I still hadn’t forgiven him for forcing himself on me the previous night, so I pretended not to have heard him.

“Scarlett!” he repeated, this time more forceful.

“Gregory said he had never eaten his mother’s homemade breakfast, so I made some to coax him. Is that what you want too, Mr. Fuller? Then again, I wouldn’t want to make your stomach upset from my food,” I replied, still refusing to make eye contact with him.

My snarky tone riled Ashton up, and he was about to rebuke me when one of his staff announced, “Mr. Campbell has arrived, Mr. Fuller.”

Now that he had work to tend to, Ashton shot an angry glance at me before stalking out in a huff.

Once I could no longer hear footsteps, I snuck a glance at the stairs.

So it seems like Ashton isn’t that easy to provoke.

There were still no signs of the man coming back even after twenty minutes had passed. When the maid started to clear the table, I decided to ask if she knew where he was.

“Mr. Fuller is currently in the study with Mr. Campbell.”

was still around put a dampener on my mood as I

I tried to eavesdrop on their conversation by placing my ear against the door,

a moment of hesitation, I mustered up the courage and

door opened almost immediately; it was Ashton who

the door with no intention of letting me in.

and sulked. “Don’t you want

eat whatever Gregory had. I’m not picky,” he answered after giving

he trying to compete

personality, you don’t have to force yourself

Ashton nodded toward the stairs behind me,

about to do as instructed when I got hit by a sudden realization. “What do you take me for, Ashton? Did you

his pockets. As soon as he leaned against the door, I could see Joseph behind him, holding on to a stack of documents. “Don’t you want your memories back? Want

are you two talking

a smirk. “Something

at the way he was keeping me in suspense, but even

the kitchen and made the same breakfast for Ashton as

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