When There Is Nothing Left But Love (Ashton And Scarlett)

I nodded silently. Indeed, it certainly isn’t an easy task to consider the issue from three perspectives in such a short time.

However, Ashton seemed to be still dissatisfied with her answers as he raised his brows and said in a slightly overbearing manner, “That’s it?”

Upon hearing that, dumbfoundedness flashed across Summer’s eyes instantly. She furrowed her brows temporarily before relaxing them in the next second. With apparent helplessness in her tone, she replied, “I’m sorry, Daddy, but I still couldn’t figure out the others at the moment.”

She had asked Ashton’s forgiveness twice in less than a minute. The atmosphere grew relatively tenser at that instant. Ashton had always subconsciously put his employees under tremendous pressure, and now, he applied it to Summer as well.

Knowing how hard it was to notice a subconscious habit, I could only interrupt jokingly to ease the tension, “All right, it’s all in the past. Why are you so serious in a family conversation? Summer is still young and lacks experience. You’re superior in this, so don’t keep her in suspense.”

As soon as Ashton looked at me with his dark eyes, he understood immediately. He then softened his expression before uttering, “I’m not asking you how to deal with the aftermath. What I’m trying to bring up is that what you plan to do after being schemed?”

Does that mean that he wants Summer to counterattack?

caught on to the meaning behind his question. However, she seemed to be in a dilemma as she stammered and answered evasively, “Of course, I-I’ll not suffer in silence. In my opinion, warning the employees,

his eyes slowly before asking, “After getting beaten by someone out of no reason, instead of starting a row with the wrongdoer, you restrain yourself and put up with it. Who

personality, he would give it back to them at least tenfolds if they set him up. For him to swallow his grievances and repay a grudge with

if worrying about something, Summer scrunched her face and lowered her eyes, avoiding

escape his sharp eyes.

her head but didn’t answer his

of hair behind my ear.

flashed across Ashton’s intelligent eyes as he noticed that something was off. He then asked blatantly, hitting the nail right on the head, “Is the reason you don’t dare to take your revenge is

slowly. She then pulled out a photo

me after glancing at it. Next, he crossed his legs and smirked, asking, “What is in your mind? Do you think that

Ashton and Rebecca like the one shown by Quince and the others when they visited the Fuller residence previously,

then, I’d hid the photo the moment Summer showed up, not wanting her to overthink it. Yet, I still failed to