I pressed my lips together and said, “Don’t be crazy. Ms. Zimmer is a very talented woman.”

“What the h*ll?” Nora burst out. “Scarlett, what’s gotten into you? What do you mean by that? Are you going to give your man up to her just because she’s a ‘very talented woman’?”

Ashton was still there, so I knew she was doing this on purpose. Thus, I decided to ignore her question.

She clucked her tongue at my silence and said, “Did you two have an argument or something?”

After a pause, she looked at Ashton and said without even blinking, “Did you cheat on Scarlett?”

Ashton’s gaze darkened, and he looked at me. I thought he would get angry, but he seemed to calm down instead and replied, “I don’t sh*t where I eat.”

Simply put, he wouldn’t lay an eye on another woman.

Nora chuckled and nudged me with her elbow. “You better hang on tight to this guy. There aren’t many like him in this day and age.”

I was starting to feel awkward when the waiter jogged toward us and said, “Is the lady in the bathroom a friend of yours? She tripped and fell. It’s rather serious, so you should take a look.”

Nora immediately went to

since it was now just me and Ashton at the table. After a

at me.

sudden question before nodding. “Yeah. She might be

before suddenly getting up and walking toward the

out of

have twisted or fractured something. She’ll probably need to go to

as if she were trying not to cry. I was surprised, but calmed down and said to Ashton, “You should send her to the hospital. Nora and I

getting annoyed by my attitude. She then frowned and said, “It’s

my own,” Rachel piped up. Her voice was quivering, and it sounded

reached out to tug Nora’s sleeve. “You have to go to the office

Fuller?” she asked as she

looked away from me and carried Rachel before walking away

me as if she were about to cry for my sake. “What’s wrong with you? That’s your

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