He said he was working overtime half an hour ago, and then I couldn’t reach him no matter what I did. That was impossible. I stood before the door and went through my call record to call back.

The phone kept beeping, but nobody picked it up until the end. Ashton had always been a light sleeper, nor would he leave a personal call hanging for no reason. I knew it. He’s in trouble.

I pondered on the matter for a short while before video calling Joseph. He took it a while later, his background a great scenery. “Do you need anything, Mrs. Fuller?” His face was deadpan as ever.

“Where’s Ashton?”

“He didn’t tell me where he’s going,” he blurted without thinking.

“Is that so?” Nope, that was obviously a lie. Ashton wouldn’t keep him around as his assistant if he didn’t even know where his boss went. “Fine. I won’t look for him then, but I’ll have to see you. Where are you right now?”

before answering, “I’ll go over to you,

Ashton’s office. You have twenty minutes.” I hung up before

and thought about Ashton’s reaction earlier. He had great control over his emotions, so he wouldn’t show any signs

since I had experience with it. The pain was more than enough to strip anyone

the worst-case scenario. Maybe Ashton was just handling a tough issue. For our sake, I hope it was

though I gave him twenty minutes, Joseph only came after nearly half an hour. “I’m sorry

greeting him back, I stared at him coolly. A

didn’t meet my eyes. “You’re reading too much into it, Mrs. Fuller. I was

Ashton had told him many times that Joseph should drop everything if he or I needed him. Joseph had never gone against that command, so I thought he might not be lying. However, that

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