Chapter 9: Breaking Up with Ashley Shaw

"Carolina Barker, is Ashley there?" I was miserable, but I pulled myself together. I couldn't afford to offend my future mother-in-law. "She's not here. Did you need her?" Her tone was as flat and indifferent as ever. I didn't have to see her to picture the disdain on her face. She had never approved of me and Ashley. In her mind, her daughter should marry a man who drove a sports car, lived in a villa, and was rolling in money. I was none of the above. "It's nothing urgent. I'll talk to her when...