Chapter 523 Don't Do Anything Stupid

Haley was genuinely worried for Duncan. He didn't know how his parents would react if Duncan did anything stupid.

"I'm not leaving. No way am I going unless I'm sure you won't do anything stupid," Haley said.

Duncan almost laughed when he heard Haley. He looked at him and said, "Me, do something stupid? Now what could I possibly do?"

Duncan was offended. Did he look like a stupid person?

Haley shook his head and said, "It's different now. We all know how you feel about Ashley. There's no telling what you would do for her. You're not thinking straight. You're like a dog in heat."

Haley was about to say something more, but Duncan did not let him finish. He felt Duncan's fist land on his face.

"Get out of here." Duncan said. Haley did not press the argument further. He clutched his lips and walked out of the villa, like some wounded animal. Nancy saw Haley walking out, his pride and lips busted, and she was very concerned. "Duncan, what happened back there? Did you have a fight with Haley? You didn't have to throw him out like that!"

Nancy couldn't believe what had just happened. She knew that Duncan had a temper but she had never seen him react so violently towards Haley before.

Haley had come here many times, but this was the first time anything like this ever happened. This was the first time Nancy had seen Duncan and Haley have any semblance of a disagreement before.

Duncan didn't even care that Nancy might have seen the whole thing go down. He was clearly not himself.

While Nancy spoke with Duncan, Haley remained outside the villa. He still couldn't believe what had happened. Duncan was his best friend, and he punched him on the face! Over Ashley! He frantically knocked on the front door of the villa. He knocked on the door over and over again.

There was no response from Duncan or anyone inside.

Haley banged on the door until his knuckles were red. There was still no response. Finally, he grew tired of knocking and walked away. He realized that things would never be the same again.

Duncan was finally alone in the villa. He was getting tired of hearing Haley's prattling and lecturing, anyway.

It was all getting quite annoying for Duncan, and he was actually relieved to see that Haley was gone.

Nancy was still standing in front of Duncan waiting for some kind of explanation. "What happened back ther

more. They were not even good friends. Perhaps Duncan had been a bit too overzealous with what he said.

Duncan had heard about Andrew the famous CEO of the Lu group in J City. Andrew was a hugely popular celebrity.

Andrew was something of a golden boy in the city. He ran the company perfectly. The company was the most profitable in the city, all because of Andrew. Everyone looked up to him. Duncan's family was no exception.

Duncan's father always compared him to Andrew, setting an unreasonably high standard.

Being the CEO of the Lu Group was only the tip of Andrew's iceberg of achievements. He was also the leader of the Lu family that controlled 70% of Asia's entire economy.

Duncan had no interest in becoming some high-profile CEO. All he wanted to do was to open his own local bar.

It was a simple enough ambition, and Duncan was generally, satisfied with his life.

Duncan really didn't know what to tell Ashley to comfort her. After all. he was not really a sensitive guy. He tried to comfort her, as best as he could. "Don't worry too much about all that nasty stuff online. After all, you know how the Internet is. When they get tired of spewing out all that nonsense, it will all go back to normal."

Ashley smiled on the other end. "Yeah, I know what you mean. I try not to pay too much attention to that stuff. It's all crazy, and like you said, it should die down, in time."

"Well, it's good that you think so," said Duncan.

"Well, there's one more thing I want to ask you..." Duncan paused.

Ashley answered, "Go ahead. You can ask me."