Ashley cleared her throat distracting Anderson from looking into her eyes. He slowly let go of her.
"Then lemme walk you down stairs_" He suggested. "Because you're not stable to walk alone, " He added.
Ashley just nodded then hooked her arm with his. Meanwhile downstairs C and Scott had waited for her for so long. Claire had tried calling her but she wasn't picking it up. Since they were running late, they had to leave. They finally arrived, and found the crowd had reduced, maybe they went home, she thought to herself.
"Did you come alone Ash? " He asked her.
"Yeah, but I was hanging out with my best friends who had invited me, " Ashley explained, as she traced her friends with her eyes. "Me to, but i guess they have left already, so I'm going to have to go home alone, " Anderson state. Ashley then took out her phone, and noticed ten missed calls from Claire, then a voice mail saying [𝙷𝚎𝚢 𝚐𝚒𝚛𝚕 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚗 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚘𝚖 𝚜𝚘 𝚠𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚏𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑, 𝚜𝚘 𝚠𝚎 𝚕𝚎𝚏𝚝, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚒𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕, 𝚡𝚘𝚡𝚘].
She just sighed. "It seems like they left to, " She state then looked up at him.
"I have a car, I can take you home, " He proposed.
"No it's alright I can get a taxi,"She declined.
"But it was nice meeting you Mr. Whitecross," She said.
"My pleasure Ash-ley, "
She chuckled, then started walking away.
"Where are you going? " Anderson asked.
"Um to the exit, " She replied innocently.
"The exit is on your right, not left, " He corrected her, then walked to her.
"Where?" She asked still searching. He turned her by the chin then pointed to the neon lights showing the exit point. "There Ash, " He said letting go, then fixed his eyes at her beautiful amber eyes.
"Oh yeah I see it_you touched me, " She state.
Anderson was puzzled to why he did that. "I am sorry if have upset you, " He state.
"No I am cool, I am used to it anyway, " She said. "Bye Mr. Whitecross, " She said then walked away.
"Bye, " He replied and watched her until she disappeared into the door. When he arrived at his v8, he sat at the driver seat, took off his coat and placed it on the passenger seat. He then placed his head on the headrest and he just kept thinking about Ashley. He then pushed those thoughts away, then stared at his wrist watch, it was already past midnight. He then turned the smart key and started the engine. He drove out of the parking loft and hit the road to his way to the Whitecross Masionnate. At that time Ashley was still walking and trying to stop vehicles to get her home. She was still drunk, but strong enough to walk to the bus stop. After walking for a while, she saw a gang of men standing near the bus stop. She just assumed them, then stood away from them. Then one of them moved close to her.
"Hey pretty girl why stand here alone, " He state.
"Does it bother you that much? " She asked feeling irritated.
"Yeah, it does, it's cold and if you're with us we can keep you warm beautiful," He state looking at her Lustfully.
She just scoffed. "Come on we can have fun, " He insisted then grabbed her arm and pulled her.
"Hey let go of me you idiot! " She exclaimed.
He ignored her and continued pulling. Then another guy pulled her other hand, then another one stood behind her sniffing her neck. She was so angry, good thing she has being training at the gym, on how to defend herself in situations like this.
She hit the one who was behind her by the head, he started bleeding so he let go of her. The one who was holding her right hand, she kicked him with her knee at his groin, making him to scream then he and let go. She then quickly threw a right hook at the one who was holding her other hand, and he also let go. She quickly ran away from them,then the one who got punched grabbed her hand.
"You're not going anywhere pretty, " He said then tried to take advantage of her. At that time Anderson was driving at that direction. He was checking on something on his phone, he wasn't strict on the road, since there was no cars around.
As Ashley and the stranger were still struggling, the car was just moving hurriedly at them. Ashley finally pushed him away and she was left on the road. Then she saw the lights of the vehicle, she couldn't move far. Anderson then looked up and saw her in front of the car and he was about to hit. He placed his phone aside, and quickly hit the brakes. Ashley was scared that she fell and hurt her left knee.
Anderson quickly got off the car and ran to her. The men quickly ran away, but not knowing that Anderson's camera inside the side mirror recorded their faces.
"Oh my God! Ash are you alright? " He asked then stared at her bleeding knee.
"Yeah I'm fi_, " She tried to say, but she puked on the road. Anderson quickly got out his clean white handkerchief and gave it to her to wipe her mouth, when she was done, he then helped her up.
"You're bleeding, lemme help you up, " He offered. He held he waist while her other hand around his neck. He walked her to the passenger seat, he carefully placed her on the seat after opening the door for her. Once she was in, he closed the door then beaded to the driver's seat.
"I'm sorry Ash, I didn't mean to hurt you, "