When There Is Nothing Left But Love

When There Is Nothing Left But Love Chapter 1312

“Thank you,” Summer replied politely, then went on to say, “Are you Daddy’s secretary too? Where’s Ms. Collins?”

Thora’s face fell, her expression souring significantly.

It must have been humiliating for the president of a highly-regarded listed company to be mistaken for a lowly employee such as Stella by a kid, even if it had been merely an innocent mistake.

Who would have thought that my baby would learn to defend her mother at such a young age? Way to go, Summer!

Internally snickering, I cleared my throat and pulled Summer even closer to me. “I’m sorry, kids these days don’t know what they’re talking about,” I explained sarcastically. “You won’t take her words to heart, right, Ms. Ziegler?”

Thora quickly regained her composure and steeled her expression once more, haughtily throwing her hair over her shoulder as if nothing had happened. “Of course not,” she sniffed. “It was just a joke, after all. These things happen with kids all the time.”

I’d expected nothing less from a woman who built her career up from the ground all by herself. She’d mastered the method of getting close to people by first exchanging niceties with them before making her advances aggressively. After failing to appeal to Ashton’s daughter, she had likely decided to steal him away through brute force instead.

rather than a pure

Ding!

arrived at our floor. I couldn’t act too much like a bully in front of

Thora followed closely

Ashton. Leaning in close to him just like how I’d done a thousand times before, I reached my arms around his neck and fiddled with his collar, making sure that Thora was watching every single move. After that, I grabbed his tie in an elegant motion, straightening it before stepping back to admire my handiwork. “That’s more like it,” I smiled to

of your schedule to

heel and pulled Summer out

way to the car, feeling especially proud of my amazing acting skills. Who wouldn’t feel envious after

face turning several shades of red while she tried her best to suppress her rage literally made me want

and the natural instinct to press close to one another was something that she, a woman who had solely been focused

magnet. Even if they seemed perfect for each other on paper, the truth may turn out

wrapped her arms around me, resting her chin on my chest as she stared up with questioning

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