When There Is Nothing Left But Love

After a moment of consideration, I decided to take a look at Summer’s WhatsApp chat messages. After putting her to sleep, I headed back to my room to read her conversation with Stella in private. Seeing as to how Summer was not the best at typing, the chat contained mostly voice messages. There wasn’t anything special, but I noticed that Stella had never said no to Summer. She would always fulfill the latter’s wishes, especially things I often didn’t allow Summer to do. In particular, Stella had secretly bought Summer sweet, edible things more than five times in the past two weeks alone.

I truly believed that every mother would understand why I was so agitated at that moment. Without a minute to waste, I immediately called Stella on WhatsApp, anger boiling within me as I did so.

As expected, the woman picked up the phone quickly. Her tone of voice was soft and gentle, loaded with affection, “Summer, you want to chat with me for a while more, right?”

“Ms. Collins,” I said coldly, not bothering to try hiding my displeasure.

The woman on the other side of the line fell silent for a second. When she spoke, there was a complete about-turn on her tone. She said respectfully and submissively, “Mrs. Fuller, why are you still awake? It’s so late…”

her, I had to still handle the situation in a formal way. My voice became harsher

didn’t. Please don’t get me wrong; Summer is an adorable girl. I simply wanted to pamper

go ahead to pamper her,” I interrupted her, “Did I say something wrong? If I’m not mistaken, Justin has been waiting for you. If you change your

for a while before she said honestly, “I understand now,

her on WhatsApp after

button to end that call. A few minutes later, I opened Stella’s chatroom and sent a message to her. I was finally relieved when I saw

feeling too lonely these days. That was why Stella could easily get close with her. At Summer’s age, she should actually spend time with her peers. However, the Fullers’ lived in a single-family villa. It was separated from the neighbors. Whenever Ashton and I were busy, there was no one there to accompany Summer. It was high time for me to look for

about childhood educational institutions in K City. Thus, I sent Emery a message on WhatsApp for a piece of advice. Emery,