Ashley looked around her messy office and rubbed her forehead in resignation. After enjoying her sweet life with her family for so long in J City, it was time for her to come back and clean up the mess that she had left behind. There were piles of documents that demanded her attention and only she could clear them since they were sensitive and she couldn't delegate them to anyone else.
Although Zen was very helpful and had been holding the fort, helping Ashley deal with the company's daily affairs while she was in J City, there were still many things that needed her personal involvement.
"Ashley, may I come in?" Alice knocked on the door, waiting outside for Ashley's consent.
With Ashley's permission, she walked in carrying a whole mountain of files almost covering her face. She gingerly put the files on Ashley's desk trying to balance them so that they wouldn't topple over and said, "Ashley, these are the documents that need your attention. You can glance over them before the meeting. I will let you know by then."
Alice then cast a startled glance at Andrew who was standing next to Ashley and quickly exited the room.
Alice didn't dare to look into Andrew's dark eyes. Shadows had been left in her heart since she first met Andrew's cold gaze back in J City.
After leaving the room, Alice was still marveling at the beautiful and harmonious relationship between Ashley and her husband!
They were together even at work, with Andrew keeping Ashley company at work. She guessed that they Ashley must have been doing the same and staying with Andrew at work every day when they were in J City.
Alice's speculations proved to be right. The two were inseparable even at work.
Ashley gave one helpless look at the piles of documents that Alice had brought in and felt a slight headache beginning to develop. Consecutive days of relaxing in J City had stolen some of her passion for work. In the past, she would feel enthusiastic about dealing with these kinds of things. But now she found them annoying and troublesome.
Ashley was worried by her own lackluster performance at work and wondered if she might have become lazier.
There was no room for relaxation! She really needed to get her act together and pick up the pace with her work, otherwise things would soon tumble down and fall apart.
"Do you have an extra laptop here?"
Andrew suddenly ask
ok that was totally different from the little boy.
Somewhat frightened, Chloe subconsciously ignored Andrew's stares when they first met earlier.
She just cast a casual glance at him which was not enough for her to remember how he looked like.
Fabio pursed his lips and answered, "I don't want him as my father. Every day he is always trying to take my mom away from me." Any mention of Andrew only brought the boy more irritation.
Chloe sneered, "Ashley has lived in N country for so many years. She has experienced so much pain and tears. Why didn't he come out at that time to help her? Now that Ashley's life has gotten on the right track, he's coming back to be with Ashley?" Chloe would by no means be comfortable with Andrew until she was satisfied that his intentions were genuine.
Moreover, given Ashley's social status, no man dared to look down on her. A woman like Ashley didn't lack eligible pursuers now.
What's more, Chloe couldn't find any advantages that Andrew brought to the table as compared to other potential suitors.
"Fabio, Richard, can we discuss something?" Chloe called, rolling her eyes.
"What is it?"
The two boys both expectantly looked at Chloe.
Chloe cleared her throat, "Fabio, you don't like your father, do you? How about we find you guys a new daddy? We can try to find one that we all like. And besides, your mommy deserves a better man than him, right?"
Chloe didn't want Ashley to be with that man. He was not the one who had shared all ups and downs with Ashley, which meant that his love for Ashley was not sincere at all!