Chapter 180

Ashton glanced at me and said, “Alright, but do be careful.”

Seeing this, Sally smiled at me with gratitude in her eyes. If Ashton were unwilling to discuss the Fullers, I couldn’t just interject on her behalf. As such, this was a private matter within the family. A person as elegant or composed as Sally would definitely not want me around to witness her impending faux-pas.

I decided to take a stroll, marveling at the size of the yard. I followed a cobblestone path and soon found a shady place to sit in silence and observe my surroundings.

However, Marcus’s arrival immediately shattered the silence that I had been enjoying

A tall and slender figure loomed over me with a condescending look in his eyes.

For the sake of maintaining decorum, I got up and greeted him with a smile.

He furrowed his brows again, still clutching the book he was reading earlier. His gazę fell onto my swollen belly before asking, “A Fuller child?”

I was a little taken aback by how abruptly he had asked about the child in my belly. I paused to collect my thoughts before nodding at him. “Well, I’m Scarlett. Nice to meet you.”

He nodded and didn’t say much, but there was no mistaking the hostility beneath his lowered gaze.

why he was so hostile

a response at

we had lunch, it was already

table. Apart from Sally, Ashton, and myself,

in his fifties, at least. He also seemed to be surprisingly warm and gentle despite being a

together in public as husband and wife, I’m assuming they were prone to gossip. After all, the visual

I had instantly vanished the

initially a quiet and harmonious meal was disrupted by the arrival of this middle-aged woman who clearly meant to start a fight. Her eyes were full of tears, her voice hoarse, but that did not stop her. “Listen here, Benjamin White. I can ignore your dalliances with your mistress and still put up with you being with her, but this

I haven’t been able to compete with

son?”

Benjamin with a frown and

yours. I’m getting older and won’t be around for much longer.” Benjamin sighed dejectedly and looked at Sharon. “I have not neglected our son. Marc will inherit all of my other assets, so he’ll have a promising future in

with the explanation and could only see red. “This company was something we built and managed together over the years.

is my wife.” As he said this, his tired gaze fell on Marcus. Wearily, he

a brow with an impassive yet dangerous look on his face. “Home? Doesn’t

discomfort. “I don’t want to have anything to do with the

directed at both

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