When There Is Nothing Left But Love

Picking me up, he glanced at Mrs. Eriksen, who had rushed out after hearing the commotion. “Get a cab for Ms. Larson!”

Mrs. Eriksen nodded profusely.

Rebecca had just recovered from the shock. She stared at us, her expression pale. “Ash,” she implored.

“Go back home!” Ashton told her before heading into the villa with me.

Behind us, I could hear Mrs. Eriksen saying, “Ms. Larson, here’s your cab.”

Back in the bedroom, Ashton placed me on the bed gently. He gazed at me and gave me a light peck. “Don’t act recklessly anymore. Otherwise…”

He didn’t finish his sentence. When his cool lips landed on my shoulder, leaving his mark there with a bite, I frowned slightly but said nothing.

After pulling up the covers for me, his phone started ringing on the bedside table. I glanced at it and realized it was Rebecca.

Ashton took a glance at it, but he didn’t answer her call.

After a few missed calls from Rebecca, she texted him.

The message read: Ash, please don’t leave me alone. After losing my brother, you’re the only one I have.

I wanted to smile, but there was a lump in my throat stopping me from doing so.

Ashton saw the text, too. He didn’t reply to it. Instead, he lit up a cigarette and went to the balcony to smoke quietly.

tired after the earlier incident

booming loudly when I finally woke up. I thought the sky had cleared, but it was

was with Macy. But that night, the bedroom was empty. The lightning flashed across the night, and it was

nowhere to be seen. There were a lot of cigarette stubs on the

out barefoot, hoping to see

I was too

stood there stubbornly,

home!” said

innocent smile. “You know I’m afraid of

she was

silence, Ashton gave in. “Go take a

clean clothes to change into,”

earlier, are still in the

stood at the top of the stairs silently and overheard their

into the

thought it was spacious. It could accommodate

never come. I didn’t even know when Rebecca moved her clothes to the guest

How ridiculous!

A shriek sounded from the guest

knitted up as he strode toward the guest room. Suddenly, he stopped

a pang in my heart. “She

“Scarlett!”