Chapter 261

Argh! I guess I can’t out-talk him, huh?

“Thanks for the ride home!” I decided to keep my mouth shut and boarded the car as instructed

He nodded and responded with a poker face.

When we were about to reach the villa, I couldn’t suppress the urge to ask him about the thing that had been bothering me. “Joseph, where’s your girlfriend?”

“I don’t have one, Mrs. Fuller!”

I nodded and remarked, “Well, I thought so. Otherwise, your girlfriend will have a hard time dealing with you.”

He took a peek at me for a few seconds before turning around to focus on the road. “Actually, I’m married.”

I was completely speechless and decided to wrap up our conversation because I was pretty sure I would get increasingly infuriated if I were to go on.

Once we were back in the villa, I got out of the car as soon as possible and strode my way into the living room.

I changed into a pair of indoor sandals in the foyer and noticed the light in the living room was switched on. There was a man in the living room, enjoying his cup of tea as he indulged himself in reading a book.

“A**hole!” I blurted out the things I had in my mind almost instantly.

He frowned and stared at me silently, but I ignored him and bounced my way up the stairs without any hesitation.

“Hold it right there, Scarlett!” Ashton broke the silence and raised his volume out of the blue, rendering me incapable of motion while I was on my way up the stairs.

I turned around and confronted, “What do you want?”

chuckling and asked rhetorically, “What do I want? How dare you raise

there anything else

took a deep breath and announced in a righteous manner, “I’ll turn a blind eye to the incident that has occurred today, but I want you to stay away from Marcus

through my reply, I avoided his gaze

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he couldn’t hold back his anger anymore. “Scarlett, what does it take

in the future. I’m conscious of the things I’m doing, okay? You have been getting in touch with Rebecca while nothing’s going on between Marcus and me! Don’t you think

in a conflict. I knew nothing was going on between

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a sudden “Which part of me is being unreasonable? Besides, what makes you think

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bring the conversation to a halt. Otherwise, things

I’ll definitely stay away from Marcus in the future. I promise you I won’t get anywhere near

his eyes because he was confused by my sudden change of attitude.

I can’t seem to

told you the

Milf

my sentence, I brought myself upstairs because I couldn’t take it anymore-if the conversation

grasped my wrist and

I turned around and confronted

calm and collected self as he requested, “Calm down, Scarlett. Let’s head upstairs after we get ourselves something to eat, okay? I’m hungry. Can

the night. This time, it was my turn to express

showed me his hands. “I’ve accidentally hurt my hands during the

was hearing things when I heard the absurd reply from him. If I hadn’t

was merely faintly bruised. I guessed he must have accidentally hurt himself when he got all worked up during

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