"No need." Before she could finish, Frank Parker interrupted her with a resigned voice, the mockery in his eyes deepening. "I said it before, it's just a small favor. I would have helped anyone else in that situation too."
"So you don't have to treat me to dinner either."
Her emotional distance from him was almost outright.
In fact, Frank Parker knew that she was trying to avoid suspicion.
They had been involved in so many rumors before.
No matter how true those rumors were, at least from the perspective of others, their relationship appeared ambiguous.
And now she was Ashton Heath's wife.
Even if she didn't care what others said, she had to consider Ashton's feelings.
So naturally, she would want to keep her distance from an ambiguous relationship like his.
He could understand her actions.
But seeing her avoid him like that, his heart was pierced with pain.
