When There Is Nothing Left But Love

Unwittingly, I had stayed in Ashton’s study until the sky turned dark. I couldn’t tell if it was because of my pregnancy, but I didn’t feel hungry even after not having anything to eat for the whole day, but my stomach did feel uncomfortable.

I went downstairs and rummaged through the kitchen cabinets for something to eat. Fortunately, Stacey stocked up enough food previously. After some time, I spotted some cucumbers in the refrigerators. Since I was too lazy to cook, I simply washed some cucumbers and planned to eat that as my dinner.

I didn’t notice Ashton returning to the villa. It wasn’t until I walked out with a slippery cucumber in hand that I saw him sitting in the living room.

When did he come back?

Sensing my presence, Ashton turned his head, his eyes instantly zooming in on the cucumber in my hand. A frown appeared on his face as he asked in a gruff voice, “What do you plan on doing with that?”

I was baffled, and answered in a matter-of-fact manner, “Eat it, of course!” What else can I do with this besides eating it?

Ashton scoffed. “Did I fail to satisfy you? Is that why you’ve resorted to using that?”

What?

I couldn’t quite grasp where he was going with this. What does he mean by “using that”?

He stood up and approached me with a brooding look on his face. I couldn’t figure out what was up with him, so I raised the cucumber in my hand and asked, “Do you want one?” I just so happened to wash two cucumbers just now.

Ashton’s gaze turned stormy as he growled, “No!” Before I knew it, he had snatched the cucumber in my hand and thrown it aside. His hand wrapped around my waist, while the other hand reached up to my lips, grazing them with his fingertips.

No matter how slow-witted I was, I still realized what he wanted to do right now. I instinctively tried to make a run for it, but his arm was holding me firmly in place. In a deep and husky voice, he said, “It’s already been a few days. We should be in the clear now!”

just couldn’t hear the logic in

his actions. I reached up to try and push him away. Unfortunately, he overpowered

arousal against my belly, my

I gasped

infection!” Rebecca just recently had a miscarriage, so he couldn’t touch her, and the same was true for me. Hence, I could understand

my warnings, I started to panic. “Ashton, the doctor said to abstain for a

was on the verge

heard the plea in my voice, because he gradually stopped what he was doing. Without a word, he hugged

time, he finally calmed his raging hormones and

stomach had growled. With a slight nod, I cracked a smile that looked more like a grimace. “I didn’t eat anything since I

He transferred his gaze back to

cooking because of

at me as the corners of his mouth tugged upward slightly, as if he was smiling but exasperated at the same

he went into the kitchen. After a while, he came out with a bowl of noodles. He even added two eggs to

he saw the way I was gaping at him, he cocked a brow at me and said,

today surfaced in my mind. If I come clean with Ashton, will he really handle

that Ashton had only

nodded and motioned for me to quickly eat. Then, he lowered his head and read through the messages

after only a few bites of it, my

for a while, but could no longer suppress the nausea rising in my stomach and began to dry heave. Without a second’s delay, I ran to the bathroom and emptied my stomach of