"Mr. Ashton, you don’t have to apologize to me." Aria Rowlett felt like she needed to clarify some things, "I’ve said it before, I willingly went with you that night, you didn’t force me. Since it was consensual, you have nothing to be sorry for."
"I’ve already seen Mr. Ashton’s sincerity. If you really feel like you owe me something and want to compensate me to feel better about it, I’ll think about it when I go back."
"But for now, I really haven’t thought about what I might need."
Aria now understood why Ashton Heath wanted to see her.
He’s a man with a strong sense of responsibility and some traditional thinking.
He believes that he took her first time, that she lost something, so he wants to make up for it.
In his mind, even though she was willing, she was still the woman who lost something in that situation.
After understanding his thoughts, she did not refuse his so-called compensation any longer.
Since he wants to compensate her , let him do it.
She nodded, and the matter seemed settled.
As expected, when she agreed, a smile appeared on Brandon Heath’s face: "All right, Ms. Aria will take her time to think about it, and you can contact me whenever you are ready."
He said this while taking out his mobile phone.
After a short while, Aria heard her mobile phone ring.
She took it out and saw a strange number on display.
The phone rang twice before hanging up.
Brandon looked at her and said, "Ms. Aria, this is my personal mobile number. I might be a bit busy in the next few days, so if you call me and I don’t pick up right away, I hope you won’t mind. When I become available, I’ll call you back."
When Aria heard that it was his personal number, her heartbeat suddenly sped up a couple of beats.
She looked into the man’s deep, ink-black eyes, trying to ignore her overly strong and fast heartbeat, and calmly replied, "Okay, I got it."
She knew how busy Brandon could be.
It could be said that everyone in Australand knew he was a very busy man.
It was tough for Aria to imagine what it would be like when a man like Brandon had a girlfriend and was dating.
Did he have time for a relationship?
"Anyway, even if I don’t answer your call at that time, as soon as I see that you called, I will definitely reply."
"Ms. Aria, I apologize once again for that night’s incident."
Aria felt a bit helpless: "Mr. Ashton, didn’t I already say that you haven’t wronged me? I hope you won’t keep apologizing to me, okay?"
"All right." Brandon Heath smiled, "I won’t say it anymore. We won’t discuss this topic again in the future."
After saying that, he looked at his wristwatch, hesitated for a moment, and asked Aria with some hesitation: "Ms. Aria, would you like to stay and have dinner together?"
Just then, Ria came over, smiled at Aria, and respectfully said to Brandon: "Mr. Brandon, dinner is ready. Shall we eat now?"
Brandon Heath inquired gently about Aria’s opinion: "Ms. Aria, would you like to join us?"
"Ms. Aria, why don’t you have dinner and then leave?" Before Aria could answer, Ria came over, warmly took her hand, and said, "We rarely have guests here, and we’ve been hoping for you to come for so long. You can’t just leave ."