When There Is Nothing Left But Love

I could not find the box.

Meanwhile, Ashton had his hands folded as he watched me. After sparing him a glimpse, I said, “Go ahead and wash up first. I’m going to keep looking for it.”

He was quiet for a while. “Do you know what’s inside the box Grandpa gave to you?”

I shook my head. “I don’t. Mrs. Eriksen only told me that I could give the box to you if I really didn’t want to marry you. I don’t what Grandpa put in there. Maybe he was planning to deter you from marrying me by threatening you with Fuller Corporation.”

He sneered, “How shallow.”

I did not deny his words. After what seemed ages of searching, I still couldn’t seem to find it. By now, I was starting to feel irritated. “Grandpa gave it to you. Have you seen the box?”

He glanced at me. “Are you short of money now?”

Taken aback by his words, I replied, “No.”

“Then it’s meaningless for you to look for the box. In the box is Grandpa’s money for you. I’m sure he was afraid that you would starve to death if you left me.”

Knitting my brows, I felt a tinge of anger. “You opened it?”

He nodded truthfully.

mine! What right did you have to open

thing. The last time, he brought me to Cameron without my consent and asked

not decipher what he was feeling at that moment. “I have no plans to divorce you, so

do anything you please

his back and said with a sigh, “I was wrong not

out a short laugh. “Ashton, aren’t you funny? Are you trying to change the topic so easily? Do you think of me as the same as that useless box? Will you do the same to me if I were Rebecca? Will you disrespect her by

He had a frown on his face, evidently displeased by my words. “We’re

I asked, “Are we

remark, he

head to look at his handsome face, I could not help but laugh. “Ashton, it seems to you that we’re not a married couple. We’re only a couple because of your parents. There’s someone in your heart –

and the box had been the final straw. I

placidly said to me, “Scarlett, you’re my wife, and I respect you. I’ve apologized for the box, and I’m not the one deciding whether you stay or go. It’s getting late. Let’s

divorce.” I wasn’t sure how my tone sounded, but I

was something I had kept in my heart for a long time. The opportunity to voice it out loud had

transfixed, with his dark eyes on me. I could not decipher the emotions

thought it

I nodded. “Yes.”

continued looking at me with an apathetic expression. In fact, I