Dump My Ex, Dive into Love with His Billionaire Uncle-Chapter 44 - Not a Pitiful Puppy But the Best Little
Chapter 44: Chapter 44: Not a Pitiful Puppy, But the Best Little Bella
Chapter 44 -44: Not a Pitiful Puppy, But the Best Little Bella
Ashton Marshall admitted that when this child asked him in such broken words whether she was truly so awful that everyone ended up not loving her, his heart felt as if it was cut by something sharp.
It wasn’t very painful, just like his skin had been split open, with a sharp sensation hitting him over and over again.
“Bella Woods,” he suddenly called her by name, “When a person is desperately searching for someone to love her in this world, it’s a very pitiful thing.”
“Am I pitiful?” Bella Woods asked in a daze.
“Yes, like an abandoned puppy.”
She felt even less than an abandoned puppy.
Bella Woods lowered her eyes in disappointment, slowly letting go of her grip on Ashton Marshall’s collar.
The man suddenly sat up, pulling Bella Woods into his arms tightly, leaving her momentarily stunned.
His embrace was very tight.
So tight that Bella Woods felt as if he wanted to merge her into his body.
They had, in fact, embraced countless times, in both tight and close ways.
But never had it been like this time—perfectly seamless.
The man’s lips fell near her ear, his tongue tracing the outline of her ear.
Such an obviously sensual act, yet for the first time, it didn’t stir any sexual feelings in Bella Woods.
He said, “When a precious pearl is covered in dust, it’s exactly the best opportunity to filter out those who can’t recognize its worth.”
Wasn’t she an abandoned puppy?
How did she suddenly become a precious pearl covered in dust?
Bella Woods didn’t even have time to ask before the man’s firm voice sounded again in her ear, “They don’t want this pearl, but I do.”
They don’t want you; I want you.
They don’t love you; I love you.
Bella Woods instinctively broke free from Ashton Marshall’s embrace, blinking in surprise while looking at him, her heart flooded with emotions, burning and surging, yet stuck in her throat, unable to utter a sound.
Finally, the little pearl’s mouth pouted, her eyes moist and dewy, aggrievedly staring at him.
Ashton Marshall gave a slight chuckle, pulling Bella Woods back into his embrace, gently stroking the back of her head repeatedly.
“Our Little Bella is not an abandoned, aggrieved puppy; our Little Bella is the most beautiful little pearl.”
“Don’t call me that…” Unable to handle it.
“In the future, our Little Bella will become the best illustrator, game designer, or an artist. Whatever our Little Bella wants to be, she will become.
The future our Little Bella desires is also right ahead.”
The tears in the corner of her eyes eventually couldn’t be restrained, flowing out in torrents.
One by one, they were as big and sparkling as pearls.
“Our Little Bella, the most amazing, the best.”
The man, with a tone unlike his usual lazy demeanor, softly and earnestly called her Little Bella over and over.
Everyone else called her Bella.
Everyone else said she was a strong gardenia.
Only him.
Only him, called her Little Bella, the Bella of Little Wishes, the Bella of Heart’s Desires, the Bella of Freely.
Bella Woods took deep breaths repeatedly, secretly wiping her tears on Ashton Marshall’s shirt.
The clean-freak Third Young Master Marshall: …
Indeed, a child.
Still a little mess-maker.
Ashton Marshall casually grabbed a tissue from the bedside table and pulled Bella Woods out of his embrace.
The young girl cried so plaintively, her eyes and nose turning red, and with her tears roughly rubbed on him, her already sensitive skin became irritated and red.
Ashton Marshall gently wiped her face with great care, finally sticking a tissue to her nose: “Hmm?”
Bella Woods knew he wanted to help her blow her nose, glancing up a bit bewildered, but under the man’s gaze, Bella Woods lowered her eyes and huffed with some effort.
Crying so hard, snot came out in handfuls.
But the man wasn’t disgusted as he helped her wipe it clean, using a wet tissue to clean her face until it was spotless, revealing her youthful, tender skin unique to an eighteen-year-old, to his satisfaction.
“I’ve confirmed one thing,” Bella Woods suddenly said.
“Hmm?” Ashton Marshall looked at her.
“You definitely can’t be the Third Young Master Marshall,” Bella Woods said with utmost seriousness.
Ashton Marshall raised an eyebrow: “Hmm?”
“Someone as proud as the Third Young Master Marshall wouldn’t bow his head for someone like me.”
Nor would he waste his time on someone like her.
Not to mention, doing something like helping her wipe her face and blow her nose is even less in line with what such a person would do.
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Even if the Third Young Master Marshall were utterly bored, he wouldn’t use someone like her as a toy.
Ashton Marshall picked up on the self-deprecation in Bella Woods’ words, his brows furrowing: “Little Bella.”
“Uncle, can you stay with me, please?” Bella Woods asked him sincerely.
Just for a year.
Someone like her also wants a bit of warm companionship, even if it’s for a year filled with financial transactions.
But she truly needed his embrace.
So warm.
When the whole world didn’t want her, he wanted her.
“I will stay with you.”
Ashton Marshall knew that at this moment, all Bella Woods needed was this answer.
Bella Woods smiled happily, giving him a loud peck on the cheek: “Thank you, Uncle, you’re the best.”
For changing from ‘handsome dude, handsome uncle’ to just Uncle, Ashton Marshall found it amusing but didn’t have the heart to argue with this child.
“Then, Uncle has to help me think of a solution,” Bella Woods said.
“Causing such a fuss, waiting for me here?”
“I didn’t cause a fuss,” Bella Woods said dejectedly, “I’m not that scheming…”
“Just teasing you,” Ashton Marshall took back his words, “What happened?”
“Forget it, I can handle it myself.”
Bella Woods changed her mind.
She didn’t want him to think she was deliberately seeking pity.
“You spent a million on me, I need to keep you company, unconditionally solving any trouble for you,” Ashton Marshall lifted Bella Woods’ chin, “So, what happened?”
Bella Woods looked at him, and after a long while, she said, “It seems like Oliver Hughes found out about me supporting you.”
“And then?”
“He probably plans to embarrass me at the engagement party and thoroughly resolve the betrothal tied between me and him.”
The engagement between Bella Woods and Oliver Hughes was orchestrated by Cyan Marshall.
Due to Cyan Marshall’s insistence and Daniel Hughes’ support, it had no effect even if Old Master Hughes and the Hughes Family elders strongly opposed.
The family dinner incident also made Oliver Hughes realize that Cyan Marshall and Daniel Hughes support Bella Woods, so he planned to tear faces at the engagement party.
“Only when I lose all face in public, Aunt Cyan won’t be able to support me becoming Oliver Hughes’ fiancée anymore.”
“Does there have to be an engagement?” Ashton Marshall suddenly asked.
Bella Woods looked at him sincerely, “Yes.”
Only after the engagement ends, the relationship between the Hughes and Woods families can be fully tied, allowing the Woods Family to legitimately receive the Hughes Family’s protection in the business world, even elevating further.
According to Ron Woods’ ambition, he planned to use this to step into the second tier of aristocratic families in Peace City.
Only then can Bella Woods obtain documentation, unhindered in pursuing foreign exchange student opportunities, and openly head towards her future.
She wants such a clear and bright future, so the engagement party must not end in disgrace.
But now, it’s a bit tricky.
“But there is a way to handle it,” Ashton Marshall suddenly said.
The originally dim eyes of Bella Woods immediately brightened: “What way?”
