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

I choked up while hugging her. “I’ll bring you to K City to see Daddy. You’ll be just like your little friends, spending time with Daddy every day, okay?”

Bewildered, she widened her eyes. “Really? Mommy, you’re not lying to me, are you?”

“When have I ever lied to you? Hmm?”

“Then, can we bring Michael along?” She gave me those puppy-dog eyes.

“Summer, Michael needs to live with his daddy. If he follows us to K City, he has to part ways with his parent. Do you want to see him live separately from his daddy?”

She shook her head. “No!”

“Each of us has something that we hold close to our hearts. We get what we ask for.”

She fell silent for a while, then lifted her head to stare me in the eyes. “Mommy, I’ll go with you to K City.”

I nodded my head as a response to her decision. We all have different needs and wants. Hence, our priorities are different.

I had not fixed a date to return to K City. First, I needed to ensure that all tasks in R Province were completed thoroughly.

Thanks to the back-to-back appearance of the Stovalls and coupled with the special treatment from Colin, I was ostracized by others at the hotel.

Where there are more girls, there are more dramas.

When I was in the bathroom, I heard some people talk behind my back.

“Who do you think is the father of Scarlett’s child? Would it be John’s?”

unlikely. Aren’t

series of scandals swept under the carpet amongst the rich and famous. Otherwise, why wouldn’t she stay in K City and enjoy a lavish life

of the child, let along meeting him in person.

of incest. She got pregnant and hid herself here in a small county to avoid

is ridiculous. I cringed. Such was the

into the bathroom frantically. “Oh my, I think I’ve got my period.

“No, not me.”

forgot the date and wore a white skirt today. I’m afraid I’ll stain

was in an awkward

and handed a pad over to her without saying a word. Subsequently, I washed

appearance caused a few peeps to feel

all these talks and had heard

returned to my desk and continued arranging the files. I wonder

helping me out just now.” The embarrassed girl placed a glass of milk on my

a blushed face. It was the girl whom I met in the

and then felt it sounded a tad bit harsh. So, I added,

lips, she looked down. “So

seemed like she could not squeeze the rest of the words past her

guessed she wanted to apologize for

what I was doing and gazed at her. “Don’t worry about it,

not bothered by the vast rumors about me that

Why are

Abby?

hotel for almost two years and I don’t remember a colleague with that

studied her name tag carefully.