When There Is Nothing Left But Love
Chapter 1291

Chapter 1291

“Nothing much. I was just putting on an act for you. You’re the mother of Ashton’s kid and the onlygoddaughter of Uncle Louis. No one should humiliate you in front of so many people. Since the Zieglerfamily wanted to make you lose face, firing an ordinary staff is not enough of a punishment for them.”

So I guess the fainted man who was brought out of the room was the guy who splashed wine on me…

Ashton and John had a very simple intention; they just wanted the Ziegler family to know that eventhough Ashton and I had divorced, they were still not allowed to humiliate me.

Actually, I had gotten back at them, but Thora’s subordinate was too reckless, causing Ashton to beinfuriated. Hence, he took the matter into his own hands and made them pay. I sighed. They made mefeel so useless.

Despite his nonchalant expression, I still could not forget the scenario I had seen in the garden. Heconfronted more than ten people, including Ashton, all by himself. Needless to say, it must have been atough fight. Although he had achieved what he wanted in the end, the fact that he had risked his life forme was undeniable.

In this world, no one should risk their life for the others.

“I know you’re doing it for my own good, but please let me handle it by myself. Whether it’s you orAshton, you should take care of yourself well. You can’t look after me forever; you need to think aboutyourself as well.”

John was still as laid back as ever. “Who says I can’t look after you forever? Almost half of our life haspassed. I don’t mind taking care of you for a couple more decades.”

I sighed. “That’s not the point. What are you going to do with Emma? I don’t know why you’re treatingher like that. Is it a method to test if she would leave? Or is it for other purposes? No matter what it is, I

think you should stop.”

Hearing this, the smile on his face froze. He looked down at his feet and frowned.

“John…” Seeing him being like this made me sad. “Emma is not Hannah. She has never thought ofleaving you. Why can’t you have the courage to admit that you love her? Do you still remember thetime when you came to me and talked about Hannah? Have you forgotten the heartache that youendured? Even though Hannah is a good woman, she never planned to spend the rest of her life withyou. As for Emma, although she has her own issues, she loves you, John. And she’s the one who isgoing to be your wife for the rest of your life. Do you think it’s okay to treat her like that?”

He remained silent and narrowed his eyes slightly. I wasn’t sure if he was thinking over my advice.

After a long pause, he looked up at me and smiled wryly. “I know what to do. Don’t worry. I know what Iwant with my life. It’s getting late. I should call the nurse to give you the injection and let you go to bedearly.”

With that, he stepped past me and went downstairs without waiting for my reply.

Looking at him leaving, I felt a sudden pang of sorrow.

John had so many worries that held him back, and I could not deny the fact that the root cause wassomehow related to me.

After the nurse left, I called Holden.

“Hello there, Scarlett. You’ve called at just the right moment. I was just about to call and thank you forhelping me out with the communication base station. I know you would never call me for no reason, sotell me what you need from me, and I’ll do everything I can for you.” Holden was exceptionally

enthusiastic that day. I reckoned that he had probably gained a substantial amount of profit from hiscooperation with White Corporation.

Since he had pointed out my intention, I might as well skip the pleasantries and cut to the chase. “Iknow your social circle is bigger than mine, so I need your help to replace someone.”

On the next day, I went to the office and asked Brooklyn to hire a personal assistant for me.

Since the law firm belonged to the reputable Stovall Corporation, we had received more than a dozenof applications by that very afternoon. I interviewed all of them myself and hired an overseas femaleprofessor. There was once a joke on the internet that said that humans were categorized into threetypes of people, that was male, female, and female professors. It was meant to tease those womenwho had better leadership skills and were more outstanding than the men.

Although some may replace it offensive, I could somehow understand why the joke was made afterspending a week with my new personal assistant, Millie. She was incredible in everything; there wasnothing she was not capable of. In fact, even Brooklyn was impressed by her. Hiring her was indeed acorrect decision as she saved me from a lot of trouble.