Chapter 27

As the lady left. Ashton walked over to the chair next to them and sat down, his eyes looking blank. “Why hasn’t the food arrived?”

Devon needs some time to prepare,” answered Jared before turning to me. “Are you hungry?”

After a quick pause, I shook my head,

Joe wasn’t impressed by how Jared treated me. “Why are you acting so fragile? It’s just an abortion, for God’s sake. Why did we have to go out of our way to get a world-renowned chef like Devon to cook for you? What a waste of his time.”

Before Jared could stop him, I merely smiled. “The view here isn’t bad. I’ll go take a walk.”

My words were meant for Ashton and Jared.

Ashton gave me a cool glance and said nothing. “The courtyard looks stunning. Go take a look,” Jared suggested. “There’s also a bonsai garden with a lake full of fish in the middle.”

With a smile and word of thanks, I headed outside.

“Are you insane, Jared? Why are you caring so much about that woman? Have you lost your mind? If she hadn’t married Ashion through underhanded means, Rebecca and Ashton would’ve long been happily married by now.”

Those words clearly came from Joe. I couldn’t help but hear them even if I didn’t want to. From how loudly he spoke, pretty much everyone in the building could hear him.

Not wanting to hear them anymore, I picked up my pace. It was indeed a different sight as I arrived in the courtyard.

of a glamorous place like J City and even had an enormous plot of

pebble path, I spotted a man in his mid-thirties plucking some branches with a child

walking closer, the man nouced me too. “Hello,” he greeted, dropping whatever he

a

just learned how to walk, began trolling over to me. He seems

speak, the little boy stared at me wide-eyed and gave me the yellow

was instantly overjoyed and couldn’t help but want to pick him up, only to be stopped by

stared at the man in disbelief. “How…”

never left

medicine and could guess

nodded, feeling amazed by

unique,” I remarked. “It’s like a

garden. There are over two thousand different species of medicinal plants here. They’re on the

vegetables here, but there were lots of unrecognizable plants as

became the center of our country’s medicinal herbs. There aren’t many, but every species is being preserved.” After sorting out the branches he had plucked, the man began to leave

a newfound liking for this place as I watched him and the

stopped and called out to me, “Don’t hang around too

aback, I returned to my senses only after they had walked far away. He knew who I

 

came out and saw me kneeling by a stream looking at ants. “Let’s go,” he called out,

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