When There Is Nothing Left But Love

Chapter 1677 Confrontation

I nodded silently. Indeed, it certainly isn’t an easy task to consider the issue from three perspectives in such a short time.

However, Ashton seemed to be still dissatisfied with her answers as he raised his brows and said in a slightly overbearing manner, “That’s it?”

Upon hearing that, dumbfoundedness flashed across Summer’s eyes instantly. She furrowed her brows temporarily before relaxing them in the next second. With apparent helplessness in her tone, she replied, “I’m sorry, Daddy, but I still couldn’t figure out the others at the moment.”

She had asked Ashton’s forgiveness twice in less than a minute. The atmosphere grew relatively tenser at that instant. Ashton had always subconsciously put his employees under tremendous pressure, and now, he applied it to Summer as well.

Knowing how hard it was to notice a subconscious habit, I could only interrupt jokingly to ease the tension, “All right, it’s all in the past. Why are you so serious in a family conversation? Summer is still young and lacks experience. You’re superior in this, so don’t keep her in suspense.”

As soon as Ashton looked at me with his dark eyes, he understood immediately. He then softened his expression before uttering, “I’m not asking you how to deal with the aftermath. What I’m trying to bring up is that what you plan to do after being schemed?”

mean that he wants Summer to

caught on to the meaning behind his question. However, she seemed to be in a dilemma as she stammered and answered evasively, “Of course, I-I’ll not suffer in silence. In my opinion, warning the employees, drawing the

eyes slowly before asking, “After getting beaten by someone out of no

to John’s personality, he would give it back to them at least tenfolds if they set him

As if worrying about something, Summer scrunched her face and lowered her eyes, avoiding Ashton’s stern

her action couldn’t escape his sharp

of silence, Summer raised her head but didn’t answer his question. Instead,

gaze, I shifted my posture instinctively and tucked some stray strands of hair behind my ear. “Why are you looking at me like that? Is there anything on

intelligent eyes as he noticed that something was off. He then asked blatantly, hitting the nail right on the head, “Is the reason you don’t dare to take

out a photo from her pocket and

he crossed his legs and smirked, asking, “What is in your mind? Do you think that I’ve

and the others when they visited the Fuller