Emery burst out laughing on the other end of the call.

“Why are you laughing? Did I say something wrong?”

“No, no.” Emery held herself back and stopped laughing. “You’ve changed so much in six years. Whenever I criticized Ashton in the past for lacking self-control, you’d always speak up for him and help him find excuses.”

“What? Was Scarlett that blind?” I blurted out. When I realized the mistake I had made, I quickly corrected myself, “Was I that dumb?”

Emery sighed. “I wouldn’t say that. Things were just way too complicated in the past. But I can be sure of one thing. Ashton was an ordinary man with emotions and desires only when he was with you.”

I laughed upon hearing that. “Is that so rare?”

No matter how privileged or outstanding Ashton was, he would still be at the mercy of his emotions when he was with something he liked. Why did Emery make it sound like Scarlett was blessed to have him express his emotions to her?

All I could think was how submissive this “Scarlett” must have been when she was with Ashton.

appearance, especially with someone like Ashton, who doesn’t wear his heart on his sleeve. It’s going to take a lot of time and effort to see him for who he really is. But

only skimmed the documents in the study, so I wasn’t entirely sure of the relationship between Emery and

in my office and The Jade. What else is he, if not

by her declaration that I didn’t know what

her of an urgent

arranged to meet me that afternoon and was about to hang up when she added, “Why

on with her deductions that it

even had me move in with him yesterday,

remembered?” Emery

couldn’t see her, I could imagine how thrilled she must

you, but the answer’s no. Neither of us has remembered

want my memories back, but reality can be so

I got happy for nothing. Very well then, I’ll be

ended the call when a knock on the

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