“Nothing.”
It was getting dark. The banquet took place in the hotel after the ceremony.
It seemed that Emery was the one who gathered the crowd to witness Ashton’s proposal. Actually, I preferred a simple love to a passionate one.
The wedding was very grand and the guests were all prominent figures of the city. All of them were greeting and toasting each other.
After witnessing the proposal, the others were curious about my identity. Previously, Ashton tried his best to protect my privacy when the scandals broke out.
It was hard not to attract the other guests’ attention when the Moore family and Ashton Fuller kept focusing on me.
The spotlights shone brightly, pointing toward Ashton and me. I unwittingly lowered my head.
Ashton whispered in my ear. “Are you nervous?”
“There’re a lot of people watching us.” I pretended to be collected, but my emotions were rioting inside.
“The banquets held by the Moore family are always grand. Don’t worry. We have to face it anyway.”
I nodded in response. He held my hand all the time when some guests approached us. I was rather awkward when they addressed me as “Ms. Stovall.”
I smiled in response. After a while, my face became stiffened.
We were seated at a table full of exquisite dishes.
was a table for sixteen. Emery was busy serving
beside me, followed by Louis. Upon seeing us,
“Scarlett, come here.”
was not good at socializing. I instinctively looked at Ashton. The latter patted on my hand and said, “Don’t
for me to sit down. “Mr.
smile on his face. “I’ve met her. Emery said she’s the
a laugh. “It’s fate. I like this girl, so I took
nodded and smiled. “I
out laughing. I curled my lips
being blessed meant having a peaceful, happy life. I don’t
to the hotel room to get changed. I’m not comfortable in this
toasted all the guests, so she wanted to get changed. I nodded
went upstairs. My mind wandered off while taking
what are you thinking about?” Emery’s voice broke my train
nothing.” I shook
I’ll only get married once
kept staring at
back to my
“No. What’s wrong with you? You’ve been spacing out since we walked
me a favor?”
“What is it?”
had left me a sandalwood box. Grandpa kept it for me. He then passed the box to me before he died, but I didn’t keep it safe. Ashton lost it. However, I think he didn’t lose it and he gave it to Cameron Anderson instead. She probably misunderstood because of the box. Can you help
“Why do you suddenly think of the box?” she