Ashton glanced at me and said, “Alright, but do be careful.”

Seeing this, Sally smiled at me with gratitude in her eyes. If Ashton were unwilling to discuss the Fullers, I couldn’t just interject on her behalf. As such, this was a private matter within the family. A person as elegant or composed as Sally would definitely not want me around to witness her impending faux-pas.

I decided to take a stroll, marveling at the size of the yard. I followed a cobblestone path and soon found a shady place to sit in silence and observe my surroundings.

However, Marcus’s arrival immediately shattered the silence that I had been enjoying.

A tall and slender figure loomed over me with a condescending look in his eyes.

For the sake of maintaining decorum, I got up and greeted him with a smile.

He furrowed his brows again, still clutching the book he was reading earlier. His gaze fell onto my swollen belly before asking, “A Fuller child?”

I was a little taken aback by how abruptly he had asked about the child in my belly. I paused to collect my thoughts before nodding at him. “Well, I’m Scarlett. Nice to meet you.”

He nodded and didn’t say much, but there was no mistaking the hostility beneath his lowered gaze.

His reaction made me feel puzzled. I wonder why he was so hostile towards me, seeing as we’ve never met?

he simply grunted a

had lunch, it

the table. Apart from Sally, Ashton, and myself, there were two others, Marcus

fifties, at least. He also seemed to be surprisingly warm and gentle despite being a middle-aged man in an industry as ruthless as business or

together in public as husband and wife, I’m assuming they were prone to gossip. After all, the visual

other queries I had instantly vanished the

can ignore your dalliances with your mistress and still put up with you being with her, but this is going too far. Why did you will the company to this woman instead of your flesh and blood? Yes, have you forgotten about him? Our son? Are you hell-bent on making him

been able to compete with you for the last ten years! You’ve

turned took at Benjamin with a frown and asked,

they will be yours. I’m getting older and won’t be around for much longer.” Benjamin sighed dejectedly and looked at Sharon. “I have not neglected our son. Marc will inherit all of my

unsatisfied with the explanation and could only see red. “This company was something we

She is my wife.” As he said this, his tired gaze

an impassive yet dangerous look on his

Benjamin lapsed into a coughing fit. In a panic, Sally immediately rushed to his side and tried to ease his discomfort. “I don’t want to have anything to do

directed at both Marcus and

only stare resentfully at the couple. In a huff, she quickly grabbed Marcus’s hand. With a shaky voice, Sharon asked him to

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