In Love, Never Say Never

However, he had spoiled his son. It was overtly liberal for him to be calling people names.

Gregory waved his fork at me when I was lost in thought. “Ms. Stovall, Daddy would like some pork too!” he said in an attempt to instigate me.

The atmosphere over the dining table instantly chilled.

I did not think that a man of his wealth would stoop to eat something that I took for him.

The difference in our status was clearer than ever before. Just sitting at the same table felt strange; being intimate was out of the question.

“Greg, your dad will help himself if he wants some. He…”

It was a pathetic attempt to diffuse the tension, but Ashton chose this moment to make the situation extra awkward. “Greg, I would like some of that pork.”

Though he addressed Gregory by name, it seemed to me that he was speaking to me.

Even Marcus’s fork had frozen in midair. Everybody was confused.

“Err…” Gregory muttered with a glance down at his sticky hands helplessly. “My hands are dirty. Why don’t you ask Ms. Stovall…”

bear it any longer. “Mr. Fuller, you have such a strong bond with your son,”

coldness flashed before Ashton’s eyes. “Mr. White, your relationship with Ms. Stovall appears to be pretty normal,” he said

man such as yourself would have so much time to poke his nose into other

storm clouds. “Second only to your ability to worry over nothing,

his chair. “Mr. Fuller,

you finished?” he asked. Though his voice had no inflections, it

atmosphere had turned hostile but was most reluctant

not happy,” Ashton said as he got up. “Thank

for the door to shut behind them before turning to Marcus. “Do

harmonious by comparison. However, upon becoming neighbors, the hostility between them

no need for harsh words to be

that Marcus was usually mild-mannered. He definitely was agitated

think that?” he said with a light laugh. “You’re overthinking. Finish your

that it was a topic that he did not wish to

was indeed something going

was different from other normal engaged couples. If Marcus refused to discuss it, I wouldn’t have any reason to get to