“Okay, remind me again before we go.” After a short pause, I glanced at him. “Ashton, can I ask you a question?”

He raised a brow. “What is it?”

“I’ve always thought that you’re angry with your grandpa because he broke you and Rebecca up, but I realized that wasn’t true. Can you tell me why you were so mad at your grandpa?” Some incidents of the past were etched in my memory. I remembered he hadn’t shown up during his grandfather’s funeral.

His gaze darkened a little at my question. After staring at me in silence for a while, he said, “It’s been so long. I don’t really remember why I was so mad at that time.”

Baffled by his answer, I was tongue-tied, so I stopped questioning him.

The following day.

 

Ashton and I went to Fuller Corporation together. The number of reporters waiting downstairs had reduced significantly. They must have left because of the lack of newsworthy information over the past few days.

Sasha’s parents were not around as well. I reckoned that they were taking care of their granddaughter at the hospital.

 

The lobby that used to be clamorous was now back to normal.

The moment I stepped through the entrance, Stella skipped to my side and spoke while looking at me. “Mrs. Fuller, you’re here. Isn’t it great that Sasha’s grandparents stopped coming over? You’re amazing!”

completely overlooked the man beside me. For a moment, I thought she was

Ashton. She hurriedly let go of me and greeted him respectfully,

indifferently, Ashton reached out to hold my hand. Without a word,

elevator, Ashton gave me a sideways glance. “Now I know you have a

finally wrapped my head around his words. “Cut the

a hug. “That

at

of Summer after preparing dinner, so I called Cameron. The phone rang for quite a while before

he spoke rather formally.

man remained silent for a short while before asking gently,

Ashton’s tonight. Have you guys had your dinner? How’s

guess she’ll recover soon. Your mom and aunt are cooking dinner in the kitchen now. We’re going to

and chatted a little longer with him before

from Armond. Picking it up,

heard a sigh from the other side. “You can call me by my name when we’re not at work. I heard from Nora

off up till now.

without saying a

eyes were fixed

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