Chapter 142

“Why are you helping Cassandra?” The teenage boy asked coolly, his tone distant.

Ashley looked like someone who wouldn’t normally get involved in other people’s drama.

“Well…” Ashley paused, then answered gently, “My brother said she’s incredibly valuable, way more than Mara could ever be.”

Leaving the boy with that thought, she headed toward the sleek black Lincoln parked a short distance away.

The boy, not wanting to be left behind, quickly followed like some quiet bodyguard.

At the hospital.

“But sir, the truth is out now. Why not clear up the rumors on the Lexford University forum?” The butler stood beside Alexander, his tone respectful but puzzled.

When he thought about that second Miss Hawthorne, who caused Cassandra to fall down the hill and get seriously hurt — still stuck in critical condition — he couldn’t hold back his anger.

And to make it worse, the woman actually twisted the facts while Cassandra was unconscious. That was