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…”

a strong bond with your son,”

your relationship with Ms. Stovall appears to be pretty normal,” he said with a

to imagine how a busy man such as yourself would have

only to your

in his chair. “Mr. Fuller,

mildly as he turned to Gregory. “Are you finished?” he asked. Though his voice had no inflections, it was dangerously

the atmosphere had turned hostile but was most reluctant to put down his fork. “Yes, I’m done,”

our welcome. Someone’s not happy,” Ashton said as he got up. “Thank you for your kind hospitality,” he said politely to us. Gripping Gregory by the hand, they

for the door to shut behind them before turning to Marcus. “Do you have a grudge against Ashton or something?” I asked

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

was no need for harsh words to be thrown

usually mild-mannered.

you think that?” he said with a

was obvious that it was a topic that he did not

show that there was indeed something going

engaged couples. If Marcus refused to discuss it, I wouldn’t