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?”

and cheekily hid behind Summer, pretending

how I wished I was sitting in the same car as John. At least there, he would expose

intentionally let Ashton believe that he was the Stovall family’s live-in son-in-law just for

I have to find a way to cure him of his unhealthy tendency of living off

with a solution, I didn’t realize we arrived home until after a good

through the gates, I noticed several trucks parked in the yard, seemingly here to transport large

their way out, so I surmised that they were

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

the bedroom on the second floor at night,

only out for a day, but Ashton’s master bedroom had been expanded to double its original size and was currently connected to the bedroom next

the bed in the room was replaced by an excessively enormous one. If it wasn’t for the elaborate

the large bed, she instantly bolted in and flopped onto it with her slippers still on.

helplessly watched the scene before them. Similar to me, they had grimaces on their

was probably the most innocent and ignorant one in this family,

while, Summer walked up and tried to persuade her. “Audrey, we haven’t seen each other

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