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

I tried to clear up the awkward tension in the air by making some small talk. “Mr. Murphy, have you had your breakfast yet?”

I almost forgot that my current job entailed looking after his meals.

He left my question hanging as he turned and headed into his office.

I wondered what I should do. In the end, I went downstairs to get some pastries for him. When I returned to the office, Armond was gone.

I didn’t see Linda either. That was when I realized that there was a meeting this morning. I hurried to the conference room.

The person who was presenting his slides stopped talking when I entered the room. My embarrassment grew when I noticed that everyone in the room had turned to look at me.

Erm, awkward much!

I addressed my apology to everyone in the conference room. “Sorry for the interruption! And sorry I’m late for the meeting.”

Armond was seated at the front of the conference room. He shot me an intense gaze before motioning for the presenter to continue.

The meeting seemed to last for ages, and my hangover didn’t make things any better. When the meeting finally ended, I got up to leave and was stopped by Armond.

“Scarlett!”

my head. I smiled

the meeting today?”

before shaking my head in an attempt to clear myself of the funk I’d been in since this morning. “Mr. Murphy, I’m really sorry. That was

through an interview with HR. But this doesn’t mean that

times and answered sincerely,

He walked around me and

sighed, still feeling uneasy

she tried to comfort me, “Mr. Murphy is always this serious when it comes

her, surprised and touched by her

if we refuse to become housewives that are crippled without their husbands, we can only fight harder

“Oh right, I have a tip for you. Mr. Murphy likes sweets, though he doesn’t eat them very often. You can carry some sweets with you. Who knows, it might cut

was unexpected. Armond

breakfast in the morning. It would be good if you have some gastric medication with you at

It took me a moment to get over my surprise at the new things I’d learned about Armond today. I then headed back to the

angry at me. Cautiously, I said, “Mr. Murphy, I’ve already reviewed these documents. They’re all good to

placed my

words came to mind as I realized he might be in pain from his

pocket and placed them on the desk. I said apologetically, “Mr. Murphy, I’m really sorry about what happened this morning. Please have a few sweets first to stave off the pain, and I’ll head out to get you some