When There Is Nothing Left But Love
Chapter 1691

Chapter 1691

Chapter 1691 Their Secrets

My heart could not help but throb after seeing how he was still concerned over me despite being in abad mood. Unconsciously, I nodded. “Everything went quite well. Summer has always been obedient.We’re family, so there’s nothing that cannot be solved by talking it through, right?” There was a deepermeaning behind my words. I hoped Ashton could remember that solving a problem together was wayeasier than burdening it on himself.

Although men were the pillar of support for families, there was no need for them to force themselves totake all upon themselves. Their families would always back him up, after all.

Ashton was silent for a moment before answering. “Well, of course. It’s great you managed to reconcilewith her. I’ll be heading home late as I’m a bit busy today, so you should spend some time with herinstead.”

“All right. You should go back to work.”

“Okay. I’m hanging up now.”

After saying that, he wanted to end the call when I suddenly called out to him. “Ashton.”

“I’m still here. What’s the matter?” His tone remained calm.

“I don’t really remember the meaning behind the wedding etiquettes. Can you explain it to me again?” Iasked.

Ashton laughed softly but did not reply.

“Why are you laughing?” I questioned.

“It’s nothing.” He seemed to be in a better mood than before. “I think it’s time to rush the editing teamfor the wedding footage. Otherwise, you’re never going to stop wondering about the happy memoriesfrom that day. Who knows if you’ll forget about it one day and stop loving me.”

I could only furrow my eyebrows at his joke. “Am I such a heartless person? It’s not like you only treatme well during my wedding day.” After pondering for a moment, I continued, “Ashton, I’m not a princessfrom a fairy tale here to live happily ever after with you. Don’t forget that we’re husband and wife. We’resupposed to get through the hardest time together as one.”

At that, the man remained silent for a moment. I could tell he had taken my words to heart, just that hewas playing dumb.

If he did not want to tell the truth, no one could force it out of him.

Thus, I could only think of another way. “All right. Summer is calling for me, so I won’t continue todisturb you. See you at home.”

“Bye.”

Ashton’s car rounded the corner and disappeared a short moment after the call ended.

Just when I planned to leave, I suddenly noticed that a thin figure with tanned skin was currently sittingwhere Ashton had sat before. It was no other than Quince.

He had shown up there despite getting ignored by Nathaniel in front of everyone last night. He wasdefinitely a tough one.

This time, Nathaniel did not ignore him. After talking for some while, they clinked their glasses as if theyhad agreed on something.

If there were something more troublesome than having two opponents, it would probably be theopponents teaming up.

They were like humongous spiders that never stopped spinning their web, waiting for Ashton to fall intotheir trap.

At that moment, I only had one thought in mind, which was not to be a sitting duck.

I need to replace out about everyone’s secrets. Although it would be challenging as they’re trying so badlyto hide it, there’ll still be clues here and there.

As Holden was an expert in digging information, I wanted to text him when I suddenly saw John’scontact name.

The memories from the past rolled into my mind.

“She seemed to have been forced…”

“Although you don’t want me, you still married a non-virgin…”

“The Fuller Corporation was still starting up that time…”

Could these be somehow related?

Uneasiness rose within me as I quickly dialed John’s number.

“John, I have something to ask you.”

“Go ahead.”

“Didn’t you replace out that Rebecca’s first child was by force? Did you replace out who did it?”

“Why are you suddenly asking about this? It happened years ago.” After some thought, he added, “Ionly knew that some hooligans did it, but I didn’t continue investigating the person who gave theorders. However, it won’t be hard to do so.”