Dump My Ex, Dive into Love with His Billionaire Uncle-Chapter 162: Visiting the Hughes Family, Informing Them of the Relationship Between the Two

Chapter 162: Chapter 162: Visiting the Hughes Family, Informing Them of the Relationship Between the Two

Bella Woods rested her hand on the railing, looking down at Ashton Marshall dressed in a white shirt and black pants, her backpack slung over his right shoulder and her drawing board in his left hand. It was the simplest clothing, yet the man stood there with a commanding presence.

Many students passed by, unable to help but cast glances at him, yet no one dared to approach or speak to him.

Even though Ashton had an extraordinarily stunning face, the natural barrier he carried made others shy away, a typical aloof flower on a cliff—beautifully dazzling, yet no one dared to easily pick it.

To this day, Bella felt dream-like about the entanglement with Ashton between them. Every morning she woke up, she would feel a moment of disorientation as if everything that had happened was a dream.

How did she become Ashton’s plaything?

And this time, her application to go abroad met with obstacles everywhere, simply because Ashton hadn’t had enough of their game to let her leave, right?

Bella was pretty sure of the answer in her heart.

According to her conversation with Cyan Marshall, she held pleasant expectations and blessings for Bella’s departure and would not secretly stop Bella from going abroad.

Therefore, the only one capable of stopping her would be Ashton.

While engrossed in her thoughts, Ashton suddenly looked up at Bella, their eyes meeting. Ashton raised his eyebrow in puzzlement, while Bella quickly averted her gaze guiltily.

She didn’t know why she felt guilty, clearly, it was Ashton who stopped her from going abroad, yet that look just now felt as though Ashton had exposed some embarrassing secret of hers.

Afraid that Ashton might approach her, Bella quickly adjusted her emotions and walked downstairs as if nothing had happened.

Ashton was still standing there looking at her, seemingly waiting for her to say something.

"The principal wants me to fill in some documents, it’s a bit troublesome. You know how there are always such and such things in university, and I’m from the countryside and admitted as an inspirational story, so there was a lot of trivial documentation," Bella randomly found an excuse to explain the matter.

Ashton didn’t say anything but tidied her slightly messy hair: "Hungry?"

"Hungry," Bella nodded.

"Do you want to go home for a meal, or should I take you out to eat?"

He naturally switched the drawing board to his other hand, freeing a hand to lead Bella out of the school.

Bella was actually a bit reluctant, the school was busy with people coming and going, and Oliver Hughes was also a student at the school, it would be easy to run into Oliver’s classmates.

"Um..." Bella struggled out of Ashton’s hand: "Can we not hold hands?"

"Also, I have to go to the Hughes family for dinner tonight, Aunt Cyan asked me to go," Bella hurriedly added to skip past the issue: "Can you drop me off at the Hughes Family?"

"Or if you’re busy, I could ask Aunt Cyan to send a car over to pick me up?"

"Have you been going to the Hughes Family for dinner a lot lately?" Ashton asked.

"Mm, because the issue between Oliver and me didn’t look good, Aunt Cyan has always been fond of me, so she wants me to dine at the Hughes Family often to prevent us from growing distant."

Bella had prepared her words long ago and lied quite naturally.

Ashton didn’t respond to Bella’s words, and Bella took the chance to see no one around, quickly stepped forward to hug Ashton’s arm.

"Uncle, is it okay? I just want to have more dinners with Aunt Cyan these days. We have plenty of time ahead, and I can cook many meals for you in the future. But this period is a bit sensitive. Aunt Cyan just wants to comfort my emotions, afraid that we might grow distant, so I cherish her affection for me too much, I..."

"No need to act so coy, I never said you couldn’t go." Ashton said blandly, pulling Bella’s hands off his arm.

He added, "Weren’t you afraid of being seen at school?"

This question left Bella speechless, so many lies already made her feel guilty, and now she felt a sense of shame of being seen through.

She could only lower her eyes, unsure of how to respond.

All these details in her behavior were seen by Ashton.

Ashton was not only older than Bella by age but also in experience and insight, to Ashton, Bella was just a child.

Adults see through children, nothing they couldn’t pierce through.

"Very well," Ashton said, "I haven’t seen my sister for a long time either, just right, let’s go together and have dinner."

Bella raised her head sharply, but Ashton was already walking towards the school exit.

Bella reacted after a while and quickly caught up: "You’re going to the Hughes Family for dinner with me?"

"Is there a problem?" Ashton asked calmly, walking towards the front.

Bella followed him closely, asking anxiously, "But, but we can’t go to the Hughes Family together. What if Aunt Cyan asks, and we, we..."

"Just say, our Miss Bella Woods spent over a million to feed me for a year. She’ll bring me to the Hughes Family for dinner tonight, or I won’t have any food." Ashton glanced at Bella.

The words were ridiculous, but he said them with a seriousness that made Bella break into a cold sweat.

"That won’t do. Wouldn’t that be telling Aunt Cyan and Uncle Hughes directly about our relationship?" Bella hurriedly said: "No, I’m not going."

She turned to leave, but Ashton lifted her collar and led her out straight.

Bella had no ability to fight back.

The driver drove the car up to Ashton, got out, and opened the rear car door for Ashton: "Third Young Master, Miss Little Bella."

Ashton nudged Bella into the car. Bella was not very willing, struggling at last: "I’m not having dinner at the Hughes Family."

"Didn’t you say it was a special few days, necessary to dine there to prevent growing distant?"

Ashton mercilessly pushed Bella into the car, then sat beside her in the car.

The driver carefully closed the car door, and when he sat in the driver’s seat, Ashton ordered: "To the Hughes Family."

"No, let’s go to Cascade Court, Cascade Court is fine too." Bella hurriedly said.

The driver glanced at Ashton in the rearview mirror, receiving Ashton’s nod, and continued driving, also activating the privacy screen to separate the front from the back of the car.

"So we have to really go to the Hughes Family?" Bella lost all hope.

Ashton remained expressionless, reminding her: "You said you’d have dinner at the Hughes Family, I’m accompanying you, what’s the issue?"

"We can’t go together like this," Bella didn’t care what was or was not appropriate to say, exposing all: "We’re inherently an unseen relationship, and can’t let the Hughes family know, especially not Aunt Cyan or Uncle Hughes.

Now you’re openly taking me to dinner at the Hughes Family, isn’t that just telling Aunt Cyan and Uncle Hughes directly about our matter?"

"You guessed right, that’s exactly the effect I want," Ashton’s lips curled into a grin.

Bella: ...