Summer lowered her eyes and thought about it seriously. After a while, she answered, “I will tell him that he shouldn’t sit there and block other people’s way. We must play together with the other kids. Also, I shouldn’t push him.”
She paused for a while and asked, “Mommy, how much do I owe Mr. Campbell? Is it a lot?”
From Summer’s point of view, the money that Joseph had spent didn’t belong to her. Subconsciously, she probably doesn’t treat Ashton as her family.
I pondered about it for a while and said, “I will pay Mr. Campbell back. But Summer, remember this, as you grow older, so will I. There will come a day where you have to learn how to deal with your problem wisely. Okay?”
She nodded. I could tell she was feeling rather guilty for hurting people as she was leaning in my arms silently.
By the time Ashton and Joseph came out, Summer had already fallen asleep. Joseph greeted me before leaving.
Seeing that she was asleep, Ashton wanted to carry her back to the bedroom. However, the moment he touched her, Summer woke up.
Perhaps she was still feeling groggy, Summer didn’t notice Ashton right away and she said, “Mommy, I saw Uncle John at the hospital today. He was with a lady.”
I was stunned for a second. I couldn’t help but look at her. “Do you know what they are doing at the hospital?”
After blinking a few times, Summer finally saw that it was Ashton who was carrying her. She couldn’t help but feel shocked. She then greeted, “Mr. Fuller.”
Ashton nodded. Then, he carried her back to the sofa and gestured for her to carry on answering my question.
Summer thought about it for a moment and said, “Uncle John said he brought the lady to see the baby. There’s a baby in her tummy!”
I suddenly recalled John’s condition in R Province last time, I already had some guesses by then. However, who was the lady?
It was getting dark. Summer fell asleep soon after she had her dinner. I couldn’t sleep as I had been sleeping a bit too much during the day.
Ashton received a call. It seemed that something urgent had come up at Fuller Corporation. Thus, he had to rush over to handle it.
After saying goodbye, he left.
The following day, after knowing that she had been blacklisted by Fuller Media, Nancy Goldstein was on her way to the top of Fuller Corporation’s building to attempt suicide. She even made up false stories about the past between me and Ashton and spread them to the media.
Thanks to her, Ashton and I had turned from being a divorced couple after years of marriage to me being an easy-going sl*t who wouldn’t stop pestering Ashton for the sake of money.
Everything from my past four years ago were all revealed as well.
The media wouldn’t say no to any news related to Ashton. According to Nancy’s statement, there were many versions of what had happened between Ashton and me, and it was all a mess.
I didn’t care about those news at the beginning, but I had neglected Summer.
Whenever Ashton and I picked Summer up from school, we would always keep a low profile. Nonetheless, it was inevitable that we would catch the attention of other people eventually.
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