Torn Between Love and Hate

Chapter 123

Chapter 123 See You Tonight?

Joseph’s hand holding the phone tightened suddenly.

In the three years since Deborah faked her death and left, this was Ashton’s first visit to Oceanview

City.

The news that Joseph disclosed before was that he went abroad.

But in the past year, Jingron’s branch in Oceanview City had become bigger and bigger, and after it

had successfully negotiated cooperation with Steven of Runte Group, the group’s profit increased

rapidly.

Joseph had never appeared in front of the media in recent years, and he has never disclosed who

Jingron’s real boss

was.

But after all, when the group grew bigger and it started to attract attention.

Some top companies slowly began to find out that Jingron was Joseph’s industry, and Joseph hadn’t

gone abroad at all in the past few years but stayed in Oceanview City, wantonly developing the

market.

Now when it came to Jingron Group, everyone in the business world knew that the company had been

established for less than ten years but had grown extremely fast.

Naturally, it was also impossible for Ashton to have been kept in the dark.

Joseph said in a deep voice, “Have you detected clearly? Are you sure that Ashton has come to

Oceanview City?”

Morton responded, “Mr. Black, I’m at Oceanview City Airport right now. I checked the surveillance

cameras. It’s indeed Mr. Mullen from Richmond who came… Wait a moment. I seem to have seen Mr.

Mullen.”

Joseph frowned and fell silent, thinking about whether to take Deborah abroad for a while.

It was just that based on Ashton’s temperament, once he became suspicious, he might be relentless.

The more Joseph hid, the more Ashton insisted on finding something-

The voice on the other side of the phone was a bit noisy, and soon, it changed to Ashton’s voice.

“Joseph, I haven’t seen you in a few years, so how about having a drink together tonight?”

Since three years ago, Joseph had long blocked Ashton’s number, and Ashton had never contacted

him either.

Since Deborah had left, there was no need to contact him.

Joseph wanted to hang up the phone for a moment, but Ashton’s voice came over quickly. “If it’s not

convenient for you, I’ll come to visit in person tonight. The villa in the south of the city you live in is

pretty nice.”

They hadn’t seen each other for three years, but Ashton was still aggressive, as always.

The villa where Joseph lived now was in the south of the city.

Few people knew about it, but since Ashton went to Oceanview City, it would not be too difficult to find

a way to find

this house.

Joseph looked very disgusted and was about to reply that it was impossible to see him, but the door of

the study was opened from the outside.

Deborah had already woken up and walked in from outside the study with still bleary eyes.

Seeing that Joseph was on the phone, she walked towards him without making a sound.

On the other side of the phone, Ashton’s voice continued. “I know you are low-key and don’t like to

show up

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everywhere. So, why not go to Jingron Club? It is your own place. We just have a glass of wine, so

would you please do me a favor?”

Joseph watched Deborah come to him, and she stretched out her hand to play with her finger with a

ring on her left hand.

His throat tightened, and he quickly replied, “Okay.”

Ashton was stunned for a moment, then quickly said, “Then eight o’clock tonight?”

Joseph still replied, “Okay.”

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the call

patiently.

It was rare for Ashton to come to Oceanview City. The branches of the Mullen Group here also had a

lot of things to

deal with.

Since Joseph readily agreed to his invitation, Ashton didn’t say anymore and quickly hung up the

phone.

Deborah was still stroking the diamond ring on Joseph’s hand. Seeing that he had finished his phone

call, she said, “It’s time for dinner. The maid had finished the meal.”

Over the past few years, Deborah had been used to eating dinner at home with Joseph.

Joseph saw her touching the ring with nostalgia. He was used to it before, but now he felt strangely

uncomfortable.

After Deborah’s accident, Joseph forgot to take off the ring on her hand, and when she woke up, she

saw it.

Joseph said at the time that it was their engagement ring.

Afterward, without telling Deborah, he bought another men’s ring that was a pair with Deborah’s ring.

The diamond ring was very ordinary, not a custom-made one, and it was easy to buy the same one.

When Deborah and Ashton got married, Ashton was reluctant, and Deborah bought the ring by herself.

A pair of rings cost less than 15 thousand dollars. But Deborah still spent all her savings and borrowed

money to buy

them.

The one Joseph was wearing now was naturally exactly the same as the one Ashton was wearing.

Joseph held Deborah’s hand, not letting her touch it again.

“Didn’t you just fall asleep? Why did you wake up so soon?”

Deborah replied with a slight sound, and when she was led out of the study by Joseph, she lowered her

eyes and looked

at the ring.

Joseph couldn’t help but say in a warm voice, “Debby, why don’t we change a pair of rings another

day? This one is too simple, and I’ve been wearing it for so many years.”

Deborah immediately looked away, raised her eyes, and looked at him solemnly. “I won’t. It is unlucky

to change the wedding ring, and the engagement ring is the same.”

Joseph tried to persuade her, “You’re too superstitious about this…”

Before he finished speaking, Deborah immediately interrupted him. “I won’t change that. At most, I will

change a pair of wedding rings when I get married again.”

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Joseph’s face was a little stiff, and he could only say vaguely, “Okay, we’ll don’t change it for now

He regretted mentioning this, as that made Deborah mention marriage again. Seeing that he didn’t

react much, Deborah was obviously a little disappointed.

Three years was a long time, and Joseph even started to have an illusion that he and Deborah were an

ordinary unwed couple.

When the right day came, they could take it for granted to hold a wedding and get married.

Sometimes he even couldn’t help thinking about where and how to plan his wedding with Deborah.

But he quickly realized that this was impossible.

Deborah was married a long time ago, and her marriage had not yet ended.

Deborah didn’t know it, but Joseph had to know.

Because of the topic of marriage, Deborah went downstairs to eat, obviously in a low mood.

Joseph coaxed her and prepared vegetables and soup for her. Then he asked her how her work was

today, but she didn’t respond too much.

After the meal was over, Joseph had no choice but to say to her, “I have to go to the club and make an

appointment with a partner to talk about work there.”

Deborah felt a little uncomfortable because of the marriage, so she asked about his affairs, which was

rare before.

“Why do you go to the club to talk about cooperation? Didn’t you always go to the company to talk

about it?”

Joseph didn’t think much about it just now. Ashton proposed to go to the club. Seeing Deborah come

in, Joseph immediately agreed.

Joseph responded, “That is because the club is closer than the company from here, so I can go and

return at an early. time. Oh, by the way, as for the necklace 1 asked Jesse to keep for you last time, he

called me and said that it had

arrived.

“I’ll let the maid accompany you to pick it up. When you pick it up, I should be back too.”

The necklace was a new design by a jewelry designer whom Deborah took a fancy to. Since Deborah

liked it, Joseph

ordered it for her.

The finished product had just been made, and it was shipped by air immediately.

Deborah was still not in a good mood.

Over the years, she and Joseph had been getting along very well.

But they were still not married yet, and every time she mentioned marriage, Joseph would pass it with a

few vague

words.

Deborah said suddenly, “I’ll get the necklace another day. I want to accompany you to the club.