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.”

in response. After pausing for a

you and Ashton are husband and wife.

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

I started feeling annoyed. She was right, but I was afraid that I wouldn’t be able to stand living

was about to say something else, I quickly said, “Aunt Sally, we’re at work right now. Let’s talk about private stuff at

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

about this matter when she saw that I was getting impatient. After sighing slightly, she said, “Alright, then. We’ll talk about the company’s matters. Do you know what the consequences would be if you use HiTech as collateral and there

the former, don’t 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

that you could make it a better company. He also wanted you and Ashton to be together for the rest of your lives. He didn’t give you the company

Since it’s my decision to make, it’s not something that other people or even George can control. After all,

“You—”

was good or bad. After all, everyone’s experience in life was different. Therefore, I could only endure the hardships I experienced. As for everyone else,

to Marcus’

in his seat, looking

raised a brow as he asked,

and gulped down a few mouthfuls of water to