When There Is Nothing Left But Love
Chapter 1318

Chapter 1318

“Fine. I’ll allow Jared to continue using his identity as a teacher to help Summer with her emotionalstruggles, but only for this. You must warn him not to expose his identity or even think about gainingcustody of her. Also, I’m only giving him two years. Two years, that’s it. If Summer still hasn’t returnedto normal by then, he has to leave immediately.”

“Understood. If you want to, I can get him to put it down in black and white,” Ashton suggested.

“There’s no need for that.” Although I had acquiesced, I wasn’t going to go easy on him. In a toneoozing with sarcasm, I spat, “Knowing Jared’s character, we can forget about having it in black andwhite. Even if he makes a blood oath, he won’t deserve my trust. You’re his guarantor, so if anythinghappens, I’ll hold you accountable.”

“Then, you probably won’t get the chance,” Ashton countered in a lighter tone, probably relieved that Ihad conceded.

“Let’s hope you’re right.” Women weren’t as forgiving as men and worry still gnawed at my chest. “I’mgonna be frank with you. I still don’t fully believe that Jared has turned over a new leaf.”

“Trust me. You won’t be disappointed.” I could hear the smile in Ashton’s voice.

“We’ll see.”

Not in the mood to joke around, I hung up the call immediately.

The moment I turned around to head back into the house, I saw John leaning against the glass doorwith his hands stuffed into his trouser pockets, looking me with a long face.

“Lemme guess. You heard everything.” I raised my brows.

“Yeah.” John inhaled deeply and straightened up before walking over to give me a solemn look.“Summer likes me and I like her too. You might as well transfer all rights to me and let me take her inas my own daughter.”

“Huh? What the hell are you talking about?” My eyes went wide with shock.

“Is there anything wrong with my suggestion? Look at what Ashton said about giving Jared a chance.Does someone like him even deserve a chance? Summer can’t handle anymore trauma. Let me adopther and I’ll see who’d dare to harm a hair on her!”

It was very rare to see John disagreeing with Ashton. Seeing how dead serious he was, I couldn’t holdback my laughter. John seemed to really regard Summer as his biological daughter.

I shook my head helplessly and stepped forward to smack him on the shoulder. “When you show thesame amount of concern for Kiki, then we’ll talk about handing my daughter over to you, hmm?”

Without waiting for his response, I walked past him and went upstairs.

It was approximately eight o’clock when Emery called me. Her appointment for her treatment overseashad been brought forward. We chatted for a while and she had to hang up the call to board the plane.She was an easy-going person, but I hoped that she would come back with good news this time.

The next day, John insisted on sending Summer to school with me.

I parked the car at the same spot as the previous time. Jared’s tall figure was particularly eye-catchingamong the group of children, but he had deliberately dressed in a simple outfit. His jaw was coveredwith stubble, making him look like he had aged a decade.

Having not seen him for a few days, Summer broke into a run toward him the moment she got downfrom the car.

Jared instinctively crouched down to hold Summer. Both of them were all smiles, garnering a lot ofenvious gazes. Of course, those who felt that way were merely outsiders. John, on the other hand, wasdripping with jealousy.

He watched Summer and Jared laughing heartily with a murderous look on his face, looking like hewas only a step away from tearing down this scene. I noticed his lips moving subtly as he mumbledsomething under his breath. From his expression, I could tell that it wasn’t anything sweet.

Jared nodded at us in greeting, seemingly much more courteous than the previous day.

His behavior reminded me of Ashton back then. I had seen it too many times. Thinking about thescheming mind behind the kind facade, fear gripped my heart.

Afraid that I might regret my decision, I stopped looking at him and simply said, “I’ll have to trouble youto take care of Summer in school, Mr. Cress.”

“It’s no trouble at all. It’s my job. Besides, Summer is a very good girl.” Jared stroked Summer’s headand they smiled at each other, getting along very well.

Finding this scene absolutely unbearable, John’s brows scrunched together as a grim expression tookresidence on his face. He and Summer were still not on talking terms because of the matter about theschool transfer. Unable to let go of his inflated ego to initiate a conversation with her, he felt all themore depressed.