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?”

highly unlikely. Aren’t they

scandals swept 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 child, let

hid herself here in a small county to

ridiculous. I cringed. Such was the

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

“No, not me.”

I do? I forgot the date and wore a white skirt today. I’m afraid I’ll stain

in an awkward

pushed the cubicle door open and handed a pad over to her without saying a word. Subsequently, I washed

a few peeps to feel

these talks and

continued arranging the files. I wonder how I should tell

just now.” The embarrassed girl placed a glass of milk on my desk

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

then felt it sounded a tad bit harsh. So, I added,

looked down. “So sorry, I…” she

not squeeze the rest

wanted to apologize

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

bothered by the vast rumors about me that I’ve

we said is true. Why are you apologizing?

Abby?

almost two years and I don’t remember

studied her name tag carefully.