“Nothing.”

It was getting dark. The banquet took place in the hotel after the ceremony.

It seemed that Emery was the one who gathered the crowd to witness Ashton’s proposal. Actually, I preferred a simple love to a passionate one.

The wedding was very grand and the guests were all prominent figures of the city. All of them were greeting and toasting each other.

After witnessing the proposal, the others were curious about my identity. Previously, Ashton tried his best to protect my privacy when the scandals broke out.

It was hard not to attract the other guests’ attention when the Moore family and Ashton Fuller kept focusing on me.

The spotlights shone brightly, pointing toward Ashton and me. I unwittingly lowered my head.

Ashton whispered in my ear. “Are you nervous?”

“There’re a lot of people watching us.” I pretended to be collected, but my emotions were rioting inside.

“The banquets held by the Moore family are always grand. Don’t worry. We have to face it anyway.”

I nodded in response. He held my hand all the time when some guests approached us. I was rather awkward when they addressed me as “Ms. Stovall.”

I smiled in response. After a while, my face became stiffened.

We were seated at a table full of exquisite dishes.

Emery was busy serving the

seat beside me, followed by Louis. Upon seeing us,

“Scarlett, come here.”

good at socializing. I instinctively looked at Ashton. The latter patted on my hand

gestured for me to

Emery said she’s the daughter of the Moore family. How come she’s

like this girl, so I took

“I see. She’s so

out laughing. I curled my lips

meant having a peaceful, happy life. I don’t think

and whispered, “Scarlett, come with me. I’m going to the

the guests, so she wanted to get changed. I nodded in agreement

ourselves, we went upstairs. My mind wandered off while taking

you thinking about?” Emery’s voice broke my

I shook

bed. “I swear I’ll only get married

my lips and kept staring at my

times before I snapped back to my senses.

spacing out since

do me a favor?”

“What is it?”

kept it for me. He then passed the box to me before he died, but I didn’t keep it safe. Ashton lost it. However, I think he didn’t lose it and he gave it to Cameron Anderson instead. She probably misunderstood because of the box. Can you help me look for the box? I think it may be kept in the

hesitated. “Why do you suddenly

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