When There Is Nothing Left But Love

No one would reject such a great advantage.

After leaving the meeting room, Sally blocked my path and said, “Let’s have a chat, Scarlett.”

She probably wants to talk about HiTech. I nodded and took a glance at Marcus. “Let’s get lunch together later.”

He nodded. “I’ll wait for you.”

The woman frowned unhappily when she saw our exchange. After Marcus left, she asked, “Shall we talk in my office?”

I nodded. “Alright.”

Her office was nicely decorated with lots of flowers. Once we were in there, she gestured for me to sit down and poured me a cup of coffee.

Then, she sat down in her chair. Instead of talking about HiTech, she asked, “How are you and Ashton doing recently?”

Since she was an elder to me, it didn’t seem inappropriate for her to ask that question. I answered indifferently, “We don’t meet, nor do we poke our noses into each other’s business.”

but didn’t say anything in response. After pausing

with them. However, she didn’t say much about it. “Both you and Ashton are husband

have to talk it out. We’re a family, not enemies. You shouldn’t carry all these burdens alone. You can hate Ashton all you want, but you’re still his wife. And when you’re living under the same roof, you have

lowered my gaze as I started feeling annoyed. She was right, but I was

Sally was about to say something else, I quickly said, “Aunt Sally, we’re at work right now. Let’s talk about private stuff at home, alright? You called me here to talk about

said. In fact, I could understand her reasoning and even agreed that she was right. But things were

the company’s matters. Do you know what the consequences would be if you use HiTech as

worry, Aunt Sally. I obviously already have a plan in mind if I had the guts to make that suggestion. Besides, George already handed over the company to me before he passed on, so I have

handed over HiTech to you only because he trusted you and hoped that you could make it a better company. He also wanted you and Ashton to be together for

me. Since it’s my decision to make, it’s not something that other people or even George can control. After all, never doubt the person you

“You—”

or bad. After all, everyone’s experience in life was different. Therefore, I could only endure the hardships I experienced. As for everyone else, I would never be able to fathom their suffering, nor

to Marcus’ office after

his seat, looking really

brow as he

and gulped down a few mouthfuls of water to suppress