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…”

beaten at his own game. Overcame by frustration and

to disperse for the night. Having seen the exciting spectacle and dealt with the gossips and talks,

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

his face, I blurted out, “I’ve never thought that

in their lifetime. Five years ago, John was the type of person who liked to torture his victims directly. Now, it seems that he preferred to indirectly involve

to drag out his torture session, so that he could squeeze out every single last wail and scream from his

that the southern suburbs were far away from the

be able to hail a taxi, I would

was going to be a

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

having to guess, I already knew who it was. Instead

while and seeing that the car was still trailing after me, I decided to stop and sat down on the lawn of the golf

later, someone sat down right beside

let out a long sigh before he spoke with a hint of sorrow in his voice, “Letty, don’t you

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

caused the death of Macy’s parents, forced Grandma to her early grave, and tried to drown both Macy

he laid down, he rested his head on his hands and stared into the deep, dark sky. “I got lonely, so I thought that I would come back and live a good

uttered by a long-lost family member during a reunion, I would definitely be moved.

free from you?” I mused as I gazed at the street lights. My heart

die. You still got a long

to stop