Stunned, Sally paused for a moment before replying to me, “Honey, what are you saying? This is all so sudden.”

“Thank you!” I cut her off and wrapped my arms around her. There was a bittersweet feeling in my chest.

This world is never a place dictated by absolute rights or wrongs. Aren’t we all merely treading grey areas day by day?

There was an anxious expression on her face as she asked, “Is something wrong?”

I gave her a cheeky smile in return. “Yes, I’m hoping you can help me with something.”

Surprised, she asked, “What is it?” Her expression turned serious.

“Can I borrow some money?”

She laughed out loud at my request. “Honey, you gave me a shock!” She pulled out some notes from her pocket and stuffed them in my hands.

Then, she chided me, “Honey, why did you make it so dramatic? I really thought something serious had happened.”

I chuckled as I counted out the money I needed and returned the rest to her. “A tenner is enough.”

I left Sally’s house and headed to the taco stand. After I paid the seller, I went back to the villa.

Ashton wasn’t home yet. I drifted off into a daydream as I stared at the magnolias in full bloom in the yard.

snapped out of my daydream and decided to do something useful around the house. I started

frowned when he saw me. “Your back is hurt. Just let Flora deal with the cleaning.” As he gently told me off, he

paid a visit to

looked at him. Suddenly I didn’t know what else to

and listened to the calming sound

up first. “You didn’t have any cash

I nodded. “I bought some food from a taco stand in an alley. I didn’t have any cash on me, so I borrowed some money from

out of him. “You can draw money using the debit card I gave you. Just use it whenever you

“Do we have any

thousand in the drawer in the study. You can take it whenever you

understanding and continued hugging him, just taking in his scent in

go in, they’ll ask me to stay for dinner, and if I say

the end, I decided not to go in. I lingered for a

spring weren’t chilly. Instead, they brought

leaving the Moore residence. Somehow I ended

remember when I first set foot in K City five years ago. My

to make an appointment. To my surprise, the receptionist seemed to recognize me. She greeted me,

asked, “How do you

you might drop by. You can just head on up,” she

tabloids. There wasn’t much that the

Ashton’s office on the top floor of the building. He was already waiting for me at the door. There was a black fountain pen

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