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

“Thank you,” Summer replied politely, then went on to say, “Are you Daddy’s secretary too? Where’s Ms. Collins?”

Thora’s face fell, her expression souring significantly.

It must have been humiliating for the president of a highly-regarded listed company to be mistaken for a lowly employee such as Stella by a kid, even if it had been merely an innocent mistake.

Who would have thought that my baby would learn to defend her mother at such a young age? Way to go, Summer!

Internally snickering, I cleared my throat and pulled Summer even closer to me. “I’m sorry, kids these days don’t know what they’re talking about,” I explained sarcastically. “You won’t take her words to heart, right, Ms. Ziegler?”

Thora quickly regained her composure and steeled her expression once more, haughtily throwing her hair over her shoulder as if nothing had happened. “Of course not,” she sniffed. “It was just a joke, after all. These things happen with kids all the time.”

I’d expected nothing less from a woman who built her career up from the ground all by herself. She’d mastered the method of getting close to people by first exchanging niceties with them before making her advances aggressively. After failing to appeal to Ashton’s daughter, she had likely decided to steal him away through brute force instead.

her interest in Ashton was born out of calculation rather than a pure crush

Ding!

floor. I couldn’t act too much like a bully in front of Summer either, so

and Thora followed closely

and fiddled with his

up at Ashton innocently, I told him, “Remember to take some time out of your schedule to

turned on my heel and pulled Summer out of

skip in my step all the way to the car, feeling especially proud of my amazing acting skills. Who wouldn’t feel envious after having witnessed such

while she tried her best to suppress her rage literally made me want to

worth of emotions and the natural instinct to press close to one another was something that she, a woman who had

seemed perfect for each other on paper, the truth

her chin on my chest as she stared up with questioning eyes. “Does Daddy not like