When There Is Nothing Left But Love (Ashton And Scarlett)

Chapter 828

Noticing his balled-up fist, I braced myself for it to land on me. But it didn’t.

After a long moment, he turned his gaze on me. In his eyes, I could see a mixture of sorrow, disappointment, and despondent.

“Very well!” he finally uttered the only words he could muster and slammed the door shut as he left the room, resulting in a loud bang that reverberated throughout the house.

This is going to be another sleepless night…

The next morning, despite having very little sleep, I had to be at Lavelian Village for a site inspection.

When I arrived at the meeting point, Rachel and Marcus were already there, which caught me by surprise. The reason being I did not expect Marcus to make an appearance in a task that was usually carried out by the site supervisor.

“Ms. Stovall, I hope you don’t think the world revolves around you just because you’re the president’s wife. If you can’t even arrive at a meeting on time, I suggest you just assume the role of a housewife, since Mr. Fuller already has more than enough to support you.”

Rachel made a snarky comment on account of my tardiness. But I did arrive late, so there was no point in me getting back at her.

Pursing my lips, I ignored her remark and took over a project checklist from Leedon before turning to Marcus. “Mr. White, shall we do a walk-around to familiarize ourselves with the site perimeters?”

silence, his gaze fell on me and he asked, “Are you very busy

sleep well that’s all,” I replied while shaking

out to be a major undertaking as it not only involved a thorough inspection of the construction security, but we also needed to coordinate with departments from different companies.

us carried out the assessment together and had to achieve consensus on every single inspection detail. As such, we were all tuckered

noontime and everyone decided to break for lunch. I

voice rang from in front of me. I lifted my head to see him dressed in

chicken casserole,” he

Mr. White. You’re right on time.” I took over the food

and sat down quietly while I munched on my lunch. He waited till I was almost done with my food before he spoke slowly. “We’ve covered pretty much all of

a little. “I’m

“Did you have a

was hesitant for a brief moment before I swallowed my food and replied with a smile, “Just normal fighting like every other

pursed his lips. “What did you guys

with amusement. “What, are

should consider yourself lucky that I’m about to

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