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?”

was too casual. It would definitely suggest an

gentle gaze at me. “Go

of expressions showed up on my colleagues’ faces, from surprised, perplexed,

the glass from me and drank from the same spot I did. Someone coughed at the sight of it. This

but did not voice my disapproval. I returned to my desk

Ashton waited quietly beside

you done?”

kept

dinner?” He asked outrightly as if he had not

on purpose. With this, I’m certain that the

It was about time to

delivered some documents to Ashton. “Mr. Fuller, these files contain all the information about the hotel’s operations in the past two years. Please have

not read the documents, but passed them to me instead. With an arched brow, he ordered,

and Ms. Stovall seem to have known

he say

forehead to the back of my ear.

expected that, including Colin. I could hear many gasped in disbelief. They were

reactions. He smirked when he noticed that I was glaring at him. “What’s wrong? As your husband and the father of Summer, am I so hideous that you have to

 definitely did it

I pursed

from every nook and cranny in the office. “She’s Ashton’s wife!

sent the entire office into a frenzy. Simultaneously, it also dismissed all sorts of rumors

caused him to make a trip