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?”

highly unlikely. Aren’t

a lavish life as a Stovall? Don’t you find it strange that she came all the way here to a small county with a

the father of the child, let along meeting him

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

 I cringed. Such was the frightening

into the bathroom frantically. “Oh my, I think

“No, not me.”

I forgot the date and wore a white skirt

was in

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

few peeps to feel

used to all these talks and had

arranging the files.

The embarrassed girl placed a glass

looked up and was met with a blushed face. It was the girl whom

subconsciously and then felt it sounded a tad bit harsh. So, I added, “It’s just a

down. “So sorry,

seemed like she could not squeeze the rest of the words

she wanted to

and gazed at her. “Don’t worry

the vast rumors about me

what we said is true. Why are you apologizing? The

Abby?

working in this hotel for almost two years

her name tag carefully.