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

I raised my brow. “What is there to explain?”

“Your daughter’s identity and your relationship with Mr. Johnson,” she stated seriously.

I grinned. “It’s up to others however they want to perceive it.”

“If you don’t clear the air, they will think that their speculations are correct.” She started getting anxious.

I asked her, “Do you think that it’s true?”

She froze for a while and replied timidly, “It does feel like it’s a true story after hearing it umpteen times.”

I maintained my composure. “I like the environment here in R Province and brought Summer here to start our new life. I didn’t think much about it.”

“What about Summer’s father?” Abigail was a curious young girl.

The waiter served our food. “It’s rather late. Let’s eat and go back soon.”

She stopped asking me questions.

I buried myself with work when we got back to the office. Although it was a small hotel, my to-do list seemed endless, with me wearing two hats at the same time.

When I focused on my work, I would usually neglect the surroundings, be it a severe cough or a pin drop silence.

About ten minutes later, my shoulders felt tired. I got up and was about to fetch a glass of water.

As I turned, I was startled by the man behind me. “Since when did you get here?”

lips because the tone was too casual. It would definitely suggest an unexplainable

Ashton cast a gentle

back to my place, he had already pulled a chair next to mine and was skimming the documents on my desk. A myriad of expressions showed up on my colleagues’ faces, from surprised, perplexed, to curious. Some kept staring at us, whereas

me and drank from the same spot I did. Someone coughed at

my disapproval. I returned to my

than interfere, Ashton waited quietly beside

done?” he finally

I kept

have for dinner?” He asked outrightly as if he had not noticed the strange

he did it on purpose. With this, I’m certain that the gossips will

was about time to get off

files contain all the information about the hotel’s operations in the past two years. Please have a

documents, but passed them to me instead. With an arched brow, he ordered,

“Mr. Fuller and Ms. Stovall seem to have known each other for a very

he say

from my forehead to the back of

I could hear many

seem to be bothered by their reactions. He smirked when he noticed that I was glaring at him. “What’s wrong? As your husband

did it on

body stiffened. I

cranny in

a frenzy. Simultaneously, it also dismissed all

Colin must have said something, which caused him to make a trip to the office today and performed