When There Is Nothing Left But Love

With the star of the night gone, what followed next was the repercussion.

All eyes seemed to be on me as they started discussing the incident.

“This Mrs. Fuller has always been at odds with Ms. Larson. Since the latter has officially joined the family, Mrs. Fuller probably pushed her due to jealousy.”

“I don’t think so. I have dealt with Mrs. Fuller before on several projects. She is a woman of swift actions and resolute decisions. She knows what she is doing and does them well. She’s not the type to hurt someone on such an occasion.”

“In the end, it’s still a relationship issue between a man and a woman. Didn’t you see Mr. Fuller’s expression just now? He was clearly worried for Ms. Larson. If you were the wife, how would you feel if your husband worries about another woman?”

“True, I guess. Since Ms. Larson has rejoined her family, as a person with power, she might just force Mrs. Fuller to divorce Mr. Fuller in the future.”

“Seems like Mrs. Fuller’s going to have hard life ahead of her.”

I simply stood there and listened to their discussions quietly.

Just then, Joe appeared out of nowhere to cash in on my misery. He had been observing the whole fiasco and was now giddy with excitement. He leaned in and jeered mockingly, “Hey, Scarlett, are you blatantly showing off your jealousy now? But I guess it can’t be helped. After all, Rebecca is far above you in terms of beauty, status, and lineage. She is now definitely worthy of Ashton, as for you…”

He purposely left his sentence unfinished. However, his contempt and disdain toward me were not lost on me, he was clearly implying the whole time that I was not suited to be Ashton’s wife.

Raising my eyes to meet his, I shrugged and smiled, “Yes, it may be outrightly obvious, but compared to your sneaky scheming, I am proud that I had nothing to hide!”

“You…”

at his own game. Overcame by frustration and at a loss of words,

dealt with the gossips and talks, I left the hall

on a swing in the courtyard. Upon spotting me approaching from the

out, “I’ve never thought that you

the type of person who liked to torture his victims directly. Now, it seems that he

his torture session, so that he could squeeze out every single last

southern suburbs were far away from the city. As it was a wealthy residential area,

unless given permission, no one could enter here by car. As such, for me to be able to hail a taxi, I would have to walk all

was going to be a

my high heels and hiked along the asphalt road by the golf course. After a while, a car appeared behind and deliberately followed me at

guess, I already knew who it was. Instead of stopping, I

while and seeing that the car was still trailing after me, I decided

sat down right

with a hint of sorrow in his voice, “Letty, don’t you

his question with another instead, “What is your motive for returning this time

parents, forced Grandma to her early grave, and tried

the deep, dark sky. “I got lonely, so I thought

words were uttered by a long-lost family member during a reunion, I

have to die to be free from you?” I mused as I gazed at the street lights. My

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