Chapter 173

I paid no heed to his request and told him, “You should get someone else to drop by and take care of you. It’s getting late. I need to return home soon.”

Since the sky had already gotten pitch-black, I really had to return to Ashton soon. To be frank, I wasn’t sure what would occur once I reached home.

John’s expression darkened almost instantly. He replied petulantly, “Do you think that I have anyone else to rely on apart from you? Since you have something else to tend to, feel free to leave!”

I was at a loss for words due to his response. He behaved as though he would give up on himself again. Frowning, I offered, “I’ll get you a caretaker to keep an eye on you.”.

“Scarlett! Are you holding a grudge against me? Do you want me dead? Are you going to leave me alone as well?”.

“No!” Truthfully, he had never brought upon my misery, yet I couldn’t move on from the things he had done.

The sulky man added, “You do realize that you’re the only one I can rely on, don’t you? Over the past five years, I resisted the urge to approach you because I didn’t want to get in your way and ruin your blissful life. Initially, I thought that I would make it through the darkest moments of my life on my own, but I was wrong-I didn’t expect to encounter you in A City.”

He lowered his gaze and stared at his wounded hand, acting all gloomy. “Ever since we’d last met, I’ve come to realize that I no longer wish to be separated from you any further! Can we return to the good old days? Let’s keep one another company for the rest of our lives! What do you think?”

answer him because I knew that he had a ruined childhood – he had been spending his entire life searching for

else and I’ve started my own family. I don’t mind having

great about Ashton? He’s a cruel and violent man! He doesn’t even love you! Why do you want to spend the rest of

stop. Otherwise, he would go berserk again. “You should

being. I’ll go get you a caretaker to keep

and headed over to the nurse station, asking them to take

rush him to the hospital. After I reached the villa, I stood in

couldn’t be sure if I

before I would have to

illumination in the living room; nonetheless, someone was in the kitchen-it must have been Mrs. Eriksen because she had always enjoyed

across on the internet. After I got changed into a pair of indoor sandals, I walked

Eriksen turned around wide-eyed because she was taken aback by my presence. “Oh, God! Letty! Can you make some noise the next time

to comfort herself as she queried, “Did you just arrive? Are you hungry? Come over and check out the things that I’ve prepared for you!” Immediately after

scent and heard my stomach growling.

tell me about her latest recipe. “It’s a potato casserole! I have added some homegrown rosemary as the key condiment! I believe that it gives the entire dish an

it would be hard for pregnant women

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