I couldn’t help but feel indignant.

Right before the elevator doors closed, Ashton caught up with a gloating smile playing on his lips.

I rolled my eyes at him and refused to speak throughout it all.

As soon as the elevator stopped, I stepped out without hesitation, went to the car, picked Audrey up, and sat inside.

“Mommy, what did you leave behind?” Audrey asked innocently.

Her question left me even more exasperated. I’m pretty sure I left my dignity behind.

“Nothing.” The last thing I wanted to do was recall the reactions of those store employees. Hence, I hastily changed the topic. “Let’s go home now, okay? I’m exhausted and don’t have the energy to talk anymore.” I purposely inserted a whine in my tone.

“Mm, okay!” Audrey got down from my lap and sat obediently. Mimicking the way adults spoke, she instructed Joseph, “Mr. Campbell, you may drive now!”

Ashton bent over to get into the car just in time to hear Audrey’s words, casting her a wounded expression as he settled down in his seat, as though saying, “Don’t you want your father anymore?”

tongue at him and cheekily hid behind Summer, pretending

the same car as John. At least there, he would expose

Stovall family’s live-in son-in-law just for the fun of it, but I ended

him of his unhealthy tendency of living

absorbed in coming up with a solution, I didn’t realize we arrived home until after a good

several trucks parked in

I surmised that they were

made sure to avoid coming when there were many people at home, so as to

second floor

had been expanded to double its original size

room was replaced by an excessively enormous one. If it wasn’t for the elaborate linen, one might even think that it was a

completely dumbfounded. Later on, when Audrey came over and saw the large bed, she instantly bolted in and flopped onto it with her slippers still on. “Wow!

Gregory helplessly watched the scene before

and ignorant one in this family, who was also

bed for a while, Summer walked up and tried to persuade her. “Audrey, we haven’t seen each other for so long. Why don’t

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