Torn Between Love and Hate

Chapter 136

Chapter 136 Accusing Ashton of Domestic Violence & Imprisonment

Deborah was aware of the filming.

She noticed when headed upstairs, that not only Joseph, but Rebecca also followed her up.

Rebecca wanted to be with Ashton, unclear whether it was because she liked him, or something else.

Deborah took notice yesterday when Ashton forcibly took her away from the ward, with Rebecca

looking on excitedly

from outside.

And Deborah knew Rebecca, the granddaughter of the Moxley family, for a long time.

She panicked in the ward yesterday and did not recognize her, but then she quickly remembered.

What would Rebecca do if she saw Deborah making out with Joseph?

Undoubtedly, she would make sure everyone knew about it, even if it was the last thing she would do.

Deborah’s arm flung around Joseph’s neck. She closed her eyes and kissed all over his face.

Joseph finally couldn’t hold it anymore. He took her hands and pressed her wrists onto the wall.

He got close to her and pressed her against the wall. Then he bent over and bit her firmly.

Deborah shuddered as her lips met with his teeth.

Rebecca was so excited she could pass out; she didn’t stop at taking pictures from her phone camera.

The party was on downstairs. And everyone from Richmond’s upper class was here.

Ashton suddenly went out of his way to throw such a big birthday party. It wasn’t hard to figure out that

he was announcing the return of his wife.

His precious wife kissing other men at a place like this.

Rebecca felt like she just hit the jackpot. She turned on her phone projector and projected what she

filmed on the phone to the projector downstairs in the living room.

The soft musical images on the living room screen instantly switched to Deborah and Joseph kissing.

Ashton didn’t notice at first and was talking delightfully to some men in suits. “That’s right; I brought my

wife over.

“It makes me overjoyed to find her after three years. I’ll bring her up the stage and share this good

news with

everyone and all media present soon.”

He made preparations, and everyone present was either top players in the business or several media

reporters of

Richmond.

Several of them had already got the message and prepared their filming equipment as they came in,

ready to receive the scoop firsthand.

When news got out, Ashton would announce that he had found his wife, Deborah.

After this, all contact between Deborah and Joseph would be considered immoral in the public’s eyes.

“Congrats to you,” said several men to Ashton in adulation.

Ashton was in a good mood today. He tried to say something. But then he found the living room fell into

a weird

silence.

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The men he just talked to suddenly changed their faces and looked behind him.

And then their adulation quickly turned into sympathy.

Ashton felt weird and turned to look. But then the men hurriedly spoke.

“I’ll just sit over there. Carry on, Mr. Mullen.”

“I’ll sit over there too.”

“I’ll grab some drinks.”

They hurriedly spoke and bolted.

Ashton turned around and saw a couple kissing fiercely on the big screen on the wall behind him.

He was slow to react momentarily and thought he saw it wrong.

Was somebody playing tricks on him, or did he accidentally switch the channel to a TV drama?

Ashton’s mind went blank momentarily, and he did not recover himself.

The silence in the living room quickly turned into hisses and gossip.

Ashton froze still for a while before finally coming to his senses.

It was no TV drama. That was Deborah and Joseph up on the screen!

He then looked towards the corner of the living room where Deborah sat silently, now nowhere to be

found.

The reporters were also dumbstruck.

This was big. If words got out, it would trend fast on all social media.

But no reporter dared to get the news out.

However, others did dare.

Most of the guests present were businessmen, who were, most of them, cunning and deceitful.

In plain sight, they were all friends, but they were steadily at each other’s throats, and many of them

wanted the others out of the game.

Plus, if this gets out, it’ll be the Black family on one side and the Mullen family on the other.

The two families taking it out on each other would have damage on both sides, and the others would

benefit from it.

It was chaos in the living room. Someone soon recorded the big screen and posted the video

anonymously online.

And the network was instantly stirred up. The anonymous video quickly trended.

Hector tried to stop this, but there was nothing for him to stop.

It was a riot online. The wife of the Mullen group CEO, making out with the former CEO of the Black

group. What the hell is going on?

Ashton went upstairs with a darkened face. As he turned around the corridor, he saw Deborah still

holding on to Joseph’s neck, kissing fiercely.

And there was Rebecca filming on the side with her phone and projecting it live on the big screen

downstairs.

Ashton strode forward and took away Rebecca’s phone from behind. Then he walked directly to

Deborah and pulled

her away from Joseph’s arms.

Rebecca’s phone was taken away, and her fun was spoiled; she protested angrily. “What was that for?

Can’t a girl have some fun filming some kissing?”

Ashton would gladly grab and throw her out the window had she not been from the Moxley family.

Ashton grabbed Deborah’s arm and headed back downstairs.

He was about to bust a cap. “Well done, you! From here on out, Deborah, don’t ever dream about me

taking you out again. As for Joseph, I will sue him and throw his ass in jail in no time!”

Deborah allowed him to yank her around. She did not struggle and followed him downstairs.

“Oh, yeah?” She smiled. “No need for you to press charges, Ashton Mullen. I’ve already called the

police. They’d be here soon.”

Ashton stopped in his tracks and looked back at her in disbelief. “What?”

At that moment, police arrived downstairs, showing their badges, and they entered the living room.

The police that arrived knew the Mullen family quite well and felt uneasy talking the call here.

“The Richmond Police Station received a call from a Ms. Deborah Shepherd…’ Text © owned by NôvelDrama.Org.

Ashton was stunned momentarily and didn’t realize when did he let go of Deborah’s hand.

Deborah rushed downstairs and answered in front of everyone. “I’m Deborah Shepherd, and I called

the police.”

All the guests present were astonished.

The big screen was just showing how Deborah cheated and kissed Joseph upstairs.

And now it felt like she was shifting the blame and bringing the police over to sue her victim?

Ashton couldn’t stand it anymore. “Deborah, what the hell are you playing at? Is this the birthday

surprise you were planning for me last night?”

Deborah looked at him with a smile. “Of course. Enjoying the big surprise?”

Then she stated to the police before Ashton could have a chance to reply. “I called you here to accuse

Ashton Mullen of his domestic violence three years ago, and then, three years later, he attempts to

imprison me.”

Shocks and hisses rang among the guests. Quite a few people were gloating.

With so many eyes watching, Ashton suppressed his anger and embarrassment, and tried to explain

calmly to the police.

“My apologies for the misunderstanding. My wife suffered amnesia from an injury three years ago and

was abducted. Now I finally found her three years later. She might be a little deluded.”

Deborah looked at him in astonishment. “Amnesia? Deluded? How come I don’t get a word you’re

saying?”