As the lady left, Ashton walked over to the chair next to them and sat down, his eyes looking blank. “Why hasn’t the food arrived?”
Devon needs some time to prepare,” answered Jared before turning to me. “Are you hungry?”
After a quick pause, I shook my head.
Joe wasn’t impressed by how Jared treated me. “Why are you acting so fragile? It’s just an abortion, for God’s sake. Why did we have to go out of our way to get a world-renowned chef like Devon to cook for you? What a waste of his time.”
Before Jared could stop him, I merely smiled. “The view here isn’t bad. I’ll go take a walk.”
My words were meant for Ashton and Jared.
Ashton gave me a cool glance and said nothing. “The courtyard looks stunning. Go take a look,” Jared suggested. “There’s also a bonsai garden with a lake full of fish in the middle.”
With a smile and word of thanks, I headed outside.
“Are you insane, Jared? Why are you caring so much about that woman? Have you lost your mind? If she hadn’t married Ashton through underhanded means, Rebecca and Ashton would’ve long been happily married by now.”
Those words clearly came from Joe. I couldn’t help but hear them even if I didn’t want to. From how loudly he spoke, pretty much everyone in the building could hear him.
Not wanting to hear them anymore, I picked up my pace. It was indeed a different sight as I arrived in the courtyard.
even had an enormous plot of land for planting an array of greenery, there
strolled along the pebble path, I spotted a man in his mid-thirties plucking some branches
man noticed me too. “Hello,” he greeted,
returned a smile.
walk, began trotting over
at me wide-eyed and gave me the yellow flower he was
to pick him up, only to be stopped by the man. “Be careful!
in disbelief. “How…” How did you know I
question never left my
“Don’t be surprised. I know a little about medicine and could guess that you’re pregnant
nodded, feeling amazed by
unique,” I remarked. “It’s like a vegetable
exact, this is a medicinal herb garden. There are over two thousand different species of medicinal plants here. They’re
there weren’t many vegetables here,
J City is the most suitable area in the whole country to cultivate these plants, and that’s how Herb Garden became the center of our country’s medicinal herbs. There aren’t many, but every
a newfound liking for this place as I watched him
and called out to me, “Don’t hang around too long, Mrs. Fuller! Some herbs here
my senses only after they had walked far away. He knew who I
and saw me kneeling by a stream looking at ants. “Let’s