The row between Ashton and Sally was something I’d never expected.

Ashton didn’t go to the office for several days, so he handled all his work over to Joe.

When Sally came, I wasn’t in the living room.

Initially, they merely chatted, but out of the blue, they started arguing for some inexplicable reason.

I actually didn’t want to poke my nose into it, but I couldn’t resist leaving the bedroom to see what had happened upon hearing the commotion.

“She’ll ruin you! All the ladies from wealthy and noble families in K City are outstanding, so why her? You’ve been at odds with Marcus for years when the two of you could’ve prospered together as allies to attain greater success. Why must you be at loggerheads with him because of a woman?” Sally bellowed.

“I love her!” This remark came from Ashton. His back was ramrod straight, and I couldn’t discern his emotions or expression since he had his back to me.

It was just three words, yet it was more than sufficient to stun me for a long while. After all, I had never heard him saying “I love you” throughout the past seven years.

the very first

me, but it’s me who can’t lose her. Even if she truly becomes a lunatic who has no sanity left, I will still stay faithful to her. As long as she stays by my side,

this, Sally shook

nor do you know how sweet her smile was when she married

severe, that with her inability to control her own emotions. Have you ever considered what she’d do to a child once her condition flares? Putting it bluntly, she might

I’m registered as Summer’s legal guardian, so she’s my daughter in the eyes of the

not of

Ashton pursed his lips. “I’m not having any

gone mad, Ashton? You’re the only heir of the Fullers! How could you

he’d glimpsed me standing at the landing when

the corners of his mouth lifted, and he beckoned to me gently, his voice amicable.

him, my

saw Ashton holding my hand, she snapped with barely restrained fury, “Scarlett Stovall, must you keep pestering him so that you can ruin him? You have your choice of the Moore family or the Stovall family, so why do you insist on

stop her tirade, but I held him back. Staring at her,

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