When There Is Nothing Left But Love
Chapter 691

Chapter 691

I nodded and spoke with no hesitation. “Everyone lives for themselves. Not only is Armond rich andgood-looking, but he also willingly accepts my past. He’s a really nice guy.”

Ashton stared at me for a long while with some hope left in him. However, I kept my face devoid ofemotions, forcing him to believe that I felt nothing toward him. Soon after, he gave up and scoffed,“Good! Very good!”

The three words were spoken with his teeth gritted.

With that, he turned around and headed toward his car. After taking a few steps, he halted and glancedback. “Scarlett, I’ll ask you once again. Do you mean everything you said?”

“Yes. From the bottom of my heart.” Reluctant to be entangled, I cut off every tie I had with him. It wasbest to end it this way.

“Haha!” He laughed, but it sounded rather forced. “Good, very good! If that’s how it is, it seemseverything was all my wishful thinking.”

With that, he walked away. Hearing his footsteps getting further and further away from me and finallythe sound of the engine blaring, I stayed rooted on my spot. I couldn’t bring myself to look at him andmy heart felt hollow.

Grandma was correct. I was hesitant about everything. If I couldn’t let it go and make a clean cut, Iwould suffer in the end.

I had repeated the same question in my mind for several nights. Why do I have to leave Ashton?

I really couldn’t think of an answer. Maybe it was just like what Nora said. I was a psycho, so I chasedaway the people that loved me.

To be honest, I wasn’t confident if I could let the past go. Even if Ashton and I lived together for the restof our lives, I was afraid that I would bring up the past and use them as reasons to hurt him when wefight.

When I returned to the Murphy Corporation, it was almost time to get off work. Armond wore a whitedress shirt while his black coat was hanging on his right arm.

Looking at me coldly, he asked, “Is the bid proposal done?”

I nodded and handed the documents to him. “Others used half a month to prepare a proposal, while Iused only one day, so I bet Ashton wouldn’t pick ours.”

Flipping through the proposal, disdain was written all over his face. “This is the worst bid proposal I’veever seen. Congratulations on breaking the record.”

I pursed my lips. No matter how reluctant I was to admit it, he said the truth. Other than the suggestionsLinda and Nora gave, nothing else could pass as authentic.

It was done in a few hours, so there was no way it would be good. After pausing for a while, I said, “TheMurphy Corporation wasn’t an expert in this field, so Ashton will not choose us.”

Knitting his brows, he threw the bid proposal aside and turned to look at me. “Let’s go for dinner.”

Frankly, I felt that he had no intention to win the bidding. Otherwise, he wouldn’t ask me to prepare theproposal at the eleventh hour.

I checked the time. Seeing that it was already 6 p.m., I suggested, “The bidding begins at 8 p.m. I’llhead to the Oasis Hotel first. Can you have your dinner outside later?”

To my surprise, the man took his car keys and said indifferently, “Take your things. We’ll head straightto the Oasis Hotel for dinner.”

I was stunned and asked subconsciously, “Are you going too?”

He raised a brow. “If I don’t go, do you think you can win the bid with your scrappy proposal? Or areyou relying on your beautiful face?”

I…

He’s so harsh and vicious with his words.

Stealing a glance at him, I chose to keep quiet and packed my stuff before following him out of thecompany.

In the car, he drove the car and asked casually, “Do you know which companies are taking part in thebidding?”

I froze instantly and shook my head. “No. I asked my friend and only know that several state-ownedenterprises are taking part.”

Armond took a side glance at me with disdain and anger. “Ms. Stovall, how do you even become thedirector at Fuller Corporation?”

I frowned, and the man glanced at me coldly. Then he was merciless with his insults. “Poor bidproposal and knowledge about opponents. Do you really think we, the Murphy Corporation’s joining forfun?”

I tried to reason with him. “Mr. Murphy, you only gave me six hours to do all of this. In six hours, I’llhave to understand the company’s structure and advantages. Then I’ll have to prepare a bid proposaland understand our opponents while taking the demands of the bidding company into consideration. Iaccept whatever reprimands you gave. However, I wish you could understand that I’ve tried my bestand my intelligence is much lower than yours.”

Although I was rather angry, I calmed myself down. To rush a proposal in six hours that took others halfa month, it was impossible to make it good, as I wasn’t a genius and my capabilities had a limit.

He glanced at me sideways and narrowed his eyes. “Are you saying that you felt wronged?”

“Nope,” I shook and focused on the scenery outside the car window to distract myself from theunpleasant feelings. Well, who hasn’t met psychopathic bosses in life?

The man set his eyes on the road before saying, “I can’t deny that six hours is truly too little. You couldprepare a three thousand words proposal in a few hours with the analysis of our budget as well as prosand cons. Not bad, I’ll give you that. However, Scarlett, that doesn’t mean you can’t do it better.”