, she took Alyssa to his hospital room and said that Alyssa
would donate bone marrow to him.
After the bone marrow donation, they should not have any further contact with each
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other.
A month or two is a period that’s neither too long nor too short.
At this moment, through the phone screen, Deborah looked at Ashton again.
For a brief moment, she thought she had seen it wrong; the person on the screen didn’t really resemble
him.
He had lost much more weight sincest time, his eye sockets appeared sunken, and his overall
condition was utterly disheartened.
That terrible and frightening aura, even separated by the screen, still clearly overflows.
Deborah was momentarily taken aback.
The live streaming interface clearly disyed his name, and the inte was flooded with news
articles, all discussing the incident of him kneeling down.
If it weren’t for this, Deborah would be amazed at how there could be two people who
‘looked so alike.
The facial features were simr, but the spirit and energy werepletely different, as if they were two
separate people.
During the live broadcast, Ashton’s amplified voice was clearly transmitted, word by word, sentence by
sentence.
It seemed as if the media was afraid that the public wouldn’t be able to hear clearly or understand what
was happening, so they hastily added subtitles to the live broadcast.
“Three years ago, my daughter was diagnosed with leukemia and her life was hanging by a thread.
However, I believed that she wasn’t my child, so I refused to acknowledge her and didn’t care about her
life or death.
Using this as leverage, I forced my ex-wife Deborah to donate her liver, subjecting her to drug trials and
endless torment. Her liver was severely damaged, leading to liver failure, and eventually, she
developed liver cancer…”
Deborah stared at her phone screen, her expression calm and indifferent.
Ashton recounted all the past events, big and small, one by one.
Including Zayne’s injured hand, the Gaige family faced nder and usations due to
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He said, “My ex-wife and daughter died at my hands. It was the Moxley family, Mr. Joseph ck, and
Mr. Zayne Gaige who saved them, allowing them to be resurrected.
I wanted them dead, and even if they are fortunate enough to be alive today, it cannot
erase the fact that I once took their lives…”
The media present could hardly believe their ears.
Deborah watched Ashton as he finished speaking, stood up, and left.
She was reluctant to admit it, but at this moment, she had no choice but to acknowledge
that she had spent so many years with him, and she knew him well.
That kind of understanding was etched deep into her bones. Just like at this moment,
what she saw on his face was utter despair, a sense of having nothing left to live for.
The inte quickly erupted into a storm of outrage, with torrents of abuse directed at
Ashton, the Mullen family, and the Mullen Group.
The stock price of the Mullen Group has been plummeting, and the executives and
shareholders of the Mullen Group are all pointing fingers at Ashton, using him of not caring about
thepany’s fate.
At this point, Hector had just passed away, which meant that the Mullen Group was going through a
turbulent and unstable phase.
Yet, at this critical moment, he spoke about those matters in front of the media,
unintentionally making thepany’s situation even worse, almost pushing it to the brink of copse.
No matter how much people criticize him online or how much thepany’s executives
scold him, Ashton remains silent.
Thepany’s top management had no other choice and could hardly ever meet with Ashton, so they
had to approach Jeff instead..
At this point, there was no other solution. The only option was to have Jeff persuade Ashton to speak
out again in front of the media.
Let’s see if there’s anything more to say to salvage the situation, at least to prevent the
Unable to withstand the pressure from the Mullen Group’s higher-ups, Jeff had no choice but to seek
help from Ashton.
For several days in a row, Ashton stayed in his bedroom withouting out.
When Jeff entered the bedroom to look for him, he pushed open the door and was immediately hit by a
strong smell of smoke and alcohol.
Jeff was quite frightened. He looked at the messy cigarette butts and liquor bottles in the bedroom, his
face pale as he immediately stepped forward to dissuade.
“Mr. Mullen, the doctor has already exined that you’ve just had surgery. There’s a significant chance
of rpse after the operation, so smoking and drinking are strictly prohibited. Otherwise, in the
future…”
Ashton sat on the carpet beside the bed, slowly turning his gaze toward him upon hearing the words.
“Jeff, what else do I have in the future?”
Sometimes Jeff could hardly believe that this person, in his current state, could be
Ashton.
Jeff said in a serious tone, “Mr. Mullen, the doctor has examined you and said that you’re currently
experiencing psychological issues.
Psychological disorders can lead to feelings of pessimism, but with proper treatment, things will
improve quickly. Remember, your body is your own, and it shouldn’t be
mistreated.”
Ashton interrupted him, “What brings you in here?”
Jeff couldn’t persuade him any further, knowing that he wouldn’t listen.
All he could say was, “The higher-ups in thepany have expressed their concern about the severe
decline in the Mullen Group’s stock price. Continuing like this is not sustainable. They hope that you
can step in to provide an exnation and help salvage
the situation.”
Ashton fell silent for a moment, then suddenlyughed. “Why should I exin? You know best whether
what I said was true or not. If I didn’t intend to admit it, I wouldn’t
have said it in front of the media.”
Jeff was at a loss for words.
He had been by Ashton’s side for so many years, and he knew best whether or not Ashton was the one
who had done those things back then.
Everything Ashton said in front of the media was not a single word of falsehood.
The online insults didn’t wrong him by a single word.
The Mullen Group can’t just let it end like this…
Jeff sighed, “Mr. Mullen, thepany can’t keep going like this.”
Ashton nced out the window and said, “Jeff, it’s my own fault. There’s not much to
exin.”
Deborah’s days continued to be peaceful.
Most of the time, she was busy working on design drafts. During her leisure time, she apanied
Alyssa and further researched wedding matters.
The online usations and insults directed at Ashton did not have much of an impact
on her.
The media, on the other hand, is not unwilling to interview her and get some headline.
news.
Questions such as whether she still has feelings for Ashton, if she hates him, if she haspletely let
go, and what her ns are for the future.
Casually conducting an interview can easily lead to an explosive revtion.
But Joseph shielded her from all those troubles, so she didn’t have to worry about them
anymore.
The tranquil days passed by, and in the blink of an eye, more than a month had gone by.
One afternoon in early May, she received a phone call from Reba.
Reba would usually call her proactively, and it would almost always be about Ashton.
Upon seeing the caller ID, Deborah instinctively didn’t feel like answering.
But over there, they’ve always been stubborn. If she doesn’t answer, the phone just keeps ringing.
Deborah was a bit annoyed, but she still answered the call.
Reba’s voice came from over there, sounding unusually exhausted.
“Deborah, pleasee to Moxley Manor. I have something to tell you. Everything about the Moxley
family, I should have returned it to you long ago.”