Chapter 1423 The Ride Home

• I did not intend to meddle; I simply cared for the boy and did not wish for him to be harmed. His father was too busy earning a living outside to care much. Today, he was abandoned by his future stepmother. Who knows what would happen tomorrow?
• With those thoughts in mind, I couldn't help but feel sorry for the little fellow. It looked like he was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. It was not necessarily all sunshine and rainbows for him.
• Ashton's face changed at my words. He stared at me with an odd look in his eyes.