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.

pulled me in for a warm hug before saying, “Let’s go

for discussion. Picking

hair half-dried. She was sitting in the living

in Ashton’s arms, Rebecca’s gaze

tugged at Ashton without hesitation. “Ash, are you going

were red and puffy, but she was wailing

down and shut my eyes tiredly. Why did Ashton bring me

them being

stop it. Joe will give you a

idea. He offered, “Rebecca, I’ll drive

people think I’m unreasonable, don’t you? Now that

“Ha!” I sneered.

at me. “Scarlett, what is so funny about it? Oh, you should be gloating now. You’ve got

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 how

nonsense!” Rebecca’s face flushed red

now? This house belongs to Ashton and me. It isn’t somewhere

Ashton. When her

too exhausted

leave, I