In Love, Never Say Never

I raised my brow. “What is there to explain?”

“Your daughter’s identity and your relationship with Mr. Johnson,” she stated seriously.

I grinned. “It’s up to others however they want to perceive it.”

“If you don’t clear the air, they will think that their speculations are correct.” She started getting anxious.

I asked her, “Do you think that it’s true?”

She froze for a while and replied timidly, “It does feel like it’s a true story after hearing it umpteen times.”

I maintained my composure. “I like the environment here in R Province and brought Summer here to start our new life. I didn’t think much about it.”

“What about Summer’s father?” Abigail was a curious young girl.

The waiter served our food. “It’s rather late. Let’s eat and go back soon.”

She stopped asking me questions.

I buried myself with work when we got back to the office. Although it was a small hotel, my to-do list seemed endless, with me wearing two hats at the same time.

When I focused on my work, I would usually neglect the surroundings, be it a severe cough or a pin drop silence.

About ten minutes later, my shoulders felt tired. I got up and was about to fetch a glass of water.

As I turned, I was startled by the man behind me. “Since when did you get here?”

was too casual. It would definitely suggest an unexplainable affair between us, as

cast a gentle gaze at me. “Go

to my place, he had already pulled a chair next to mine and was skimming the documents on my desk. A myriad of expressions showed up on my colleagues’ faces, from surprised, perplexed, to curious. Some kept staring at us, whereas the others tried to peek from their

me and drank from the same spot I did. Someone

frowned, but did not voice my disapproval. I returned to my desk and attempted to finish

waited quietly beside me

done?” he

I kept the

He asked outrightly as if he had not

on purpose. With this, I’m certain that the gossips

It was about time to get off

all the information about the hotel’s operations in the past two

but passed them to me instead. With an arched brow, he ordered, “Take a

Stovall seem to have known each other for a very long

he say that

my forehead to the back of my

hear many gasped in disbelief.

when he noticed that I was glaring at him. “What’s wrong? As your husband and the father of

definitely did it on

I pursed

be heard from every nook and cranny in

frenzy. Simultaneously, it also dismissed

must have said something, which caused him to make a trip to the office