When There Is Nothing Left But Love (Ashton And Scarlett)

Chapter 244

Chapter 244

After all, she is everyone’s precious princess,

She pursed her lips as her features contorted with rancor. The tone in which she spoke to me was especially uncongenial. “I thought you hated Ash? Why are you back here?”

Amusement filled me as I countered, “No matter how much I hate him, we’re still a legally married couple. Besides, I own hall the rights to this house. If I don’t come back, wouldn’t that be an act of surrender?”

She curled her lips in disdain. “Oh, quit the snarky act, I’m not interested in lighting with you over money.”

I raised my brows. “I find that hard to believe. After all, you’ve even set your sights on my husband.”

Faced with her venomous glare, I turned and headed toward the yard before she could say something nasty to me and further dampen my mood. Realizing that it was already autumn in K City, I sighed at how time flew.

Perhaps Ashton had heard our voices outside. After a while, he came out. When he saw Rebecca, he frowned as his lips flattened into a line. “What are you doing here?”

Seeing her lover, a soft smile replaced the angry scowl on Rebecca’s face. “Ash, I heard my father say that you’ll be going to a border town next month to discuss the development project, so he told me to pass the collaboration contract to you.”

Then, she signaled her nanny with her eyes, to which the latter took out a file and respectfully handed it to Ashton.

“Pfft!” I failed to stifle my laughter and ended up attracting their gazes to me.

Ashton pursed his lips as he ordered, “It’s cold. Go in and put on a coat.”

On a CO

daggers at me and

stare and walked up to Ashton, holding his arm to complain, “You were too rough earlier, so I

my head slightly, revealing the bite mark on

would always leave a mark no matter where he

broke into an

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brows before he glanced at Rebecca, “Just get your father to look for me at the company

here.”

Go home earlier,” he added after a

I…” Rebecca wanted to say something

my regards to your mother,” he said in a voice that had dropped a

clear. Rebecca instantly tensed up, an aggrieved look

back into the living room, but I released his arm at that time and said to him, “Go get me a coat. I’ll send

His brows drew together.

him, “You promised that you wouldn’t question

he relented, “It’s cold outside, so don’t

into the living room. Then, I turned back to Rebecca with a faint smile. “Let me send you

the cold shoulder, and seeing me only made her more

was a cobblestone path that extended from the front door to where we were standing, and beside it lay a small

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