I pursed my lips and looked at him. “Ashton, I remember you’ve told me before that Stella hasn’t met the requirements for a promotion. So why did you suddenly promote her to be your secretary?”
He chuckled as he fed me a piece of sushi. “It’s because of Justin. He pleaded with me to promote Stella to a secretarial role, but her pay remains unchanged. After being hospitalized, she suffered from some side effects and insisted that she was a secretary, not a receptionist. They argued about it so much that Justin eventually came to me for help.”
I furrowed my brows as I thought about it. So that’s how it is. Stella did play a part in rescuing Ashton, so such a request isn’t unreasonable. Besides, how can Ashton turn her down when she’s even brought up the side effects she suffered?
“Is the sushi not tasty?” Ashton asked when he saw me frowning.
“No. It’s pretty good! I just feel like I’ve put on weight recently.”
Ashton burst out laughing at that. “You shouldn’t be thinking about losing weight when you’re pregnant. And besides, you aren’t fat!”
Jared’s test results had yet to be out, so we had no choice but to continue waiting. However, as time went on, my curiosity about Hailey grew even more. She was like a mystery that I wanted to solve.
After lunch, Ashton continued with his work while I texted Hailey for a little catch-up. To my surprise, Hannah called at that exact moment.
“Scarlett, are you busy?” she said even before I could get a word in.
we just had lunch.
wanted you to accompany me to go wedding dress shopping?
with work, so it wasn’t a difficult decision to make. “Yes, I don’t have anything going on
We can pick you up along the way since we’re nearby. Just wait for us at
the sound of it, he seemed to be asking
asked as he
doesn’t have many friends in K City, so she asked
belly. “Stay safe. Make sure to call
your bodyguards following me around,” I replied with a
“You know about that?”
laughed. “It’s hard not to know when they show up every time I’m
feel more at ease when I know
After reassuring him
me politely. It was then when I noticed the bag of green mangoes by the reception desk. “Where did you
way past mango season, so the fact that they could still
When There Is Nothing Left But Love (Ashton And Scarlett) Chapter 956
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Scarlett became pregnant with Ashton a married man. Confused about whether to discuss this with Ashton? Will Ashton accept this? Will Ashton leave his wife for her? And what will life be like for Scarlett and her child?
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