Chapter 77 

Joseph was taken aback when he saw me. “Ms. Stovall, what are you doing here?” he questioned politely.

“Where is Ashton?” I demanded.

“He left with Mr. Quinn,” Joseph replied as he took out the keys from his briefcase.

I parted my lips in disbelief.

In the end, I shot him a smile. “Goodbye, then.”

Seriously, Ashton?

I drove back to the villa in a hurry. When I arrived, I pressed on the doorbell a few times before Mrs. Eriksen opened the door. Wiping her hands, she grinned. “You’re back!” She motioned for me to look inside.

I stepped inside and saw the man sitting on the sofa, reading the newspaper.

After changing into house slippers, Mrs. Eriksen went back into the kitchen. I sat down beside Ashton and waited patiently for him to finish reading the papers.

Ashton finally finished after some time. I gave him the fruit juice Mrs. Eriksen prepared. “Ashton, can we talk now?” I inquired.

but didn’t take it. “Ms. Stovall, what position are you assuming to talk to

so calm, I didn’t know what was going on in his

“Ashton, before we are officially divorced, I’m still Mrs.

are aware that you’re still Mrs.

knew he was upset over the scandal, so I cajoled him in a gentle voice, “Nothing ever happened between Nick and me. The paparazzi made those stories up.

you seriously think you can do whatever

I were innocent, he

a little aggrieved, I raised my voice at his figure. “I do whatever I please? What about you and

tracks, I continued, “If Rebecca hadn’t suffered from

wasn’t as afraid of him anymore. Before he could reply, tears rolled down

deserve to be treated this way just because

profusely, he frowned

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to wipe my tears away, but I stepped back out of his reach. “Why can’t I feel that way? Ashton, someone cooked up that scandal. You knew it well, but you

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out of the Fuller family? Accusing me of cheating on you? You don’t mind me marrying another man, do you? You are

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