Chapter 618 Disappointed

Chloe gently held Ashley close to her to keep her from getting hurt as they went for a walk around the block.

Ashley's face softened with the warmth and affection, delighted by Chloe's withdrawal from her usual uncaring self.

In all honesty, she didn't expect Chloe to be so kind to her.

Later that evening, Ashley told Chloe to go back home because she didn't want her to experience the discomfort of a hospital bed. After all, that was the only bed Chloe would have to lie on if she stayed.

Ashley didn't mean to be impolite, her only concern was making sure that she wasn't inconveniencing Chloe.

"I am not going anywhere, so you'd better get used to that! I said I would be here with you, didn't I? And you can't possibly do everything by yourself, not in this condition. Stop trying to get rid of me, okay? I'm not here for you. I'm here for the baby," explained Chloe.

Ashley sighed, staring at Chloe helplessly as she couldn't find a suitable argument to refute her.

In the end, she had no choice but to compromise.

Time at the hospital passed by ever so slowly and after a while it started to feel like an eternity. Chloe's only escape from boredom was her cellphone, reading and browsing through blogs. With one hand propping her head, Chloe looked at Ashley and complained, "Ashley, don't you feel bored?"

Ashely, however, was lying comfortably in bed, fully engrossed in a design book she was reading.

Chloe would have been pulling her own hair out if she were in Ashley's shoes.

Ashley simply raised her head from the book and said, "No, I'm not. What's up?"

"I'm so bored! I hate these boring games on my phone. Can you talk to me?"

In truth, Ashley wasn't feeling bored at all. Since electromagnetic fields could be harmful to unborn babies she deliberately tried to stay away from electronic devices. Ashley had her books and she was quite content with them.

Given the circumstances, Ashley felt that reading would be the best way to make use of her time.

But eventually, Ashley closed the book and looked at Chloe. "Okay. What do you want to talk about?"

"Let's continue to talk about starting a b

xt shocked her to her core.

A group of children, aged about six or seven, were all standing around a boy with something in their hands. Some of them had stones, some had vegetables, while the others grabbed whatever they could find. They were shouting at the helpless boy, hurling what they had in their hands at him.

Without wasting another second, Ashley jumped in to save the boy and yelled, "Stop!"

Ashley's loud voice, dripping with anger and intimidation, frightened the children at once.

She approached them slowly, menacingly eyeing them one by one.

It was hard to make out the boy's identity by his appearance and the only thing Ashley could tell was that he was wearing a thin shirt and a pair of ragged trousers.

Winter was fast approaching and while everyone was covered in warm clothes, wrapped up like a ball, the poor boy's condition made Ashley feel sad.

"What are you doing?" Ashley asked.

The kids standing around looked at each other in silence, not knowing how to react. Perhaps it was because this was the first time someone had tried to stop them from ganging up on someone.

One of older boys opened his mouth and said, "We are punishing him! Why do you care? What do you want?"

"Oh," Ashley replied, as she walked past them, clearly not in the mood to care about their business.

Having lived here for some time, Ashley already had a good understanding of the rules of this society.