Then again, I would never compliment him, but neither would I dare censure him.

After all, I wouldn’t want to provoke someone as vindictive as Ashton.

Even though I held my tongue, he wasn’t about to let me off that easily. “Ms. Stovall, you were the one who wanted me to behave myself, yet you’re now hugging me so tightly.”

He leaned in even closer and looked into my eyes. “Aren’t you being a little hypocritical here?”

As if he wasn’t annoying enough, he even had to emphasize the word “hypocritical.”

The entire process had felt like an eternity to me, but it couldn’t have been more than a minute. I doubt Gregory had seen or heard everything that transpired.

Even if he had, at his age, the boy probably wouldn’t have understood any of it.

True enough, Gregory was still waiting by the side and waving his little hands. “Ms. Stovall, I want a hug too.”

He looked and sounded so sweet and innocent that my heart immediately softened.

such a smirk on his face that

Gregory was an

my strength to wriggle out of Ashton’s embrace. Once I freed myself,

intentionally kissed him loudly, just to irritate Ashton. I then held my head up high

to pester his father. “Daddy, I want you to hug me the way you did with

Stovall?” Ashton

“Yes! Ms. Stovall! Hug!”

sure?” Ashton asked with a lilt in his voice.

father meant and

and picked him up. The hallway filled with Gregory’s

them having so much fun, and I couldn’t help but smile at

I sat on my bed, I thought back on the documents I had read earlier. The more

bad that I decided to give Emery a call. Hopefully, she could be the

at me having taken the initiative to call

sound as calm as possible. “I have something I need to

I’ll tell you

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