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.

after the earlier incident as I fell

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

night, the bedroom was empty. The lightning flashed across the night, and it

light and looked around. Ashton was nowhere to be seen. There were a lot of cigarette stubs on

I walked out barefoot,

was

there stubbornly, utterly drenched.

home!” said Ashton in

an innocent smile. “You know I’m afraid

she was drenched,

silence, Ashton gave in. “Go take

have clean clothes to change into,” she

brought here earlier, are still in

the top of the stairs silently and overheard their

into

George bought this villa because he thought it was spacious. It

on, I realized that day might never come. I didn’t even know when Rebecca moved her

How ridiculous!

sounded from the guest room. It seemed like Rebecca had

toward the guest room. Suddenly, he stopped midway and looked up, meeting my gaze. “You’re

heart. “She is hurt. You should

“Scarlett!”