In Love, Never Say Never

I couldn’t help but feel indignant.

Right before the elevator doors closed, Ashton caught up with a gloating smile playing on his lips.

I rolled my eyes at him and refused to speak throughout it all.

As soon as the elevator stopped, I stepped out without hesitation, went to the car, picked Audrey up, and sat inside.

“Mommy, what did you leave behind?” Audrey asked innocently.

Her question left me even more exasperated. I’m pretty sure I left my dignity behind.

“Nothing.” The last thing I wanted to do was recall the reactions of those store employees. Hence, I hastily changed the topic. “Let’s go home now, okay? I’m exhausted and don’t have the energy to talk anymore.” I purposely inserted a whine in my tone.

“Mm, okay!” Audrey got down from my lap and sat obediently. Mimicking the way adults spoke, she instructed Joseph, “Mr. Campbell, you may drive now!”

Ashton bent over to get into the car just in time to hear Audrey’s words, casting her a wounded expression as he settled down in his seat, as though saying, “Don’t you want your father anymore?”

tongue at him and cheekily hid

as John. At least there, he would expose the “true colors” of this sly

let Ashton believe that he was the Stovall family’s live-in son-in-law just for the fun of it, but I ended up getting the short end of the

cure him of his

I didn’t realize we arrived home until after

through the gates, I noticed several trucks parked in the yard, seemingly

the workers were making their way out, so I surmised that they were already done with their

they made sure to avoid coming when there were many people

bedroom on the second floor at

had been expanded to double its original size and was currently connected to the bedroom

the bed in the room was replaced by an excessively enormous one. If it wasn’t for the elaborate linen, one

Later on, when Audrey came over and saw the large bed, she instantly bolted in and flopped onto it with her slippers still on. “Wow! There’s a big, big bed! We can sleep with Mommy

Summer and Gregory helplessly watched the scene before them. Similar

probably the most innocent and ignorant one in this family, who

her. “Audrey, we haven’t seen each other for so long. Why don’t you sleep with me