“It’s my mom’s birthday tomorrow night. Wanna come along?” he asked. It seemed like our scandal meant nothing to him at all.

I massaged my temples, which were throbbing dully. “I’m not free. You should refute the rumor soon.”

Ashton was the only person I could ask for help to keep John away from us.

But right then, the rumor about Nick and me was a problem.

He fell silent for a moment before answering, “I’ll take care of that.”

“Alright,” I said tiredly. “Stop causing any more trouble!”

I didn’t know when John would come to J City. If Ashton got upset at me over the scandal and the nightmare from five years ago happened again, I’m afraid I couldn’t survive any longer.

Staying alive was the most important thing for me then.

After hanging up, I placed my phone aside before deciding to go to Ashton’s office.

This time, his office was quiet. Joseph wasn’t even there.

As the clacking sounds of the keyboard sounded from his office, I came to a stop outside and knocked on the door.

“Come in!” the man’s irresistible voice rang out.

the door open. When I came closer to him, my heart

typing furiously on his

of his desk silently, watching him deal with work. Indeed, he looked

As he was too focused,

standing

he frowned and stopped typing. When he looked up and saw

it?” he

need to talk.” I had to explain to him about

and arched a brow sarcastically. “Ms. Stovall, you need to talk about work?” he inquired in a tone dripping with

He sounded completely distant.

wrung my hands together tightly. “Ashton, I can explain the

raised a brow

first, but it quickly dawned on me what he was insinuating.

you

both Nick and I didn’t explain the rumors,

to work in Fuller Corporation. Please do not waste your time discussing

“Ash—”

should know that this isn’t the appropriate time to talk about

Joseph was walking toward us. He shot me a polite smile. “Ms.

was asking

who obviously didn’t

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