Darkness shadowed Ashton’s eyes. He stood by the bed with a deadpan expression for a minute before turning and walking toward Gregory and me.

“Go home,” he said nonchalantly. His voice was devoid of any emotions as though the cruel scene before had never occurred.

I lifted my hand and patted Gregory’s shoulder after glancing around the room.

As he left the room, I followed him with Ashton close behind. He didn’t even look back as he left.

Once I was seated in the car, I asked, “Why didn’t you tell me about Tiffany wanting to abduct Gregory?”

His gaze was focused on the road ahead of him as he answered, “I have nipped that in the bud, and I didn’t want you to worry. But it’s not too late to know now.”

 

It was his habit to immediately solve a problem instead of discussing it with others.

Gregory was lucky to come out unharmed, but he might not be as lucky next time. “I hope you can discuss with me when you encounter a problem and we can make a decision together. Now that everything has settled down, the Stovall family is no longer what they used to be. You need to change your habit of carrying all the burdens yourself.”

 

their ability to not

overseas scholar had said, “All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in

in a marriage. And the marriage

leaned closer to me. “Honey, you’re stomping on my pride by complaining about me in

was in his own world, staring intently at the laptop in his hands, not having a care for anything else happening

back when I turned around. I slapped his hand

at my rejection. He shrugged his shoulders, then started sweet-talking. “Loving parents promote family harmony. Gregory will develop a fear of marriage if you’re so violent all

has a noble excuse

Gregory piped

at the same time as Ashton. Gregory was still in the same posture as before

imagine

next second, Gregory shut the laptop and looked up at us naturally. “My wife will be a beautiful woman like Mommy, and I’ll have an adorable daughter like Audrey. This is my dream. It will never change.” Then

darkened. “Did I hear that correctly? You’re planning to eliminate me? Your father?

experience, when your parents call your full name, it’s time for you to escape, else you might end

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