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.

the earlier

I finally woke up. I thought the sky had cleared, but it

wasn’t afraid as I was with Macy. But that night, the bedroom was empty. The lightning

the light and looked around. Ashton was nowhere to be seen. There were

in the bedroom, I walked out barefoot, hoping to see

I was

the living room downstairs, Rebecca stood there stubbornly,

said

curved up in an innocent smile. “You know I’m afraid

and delicate, especially since she was

silence, Ashton gave in. “Go

nodded. “But I don’t have clean clothes to change

brought here earlier, are still in the guest

at the top of the stairs silently

sauntered into the

because he thought it was spacious. It could accommodate if Ashton and

day might never come. I didn’t even know when Rebecca moved her clothes

How ridiculous!

from the guest

guest room. Suddenly, he stopped midway and looked up, meeting my

pang in my heart. “She

“Scarlett!”