When There Is Nothing Left But Love

I sat in the bathtub, staring into space. My head was spinning as a dull ache throbbed uncomfortably in my heart.

We had seen each other naked many times, so I wasn’t embarrassed at all and allowed him to clean me.

Soon, steam filled the bathroom. My freezing body started to warm up.

He wrapped me up in a towel and brought me out. After helping me to put on clean pajamas, he began drying my hair.

None of us spoke to each other.

I closed my eyes and leaned back comfortably as exhaustion washed over me.

“Don’t fall asleep. Let me dry your hair first,” Ashton spoke. He was no longer furious.

I remained silent with my eyes shut.

The sound of the hairdryer whirring rang in my ears abruptly. It felt so warm and unrealistic to me.

“Scarlett!” Ashton called out my name after switching off the hairdryer.

My eyes snapped open in confusion.

warm hug before saying, “Let’s

for discussion. Picking me up,

in the

in Ashton’s arms, Rebecca’s gaze

at Ashton without hesitation. “Ash, are

eyes were red and puffy, but

down and shut my eyes

see them being

Joe will give you a ride home,” said

had the same idea. He offered, “Rebecca,

breaking down as she exclaimed, “You people think I’m unreasonable, don’t you? Now that my brother is dead,

“Ha!” I sneered.

Rebecca. She turned to glare at me. “Scarlett, what is so funny about it? Oh, you should be gloating now. You’ve

was amused. “What did I get?” Pausing, I let out a bitter chuckle. “Yes, I got everything I wanted. Thanks to you, Ms. Larson, I am stuck in a loveless marriage. I don’t even dare to tell anyone I’m pregnant. You can use your deceased brother to destroy another family. I can’t believe

stop spouting nonsense!” Rebecca’s face flushed

bothered to argue with her. “Nonsense? Look, aren’t you acting shamelessly now? This house

Ashton. When her gaze landed on me, it was full

too exhausted to continue the

leave, I