Chapter 192

Ashton snorted and put me down on my feet. Throwing John and the roses he was holding a scornful look, he said indifferently, “You like this sort of courting method?”

“No.” I paused before adding, “But a lot of women do.”

He pursed his lips and crossed his arms before his chest. When it seemed like he had no intention of going inside, I questioned, Aren’t you going to leave?”

“Why should I?” His retort had me at a loss for words.

In the end, I gave up and let him be.

I made my way over to John. He had noticed us a while ago but had not moved from his spot. Once I was near him, he offered the bouquet to me. “I’m here to wish you an early ‘Happy Birthday!’”

“It’s way too early!” I did a quick calculation, noting my birthday was still roughly two weeks away. “Besides, I never celebrate my birthday.”

I stared at the bouquet, my brows crinkling in a frown. It was way too large for me to comfortably carry it.

Before I could think of a solution, Ashton snatched the bouquet away. “Mr. Stovall, how very romantic of you! Unfortunately, Scarlett has never really liked flowers. Please be a little more thoughtful next time!”

Oh my godIve never seen such shameless person before

John raised an eyebrow at me. “She doesn’t like flowers? Since when?”

line, feeling more than annoyed at the

when she was young. Why did she lose her love for it after getting together with you, Mr. Fuller? Flowers are a way of expressing love. Could it be

 roundabout way of saying

hands. Lifting a brow,

in their word game, I wondered how to

accept flowers from anyone else. If you really

into the nearby garbage bin. Then, he looked at John with an innocent expression on his face. “Oops, my hand slipped. Sorry about

 how much more childish

don’t like the man, you really should just reject him and be done with it. Come back earlier. I’ll be waiting for you and the baby in the villa!” Ashton’s face was neutral as

drifted over before landing on the gift box in John’s hand. He paused before exclaiming, “Mr. Stovall, you even brought desserts! What perfect timing! I didn’t really eat

box away from the

 is absolutely

think of

gone, the atmosphere between me and John lightened a little. I

by my house. I was beginning to wonder

he gave to my taunt was a raised eyebrow. Then, he grinned and said, “I just really wanted to

he was at technology, it did not take a genius to figure out how he managed to find me. I huffed and pressed, “Alright, out with it.

with me to R

brows, I snapped, “John, are you really that bored?” I could not think of any reason for me to go with him. And even if I did want to, I wondered what was his plan on going back. After all, the Stovall family already accepted him as one of their

 if he can just gp away on a whim like

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