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?

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

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

to them at least tenfolds if they set him up. For him to

something, Summer scrunched her face and lowered her eyes, avoiding Ashton’s

his sharp eyes.

silence, Summer raised her head but didn’t answer his question.

some stray strands of hair behind my ear. “Why are you looking at me like that? Is there

he noticed that something was off. He then asked blatantly, hitting the nail right on the head, “Is the reason

then did Summer nod slowly. She then pulled out a photo from her pocket and

at it. Next, he crossed his legs and smirked, asking,

one shown by Quince and the others when they visited the Fuller

her to overthink it. Yet, I still failed to keep