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?”

into a thin line, feeling more than annoyed

flowers when she was young. Why did she lose her love for it

 this his roundabout way of saying Ashton doesn‘t love me? D*mn jerk!

bouquet in his hands. Lifting

word game, I wondered how to reply to

as admission. “You’re not allowed to accept flowers from anyone else. If you really do like them, I’ll buy them for

garbage bin. Then, he looked

 much more childish can

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

exclaiming, “Mr. Stovall, you even brought desserts! What perfect timing! I didn’t really eat much earlier. You don’t

away from the other man.

 is absolutely

could think of no better words

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

been waiting by my house. I was beginning to

raised eyebrow. Then, he grinned and said, “I just really wanted to see you,

a genius to figure out

back with me to

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 own, and there was no way

 if he can just gp away on a whim like

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