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?”

thought about it for a moment before answering, “I’ll go over to you,

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

looking up, and thought about Ashton’s reaction earlier. He had great control over his emotions,

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

a tough issue. For our sake, I hope it was the latter since his life was more important than any estate after

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

stared at him coolly. A

meet my eyes. “You’re reading too much

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.

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