When There Is Nothing Left But Love

The phone in my pocket vibrated.

I answered the call and immediately heard a cold voice screech, “Scarlett!”

It was Ashton. I guess he must have come out of the ER.

“Yes!” I answered. Upon seeing I’m on a call, Nick stood up and went to get some drinks.

“What are you doing?” I could tell that the man on the other side of the line was not in a good mood.

“I’m having barbecue now!” I told him, frankly.

He responded with a cold short. “Enjoying barbecue while your husband is still at the hospital? You’re seriously the best wife ever.”

I pressed my lips into a thin line. “Since you still have the strength to be mad at me, I guess you’re doing fine.”

If he can quarrel with me, his injuries mustn’t be that serious, right?

Nick soon returned with a few bottles of drinks and said, “Have some drinks to cool you down.”

I gave him a thumbs-up to express my appreciation.

“Who’s that? Who’s with you?” Ashton asked impatiently.

phone and barbecuing my food at the same time. “Is there anything else you want to know? If not, I’ll end the call

You

of you. If I’m not mistaken, Ms. Larson is there with you, right? What if I get into a fight with her, and you can’t do

call, put my phone on silent mode, and continued to enjoy

the dinner. As we walked around

turned down his offer as I was not a big fan of shopping. “Let’s just

his brows in questioning silence but eventually walked me back to the

he didn’t drink tonight and was

the entrance and looked me in the eyes. “If one day, Ashton and you decide to

but I don’t think that will

that he did not drive his own car today,

I stepped into the villa, I saw someone I did not wish to see. It was the one and only Rebecca

living hall. Perhaps Mrs. Eriksen was busy with something

eyes locked for a bit, and the woman immediately looked away with a deadpan

saw a few missed calls. They were

notifications straight away

the R Province police

trespassed my property, and I want to lodge a

“Just a moment, please.”

stared at me in

folded my arms and leaned against a wall by the entrance before saying nonchalantly, “I lodged a police report,