Chapter 410: Chapter 410: Not Resisting Is a Good Thing
What to do...
How should she remind Owen Sinclair?
Noelle York also saw Ashley Shaw at this time.
Just about to frown and silently curse her luck, she caught a glimpse of Jocelyn Hayes next to Ashley Shaw, and a trace of noticeable surprise flashed in her eyes.
The change in her expression fell into Ashley Shaw’s eyes, and she immediately determined that Noelle York knew Jocelyn Hayes.
But Noelle York seemed to dread Jocelyn Hayes to some extent and quickly withdrew her gaze after just one look.
She said something to her friends and turned back in the direction she came from.
Ashley Shaw took the opportunity to tug at Jocelyn Hayes’ sleeve, asking if she knew Noelle York.
When Jocelyn Hayes looked over, Noelle York happened to reveal a profile but soon disappeared around the corner.
"Her... Noelle York," Jocelyn Hayes said flatly, "her dad is a colleague of my mom, just that her dad is a deputy while my mom is the head."
Ashley Shaw suddenly understood.
Indeed, Noelle York had a remarkable background, a deputy director of public security, and in Aethelgard no less.
No wonder her eyes were so high.
Yet, the difference between people is so vast; The Hayes Family has a visibly higher status, yet one is exceptionally upright, and the other is carefree and open.
It truly confirms what she said: Whether someone is bad or not has nothing to do with money, but with whether the person themselves is bad or not.
Likewise, it has nothing to do with power either.
It’s just that she couldn’t figure out how to stop Owen Sinclair from signing with Noelle York.
If handled poorly, it might even make Owen Sinclair misunderstand her.
"You know her too?" Jocelyn Hayes’ voice interrupted Ashley Shaw’s thoughts.
Ashley Shaw nodded, then immediately shook her head: "Not really know, I’ve seen her twice."
Jocelyn Hayes exaggeratedly patted her chest.
"Scared me, I thought you were friends with her. I really dislike this Noelle York!"
Ashley Shaw was surprised and felt a sense of finding a kindred spirit.
Before Ashley Shaw could ask why Jocelyn Hayes disliked her, Jocelyn Hayes spoke on her own.
"We in the second and third generation of officials all wish to keep a low profile so as not to cause trouble for our families, but this Noelle York can’t wait to tell the whole world about her family’s amazing background..."
"Isn’t she afraid of causing trouble for her dad? It’s really amusing. It’s not like the old days anymore, being so high-profile, she might not even know how she’ll get into trouble someday."
"Anyway, it’s best we stay far from her, let her go her own way, and not drag us down."
Ashley Shaw wholeheartedly agreed.
"You have a great awareness."
Being praised, Jocelyn Hayes proudly curved her lips into a smile.
"Of course. Ever since my brother and I were sensible, our family has been teaching us to be good people... but you know a little about my personality, I really can’t pretend with people I dislike."
Ashley Shaw burst into laughter.
"Being straightforward is not necessarily a bad thing."
"But my parents always say I’m stubborn."
"Parents from that generation are all like that, they always think other people’s kids are better."
Jocelyn Hayes clapped her hands: "Well said!"
Right at this moment, Jensen Hayes’ car drove up, and the two of them opened the door and got in, sitting together in the backseat.
Jocelyn Hayes spoke up: "Brother, guess who I just saw?"
Jensen Hayes asked without much interest: "Who?"
"Noelle York."
Upon hearing this, Jensen Hayes instinctively frowned.
Ashley Shaw caught a glimpse of Jensen Hayes’ expression through the rearview mirror from the front and couldn’t help but feel a bit curious: "What’s wrong?"
Before Jensen Hayes could speak, Jocelyn Hayes started talking loudly first.
"This Noelle York used to want to date my brother, but he ignored her, yet she claimed to be his girlfriend, thick-skinned! Luckily, they’re in different schools now."
"Cough..." Jensen Hayes gave a dry cough to remind Jocelyn Hayes: "Don’t say useless things."
Jocelyn Hayes pursed her lips: "So what? I’m speaking the truth."
Jensen Hayes was silent for a moment, not sure if he was speaking to Ashley Shaw or Jocelyn Hayes: "I don’t like her, there’s no need to mention her again."
Jocelyn Hayes responded with an "oh" and quickly thought of something else.
"Ashley, we still haven’t added each other on WeChat, let’s be friends!"
"Sure."
Ashley Shaw took out her phone and exchanged friend requests with Jocelyn Hayes.
When they arrived at the hotel, the two of them said goodbye at the elevator entrance on Ashley Shaw’s floor.
Jocelyn Hayes waved at her from the elevator: "See you at the start of school!"
"See you at school, goodnight."
The elevator doors slowly closed. Ashley Shaw was about to return to her room when she bumped into a familiar face.
It was Rosalind Lynch.
Rosalind Lynch seemed equally surprised.
—She was surprised about how she just happened to run into Ashley Shaw coming back.
Meanwhile, Ashley Shaw was surprised at the encounter with Rosalind Lynch here.
Only this time, upon seeing her again, Ashley Shaw noticed that Rosalind Lynch had clearly lost a lot of weight, and there were some old scars on her face, as if she’d been beaten not long ago.
But in just a moment, Rosalind Lynch had already brushed past her and entered another elevator.
The other party acted as if she hadn’t seen her, and naturally, she didn’t want to go up to her either, just pretending not to have seen anything and walked toward her own room.
She swiped the room card to enter and found the lights still on, though Ariana Grant had already fallen asleep.
Even asleep, she held a phone that was still live streaming in her hand.
The person on the other end of the phone had also fallen asleep in the wild.
Ashley Shaw quietly walked over, gently took the phone from Ariana Grant’s hand, turned off the screen, and with the sound of the live stream disappearing, placed the phone on the bedside table and tiptoed to take a shower.
After showering and coming out, Ashley thought she awoke Ariana Grant when she suddenly heard her humming something. Just as she was about to apologize, she saw Ariana Grant’s eyes closed tight, clearly talking in her sleep.
She breathed a sigh of relief and was about to turn off the lights and sleep when she heard Ariana Grant lightly say: "Mom, why?"
That one sentence instantly made Ashley Shaw’s eyes well up with tears.
Although her mom was no longer around, she knew very well that her mom loved her more than anything.
And though Ariana’s mom was still alive, she didn’t love her...
Who is luckier? It’s really hard to say.
Perhaps it was this sentence in her sleep that made Ashley Shaw deliberately or unintentionally try to cheer up Ariana Grant the next day.
Of course, Ariana Grant couldn’t have figured out why, she just thought Ashley Shaw was in particularly good spirits that day.
"What’s up, did you have a lot of fun last night?" Ariana Grant winked at her with a hint of mischief: "Come on, spill the beans! Did something happen between you two?"
"What are you talking about?" Ashley Shaw shot back, saying: "It wasn’t just the two of us, Jensen Hayes’ sister, Robin, was there too."
"Oh, now you’re calling your future sister-in-law so warmly? Don’t forget your friend once you have a sister-in-law."
"What sister-in-law, stop saying nonsense! Even if I have a sister-in-law in the future, I’d never forget you, my dear daughter."
She often called her an old lady, so Ashley Shaw took this chance to take a bit of an advantage.
Ariana Grant, however, heard a different connotation.
This "even if" was enough to indicate that Ashley Shaw, at least, didn’t dislike or resist Jensen Hayes.
This was a big deal indeed!
She certainly didn’t want her dear Ashley to always hold onto someone she could never really have.