Chapter 577 Ulterior Motive

"You better not make it a habit to go out so late. I mean, you know what I mean. It's not safe." Even if Tony wasn't too friendly, he felt that he had to remind Ashley about these things.

Ashley nodded. She understood what Tony was saying, but she couldn't help but ask, "What about the police here? I mean, won't they do anything about it?" Tony shrugged his shoulders. "Well..."

Tony didn't know how to put it to Ashley. He didn't want to worry her, but the police here were not so competent. It was an unpleasant reality, and Tony just didn't have the nerve to tell her as much.

"Look, it's getting late. You'd better go to bed and rest," Tony said.

"All right." Tony was actually relieved that Ashley agreed to his proposal to turn in for the night.

When Tony returned to their apartment, it was rather late. Selma was waiting for him at the front door, and she was very worried. "Where the hell have you been? Why are you home just now? Are you aware of how late it is?" Selma asked.

Tony nodded. "Yeah, I'm sorry. I just had to do some extra studying with my classmates. It won't happen again. Sorry.

By the way, here. This is your phone. I left in a hurry just now and took it by accident."

Tony handed the phone to Selma.

She was still frowning when she took it. "That was a lot of studying." Salma was still suspicious about where Tony went, and what he really did, but it was late, and she wasn't in the mood to question him. It could wait. "Well, whatever. Go to bed already! And don't do that again!" Selma said.

"Okay," replied Tony.

Before handing Salma her phone, Tony managed to delete all of Ashley's messages. Her secret was safe.

Ashley was already back in her apartment. She lay on the bed, but still couldn't get some sleep. Her mind returned to what happened earlier. It really shook her up.

She was surrounded by people when it happened, but no one helped her. No one spok

urned up with nothing.

Ashley sat on the edge of her bed. She just didn't know what to do anymore.

That was when the doorbell rang. Ashley slowly got up to the door.

When Ashley opened the door, she found Tony standing in front of her.

"Tony! What are you doing here? "What's up?"

Ashley did her best to hide her stress from Tony. Tony himself seemed to be struggling for words. It was as if he wanted to say something, but couldn't.

Tony himself did not understand why he was back here with Ashley. He had never behaved like this before.

Finally, Tony managed to speak. "I just decided to check up on you. I mean, after what happened yesterday, you really looked all shook up. I can't blame you, of course. It was a terrible thing that happened yesterday. Are you feeling better?"

Ashley forced a smile on her face. "Yeah, yeah. I'm feeling better. Thank you."

'Yeah, right. You're not feeling better, ' Tony thought. He could see that Ashley was just putting up a brave front. It was clear that she was still very affected. "Can I come in?"

Even Tony himself was surprised by the words that came out of his mouth. He didn't understand why he was showing so much attention to Ashley. The door remained open, and they stood there silently for a few moments.