Ashton tidied his suit as if nothing had just happened, and his expression was extremely indifferent. Instead, Thora, who for some reason was only an inch away from Ashton, raised her chin as she looked down on us proudly. “Scarlett, don’t think that everyone will give in to you. I’m sure we all clearly saw who took action first. If you pursue it, you’ll be the one who’ll be embarrassed.”

From her tone, it seemed as though she had fallen for Ashton’s acting and regarded me as a submissive and well-mannered lady of a rich family.

However, we were indeed unable to refute her. John’s acting tended to be on the angrier side, and he would always take physical action every time. Since we knew we were losing the battle, there was no need to seek out any more trouble.

At that moment, Seth slowly stood up to stop the fight. “What are you guys doing? We’re all just here to do business. There’s no need to take things so far.”

He pretended to sigh, then looked at John. He said apologetically, “John, since you’re injured, why don’t you take your sister back home first. I’ll contact you about the cooperation another day.”

Keeping the weight off his injured foot, John unwillingly looked at Ashton and Thora, closed his eyes in displeasure, and nodded. “I’ll do it for your sake, Mr. Trivett. Ashton, ask your woman to remember this well. I’ll get back at her sooner or later!”

 

his injured foot

I abruptly stomped my feet in anger and chased

 

left the room. Similarly, I was in

finally entered the car, John gasped a sigh of relief and bent over to rub his

time. “It’s been hard on you. But this time, the results seem quite good. Thora should have believed by now that Ashton and I got a divorce because our personalities clashed. So, she’d go all in and

situation the next time. He mumbled to himself, “When I get back, I’ll get the housekeeper to order me

need to exaggerate

forget

refute his words. “There’s always a solution to the problem. Who can take on a demon like

hope I don’t have to wait too long.” John pressed his lips together, seemingly

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