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 they

under the carpet amongst the 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 she came all the way here to a small county with

the father of the child, let along meeting him in person. Could it be that it’s John’s

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

Such was the frightening effect

I think I’ve got my period. Who has a

“No, not me.”

I forgot the date and wore a white skirt

was in

a pad over to

appearance caused a few peeps

used to all these talks and had heard

my desk and continued arranging the files. I wonder how I should tell Colin

me out just now.” The embarrassed girl placed a glass of milk on

up and was met with a blushed face. It was the girl

a tad bit harsh. So, I added, “It’s just a

looked down.

squeeze the rest of the words

she wanted

was doing and gazed at her. “Don’t worry about it, I didn’t take it to

rumors about

said is true. Why are you apologizing? The

Abby?

two years and I don’t remember

studied her name tag carefully. Abigail