When There Is Nothing Left But Love

I raised my brow. “What is there to explain?”

“Your daughter’s identity and your relationship with Mr. Johnson,” she stated seriously.

I grinned. “It’s up to others however they want to perceive it.”

“If you don’t clear the air, they will think that their speculations are correct.” She started getting anxious.

I asked her, “Do you think that it’s true?”

She froze for a while and replied timidly, “It does feel like it’s a true story after hearing it umpteen times.”

I maintained my composure. “I like the environment here in R Province and brought Summer here to start our new life. I didn’t think much about it.”

“What about Summer’s father?” Abigail was a curious young girl.

The waiter served our food. “It’s rather late. Let’s eat and go back soon.”

She stopped asking me questions.

I buried myself with work when we got back to the office. Although it was a small hotel, my to-do list seemed endless, with me wearing two hats at the same time.

When I focused on my work, I would usually neglect the surroundings, be it a severe cough or a pin drop silence.

About ten minutes later, my shoulders felt tired. I got up and was about to fetch a glass of water.

As I turned, I was startled by the man behind me. “Since when did you get here?”

left my lips because the tone was too casual. It would

a gentle

of expressions showed up on my colleagues’ faces, from surprised, perplexed, to curious. Some kept staring at

from the same spot I did. Someone coughed at the sight of it.

returned to my desk and

waited quietly beside me until I

you done?” he

kept

you want to have for dinner?” He asked outrightly as if he had not noticed the strange looks on my colleagues’

he did it on purpose. With this, I’m certain that the gossips will only get juicier about how

time to get off

Ashton. “Mr. Fuller, these files contain all the information about

to me instead. With an arched brow,

“Mr. Fuller and Ms. Stovall seem to have known each other for a very

he say that

the back of

Colin. I could hear many gasped in disbelief. They

at him. “What’s wrong? As your husband and the father of Summer, am

 definitely did it

body stiffened. I

heard from every nook and cranny in the office. “She’s

Simultaneously, it

something, which caused him to make a trip to the office today