My Ex-husband Begs Me Back
Chapter 761: Probe

"Misleading is only temporary. What I want is to create a rift betweenAustin and Preston. We can't let everyone work with Preston andsilently strengthen his power, right?" Ayan knew that he wouldeventually have to fight Preston, but he didn't know how.

Suddenly, he thought of something and immediately instructed Kian,"All of the company's projects must be carefully inspected for anyviolations. You personally need to follow up on this."

Kian nodded, "Don’t worry. We've always been very careful about this.""Just being careful isn't enough. You need to be extra cautious andensure that there are no such situations,” Ayan said.

“I understand,” Kian replied.

Ayan looked out the window with a cold expression before suddenlyasking, "I'm going to visit the prison tomorrow. Make sure everything isprepared in advance."

"Okay, I got it," Kian said.

Kian drove Ayan back to Maple Leaves Mansion before leaving himselfafter receiving a reminder from Ayan about being watched by Austin'speople since they were both in Hance City now.

Ayan was right; someone was watching him although not too closelyyet as there were people stationed outside his apartment building allday long. To avoid any mishaps caused by himself or others’ mistakesdue to these circumstances made him worried so Kian packed someclothes and checked into Simpson Group's hotel while reporting thisnews back to Ayan who was having dinner with Camille at the time.Camille had ordered takeout food for them both which she foundamusing when she noticed that Mr. Simpson hadn't eaten much yetdespite it being late already: "You haven't eaten yet?"

"I did eat but I'm not full,” replied Ayan defensively when Camille teasedhim about it: "How come Mr. Simpson can't even afford a proper mealnow?"

"Are you making fun of me?!" asked an indignant-sounding Simpsonwho then added jokingly: "So you want me go throw out the trashlater?" referring specifically towards their takeout leftovers whichneeded discarding soon anyway.

Camille laughed at his reaction before teasing him further: “You onlyate two bites! How could you complain? It's unfair!"

“I don't care, you already ate it, so you have to do something.”

"So bossy?" His handsome face was full of laughter as his deep eyesstared straight at Camille. He then reached out and gently pinched hercheek, speaking softly. “I've been pursuing you for so long now. Is thereanything you want to say to me?"

He suddenly became serious, causing Camille to be momentarilystunned.

Camille lightly pursed her lips and stared at him somewhat dazedly."What's wrong? Is it hard to answer?" he asked.

She lightly bit her lip and replied in a soft voice, "You pursued me?"

It wasn't any different from usual - he was just more clingy than beforeand treated her better. Was that considered pursuing? The word“Camille’ left Ayan speechless.

He furrowed his brows slightly and asked uncertainly, “So you haven'tfelt my pursuit of you recently?"

Camille wanted to laugh but tried hard not to show it. She quicklyresponded with uncertainty in her voice: "It's not like that exactly... Ijust...”

She didn't know how else she could explain herself; no matter what shesaid would probably be unsatisfactory since this man was too sensitive.If she answered incorrectly again, he would probably draw a heavy lineon their relationship in his mind once more.

Ayan relentlessly pressed on with questions: "Just what is it then?Hmm?"

Camille lowered her gaze unable to meet his eyes directly anymore;she regretted answering the way she did earlier because if not for thatthey wouldn't be having this conversation right now.

After hesitating for half a minute or so, Camille finally stuttered out: “I'mnot saying I haven't felt anything at all... It's just that the feeling isn'tvery obvious because I'm also unsure about what true pursuit reallyentails... So maybe I lack experience? Could you tell me about itinstead?"

His eyes narrowed slightly as they took on a dangerous glint.

In an instant Camille shut up completely.

The two of them looked at each other silently as the atmosphere grewquiet around them.

After almost half a minute passed by Ayan put down his utensils; thefood in front of him had lost its taste already.

Thinking he might be upset now Camilla prepared herself mentallybefore opening up again hoping things could get better between themsoon but instead heard him speak with low tone voice filled withapologies: "I'm sorry for not making your feel pursued enough by me...Starting tomorrow let's start over again shall we?"

Ayan meant every word seriously which made him seem scary ratherthan reassuring since these were actual actions being taken rather thanempty promises spoken aloud only without any follow throughs

His pursuit was to send and pick her up in the morning and evening,have lunch together when they had time, even if he was busy, he wouldmake sure someone delivered lunch to her. He knew Camille didn't likeflowers, so he replaced them with fruits and other ways to show hispursuit of her.

But that's all a story for later.

The two of them did not have any rifts because of this incident. On thecontrary, Ayan told Camille: "If you think there is anything I'm doingwrong, just tell me directly. If you don't say it, I won't know. Okay?"Camille blinked lightly and nodded in agreement.

They continued eating their meal. After finishing their food, Ayancleaned up the trash and left with it.

Camille was actually a little uneasy about it all. After almost an hourhad passed she sent him a message asking: "You're not really angryare you?"

Ayan replied almost instantly saying: “Nope! Don't overthink things.""That's good then."

Only then did Camille feel at ease again.

Their current relationship status is actually quite simple and down-to-earth; there isn't much superficiality between them - only ordinarycompanionship towards each other.

That night passed without dreams; the next morning Ayan personallydrove Camille to work at the museum as promised - showing her hispursuit for her.

After dropping off Camille at the museum he drove off to meet Kian attheir company office.

Ayan cancelled all his morning appointments today as he mainly wentover to see Elijah on prison grounds.

Kian had already arranged everything last night; with Simpson Groupbacking him up as well as being such an influential figure in Hance Citymade everything easy-peasy regardless of whether it was black orwhite operations involved.

To avoid Preston from noticing anything suspicious Kian took a detourbefore arriving at the prison gates.

Elijah had already been escorted by guards into one of their meetingrooms where upon seeing Ayan recognized him immediately but lookedaway shyly due to feeling weak after being locked up for so long.

Ayan sat down on one of chairs across from Elijah before gettingstraight into business by asking: "Sean is your son right?"

Although phrased like a question what came out from his mouthsounded more like stating facts instead which caused Elijah'sexpression turn grave while waves churned within his eyes akin to calmseas suddenly turning stormy unable settle down even after some timehas passed since its occurrence .

With Elijah’s reaction along with Sean's response that day confirmedeverything for Ayan regarding their relationship status .

Ayan's face was cold and indifferent, his handsome features showing ahint of aloofness. He spoke in a calm tone, “What is your relationshipwith Preston?"

Elijah remained silent, not responding in any way.

Ayan continued, "Actually, it doesn't matter to me if you don't answerbecause I can get the answer from Sean just as easily."

"Sean is with you?" Elijah finally gave in because as a father hecouldn't ignore his child's whereabouts.

Ayan's face remained cold and unresponsive. He didn't directly answerElijah's question but instead Elijah himself immediately denied Ayan'sstatement. He said, "That's impossible! Sean can't be with you! Are youtrying to test me on purpose?"

Ayan chuckled lightly. “Do you think I'm so bored that I would come tothe prison just to test this question on you?"