At the moment Ashton Marshall discovered Bella Woods was Oliver Hughes' fiancée, he decisively ended things with her.
He only regarded their previous entanglement as a misunderstanding.
He truly didn't intend to compete with Oliver Hughes for anyone.
However, at Paradise World, after learning Bella Woods' story of growing up and witnessing Oliver Hughes and others humiliate her entirely, Ashton Marshall was moved.
Perhaps it was one of his few moments of compassion, or perhaps it was premeditated.
But regardless of which, Ashton Marshall did not want Bella Woods, a hardworking and intelligent girl, to be trapped in the cage of being unloved and constantly neglected, unable to breathe.
Being unloved was like iron chains, binding her wings, making the girl who should have soared lose the ability to fly.
He wasn't a savior, nor was he kind-hearted; he just couldn't bear to see such a girl get hurt.
He wanted to keep her by his side.
