Chapter 732

“I'll not disturb you guys then. I'll go check on Asel.”

Timothy knew the best resort for him was to leave, or else he might start insulting Hector, and Johanna might come to his defense.

Hector's gaze followed Timothy as the latter walked out of the greenhouse. When he was gone, Hector gave a wry chuckle. “When I heard he was your ex-husband, I thought I could ask you out for dinner tonight and ask if you could give me a chance...”

However, he was not expecting Johanna's ex-husband to be more handsome and richer than he was.

“Is there still a possibility for us?” he asked.

“Well, there are limitless opportunities for our work partnership, but getting together? I don't think so.” Johanna drew a clear-cut boundary between them.

“Is it because he's wealthier?” he inquired, still refusing to give up.

“Hector, I rake in more than a hundred million annually from Renamarc. Even if I lead a lavish life, it's more than enough,” she answered with a smile. “You don't know Timothy. He gets jealous easily, and when he does, he can be really nasty. He would make sure other guys know who they are dealing with if they get too close to me.”

their interaction from before. “I guess I should

he asked again, “Do

not answer right away. She tidied up the design drafts and put them all in a file. “Well, I didn't agree to go to Petalgrove with you after

meant, but when he looked up at her profile again,

in the end, I hope you'll still consider me.” Hector felt he should still make one last

Johanna. She was a motivated and talented

she insisted with a glimmer of confidence in her smile as she passed a document to Hector. “I'll go have lunch with them first, then. See

Asel beside the floor-to-ceiling window. She was helping

in, she got up

saw his daughter, which was back at the hospital. The baby had grown a lot

she saw Timothy, she waved her limbs at him, giggling

dad,” the

up the way the people at the hospital had taught him. When he brought her closer, a sweet-smelling scent of

seemed happy and burbled

that it would be dangerous to

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