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.”
tripped?” Nora immediately went
fell silent since it was now just me and Ashton at the table. After a while, I looked at him and said,
looked at me. “Are
aback by the sudden question before nodding. “Yeah. She might
suddenly getting up and
followed him and spotted Nora helping Rachel out of the bathroom. It really did look rather
and said, “I think she may have twisted or fractured something. She’ll
was surprised, but calmed down and said to Ashton, “You
then frowned and said, “It’s fine.
go on my own,” Rachel piped up. Her voice was quivering, and it sounded as if she were
reached out to tug Nora’s sleeve. “You have to go to the office with
deepening. “Mr. Fuller?” she
away from me and carried
about to cry for my sake. “What’s wrong with you? That’s your husband! Why are
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