Cherish After Losing Novel Ashley

Chapter 400

They put the cake in the refrigerator.

When Sam finished showering, his phone rang. It was Chase.

Sam answered.“Daddy?”

“Your grandfather is returning tomorrow afternoon. He’ll pick you up after school for dinner. Tell your mother.”

Chase’s father, Alex Sterling, worked in the government. He was busy and rarely came home. He had rushed back the day Emily fell but left before dawn. Now, with Emily hospitalized, he took two days off to be with her for New Year’s.

Sam said, “Okay, I understand.” He noticed Chase said “pick you up,” not “pick you and your mom up,” meaning Ashley wasn’t included. He asked Ashley, “Mommy, aren’t you coming with me?”

Whenever Alex returned, regardless of whether Chase was present, Emily would invite Ashley and Sam to her place. Sam still remembered that.

Before Ashley could answer, Chase said, “Your mother is busy tomorrow.”

“Okay.”

Sam had speakerphone on; Ashley heard everything. This was the first time she’d heard about Alex’s return. She and Chase were going through a divorce; she had no reason to return to the Sterling residence. Chase clearly thought so too; he’d provided her with an

Chase hung up quickly.

The next day.

Zark and his core technical team arrived at Eternal. Zark had been very cooperative and saved Ashley a lot of trouble, making her more polite towards him. She stopped working to greet him.

It was Chase. He apologized to Ashley before answering it

will be

surprised.”Alex is back?” He asked, “How long is he staying?”

three

She was talking to his team. After they left, Zark asked, “Still working

casually replied,

to the Sterling residence. He said, “Free for dinner?”

shook her head.“No, I have too much work

yet. After seeing Zark off, Ashley rushed upstairs. Watching her go,

ears, Mr. Green.”

to learn natural

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worked for Zark and was his friend. But… he hesitated.“While I’m proficient, I’m not as good as Mr. Reed or Ms. Jones. You might be better to

wasn’t good at AI, but Leo was a renowned expert in natural language processing. Otherwise, Chase wouldn’t have asked him to talk to Leo. Though Leo often praised Ashley, Zark

“Mr. Green?”

“Mr. Reed and Ms. Jones have personal issues

“I see…”

when Zark and Leo arrived. Tanya was

asked Zark, “Bored?”