In Love, Never Say Never

I choked up while hugging her. “I’ll bring you to K City to see Daddy. You’ll be just like your little friends, spending time with Daddy every day, okay?”

Bewildered, she widened her eyes. “Really? Mommy, you’re not lying to me, are you?”

“When have I ever lied to you? Hmm?”

“Then, can we bring Michael along?” She gave me those puppy-dog eyes.

“Summer, Michael needs to live with his daddy. If he follows us to K City, he has to part ways with his parent. Do you want to see him live separately from his daddy?”

She shook her head. “No!”

“Each of us has something that we hold close to our hearts. We get what we ask for.”

She fell silent for a while, then lifted her head to stare me in the eyes. “Mommy, I’ll go with you to K City.”

I nodded my head as a response to her decision. We all have different needs and wants. Hence, our priorities are different.

I had not fixed a date to return to K City. First, I needed to ensure that all tasks in R Province were completed thoroughly.

Thanks to the back-to-back appearance of the Stovalls and coupled with the special treatment from Colin, I was ostracized by others at the hotel.

Where there are more girls, there are more dramas.

When I was in the bathroom, I heard some people talk behind my back.

“Who do you think is the father of Scarlett’s child? Would it be John’s?”

unlikely. Aren’t

rich and famous. Otherwise, why wouldn’t she stay in K City and enjoy a lavish life as a Stovall? Don’t you find it strange that

mentioning the father of the child, let along meeting

a case of incest. She got pregnant and hid herself here in a small county to avoid

is ridiculous. I cringed. Such was

into the bathroom frantically. “Oh my, I think I’ve got my

“No, not me.”

I forgot the date and wore a

in

pad over to her without saying a

a few peeps to

I was so used to all these talks and

desk and continued arranging the files. I wonder how

for helping me out just now.” The embarrassed girl placed a glass of milk on my desk as she whispered

with a blushed face. It was the girl whom I met

subconsciously and then felt it sounded a tad bit harsh.

looked down. “So

not squeeze the rest

wanted to apologize for

I was doing and gazed at her. “Don’t worry

the vast rumors about me

are you apologizing? The fault isn’t ours,”

Abby?

been working in this hotel for almost two years and I don’t remember a colleague with

name tag