Nora wanted us to stay over for a barbecue that night, to which Hannah agreed readily. “No prob. Chandler can cook. He’s a good chef.”

Chandler blushed from the praise. Since everyone agreed to it, we went to get a mountain of ingredients and prepared for the barbecue, and it didn’t take too long to get the food ready. Nora said, “Call Ashton over, Scarlett. It’s quite late, so he’s probably done with work.”

Well, it was getting dark, and everyone was here, so I thought I’d invite him. It was a good chance for them to get to know each other. Then, I called him. It went through a moment later, and I asked, “Are you done, Ashton?”

“He’s still in a meeting, Mrs. Fuller. It might take a while,” a woman answered instead of him. It sounded familiar, but it took me a while to realize that it was Stella.

“I see. Tell him to call me back once he’s done.”

“Yes, Mrs. Fuller.” She hung up after that.

I frowned. Nora, who was washing the veggies, noticed it. “Oh, is he still working?”

I nodded. But he usually brings his phone with him. So why was Stella the one who took the call?

have held a gathering. I just called Armond, and he said

gasped reflexively. “You guys came back from Moranta

to talk about it. I was going to stay

her. “Did you guys get into a

“It’s worse than that. I thought he’s a gentle

take me to his parents when we came to K City. I got really nervous over it, but he fooled me and told

to be

shows up. He sucks as a boyfriend. You know him well, so please lecture him for me, will you? He’s really too much!” Nora was a straightforward lady. Once she was done complaining, she went to chat

about the incident in Moranta. But she should have met Holden, shouldn’t she?

and Nora went to take it happily, despite the fact that she had just complained about Armond earlier. Even so, when she saw Armond

“I see you have

if. Get in. Annoy me again and you’ll never hear the end of

with her. He squinted at me

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