When There Is Nothing Left But Love
Chapter 1268

Chapter 1268

After my injection, I was so tired that I forgot what I wanted to ask Emma about. I decided to call it aday and went to bed.

The next day, I woke up early so I could send Summer to school. The past few days had been so hecticthat I hadn’t been able to spend much time with her.

When the car pulled up in front of the school, Summer excitedly pointed at a man in the distance andshouted, “It’s Mr. Cress! Mommy, look! That’s Mr. Cress!”

I looked in the direction she was pointing at, but from where I was, I could only see the back view of ayoung man.

When the door opened, Summer immediately jumped out and ran toward Mr. Cress.

I wanted to make sure I looked presentable, so I fixed my makeup in the mirror before joining Summerto meet her new favorite teacher.

I couldn’t have spent more than two minutes on my makeup when I realized it was now a femaleteacher standing with Summer.

Though a little baffled, I still went over to greet her.

Summer pouted angrily when I finally reached her. “You should have hurried, Mommy! Mr. Cress hasalready left!”

The female teacher and I exchanged glances and couldn’t help but burst out laughing.

“Please don’t get the wrong idea, Mrs. Fuller. Mr. Cress is one of the younger teaching staff in theschool and is very highly valued. The principal had just called him away, so please don’t think he’savoiding you on purpose,” she explained.

“That’s okay. We’ll meet some other time, and then I’ll have a chance to thank him for making school soenjoyable for Summer.”

After exchanging more pleasantries, Summer left with the teacher to get ready for classes.

I stood at the entrance for a while more, trying to see if I could catch a glimpse of this elusive Mr.Cress. Sure enough, Summer bumped into him when she turned a corner and happily held his hand asthey walked to class together. Try as I might, I still couldn’t see the face of Mr. Cress.

Summer had always been slow to warm up to outsiders, especially with men. Other than the men in thefamily, she hardly had any contact with others. I was even more curious about Mr. Cress now,wondering what kind of magic he had over my daughter.

After thinking for a while, I decided to call Emery.

“Hello…” Emery’s voice was hoarse like she had either just woken up or was nursing a hangover fromthe previous night.

“Emery, are you okay?”

“Yeah, why wouldn’t I be? I had to head out again last night for an appointment, and I’m barely awakenow. What’s up?” she replied curtly.

I was reminded of Ashton’s words and changed my mind. “It’s nothing. We’ll talk again when you’reawake.”

Her voice sounded faintly annoyed when she answered, “Don’t beat around the bush. I might not befree to answer my phone later, so just say what you want right now.”

“Alright then. I wanted to get your help to check on a Mr. Cress in Summer’s school. There’s somethingweird about him.”

“Mr. Cress? Okay, I got it. Go home and wait for my news. If there’s nothing else, I’ll hang up now.”

Less than a second later, I heard the dial tone on the other end. She had hung up before I could sayanything else.

The next time I met Emery again was two days later. We had planned to meet at a café near her office.When she arrived, she was her usual energetic self, turning heads wherever she went.

She had only just sat down when she suddenly said, “I’m getting a divorce.”

For one full minute, I frowned at her, speechless.

Emery looked very relaxed as she stirred her coffee. “I’m sure you’ve noticed it as well. This past year,Hunter and I haven’t been together as much. Our problems started very early on, and ever since, wefound our personalities clashing more and more. We’re still young. There’s no need to drag this out anyfurther. So, a divorce it is.”

The more she tried to be nonchalant, the more I could tell she was upset.

Ashton was right about Emery having a lot of pride in herself. Once she saw through Hunter andDelilah, she decided to end her marriage to protect her dignity. She chose not to reveal the ugly truthabout the divorce, blaming it on personality differences instead. After all, there was no way someone asstrong as Emery would let herself lose to another woman.