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.

on his face that I could only imagine the evil

Gregory was

I thought about it, the angrier I got. Without any care for how I looked, I mustered up all my strength to wriggle out of Ashton’s embrace. Once I freed myself, I knelt and kissed Gregory on his face.

Ashton. I then held my head up high and strutted

“Daddy, I want you

Ashton asked

“Yes! Ms. Stovall! Hug!”

you sure?” Ashton asked with a lilt in

meant and exclaimed, “Not Ms.

finally smiled at his son and picked him up. The hallway filled with Gregory’s

hear them having so much fun, and

the documents I had read earlier. The more I thought

uneasiness became so bad that I decided to give Emery

me

I replied, trying to sound as calm as possible. “I have something I

ahead. I’ll tell you everything I

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