When There Is Nothing Left But Love

Surely he must have been upset when the child was suddenly gone just like that, right?

His brows were pinched into a deep furrow. “This matter is already in the past!”

“I know. I’m just asking.” I nodded, but I couldn’t help wanting to add to that. More words rolled off my tongue in a mumble, “I’m just wondering if I ever have a miscarriage, will you feel upset?”

“Scarlett!” he raised his voice. My arm was beginning to hurt under his tightened grip. The look on his face was gloomy. “Who did you meet today?”

My head was full on throbbing in pain by now. I rested my skull against his chest, devoid of energy to say anything else. “It doesn’t matter. As you said, It’s all in the past.”

The tension in the atmosphere went up a notch while the temperature felt like it had dropped several degrees. I knew he was angered. But there was no point in talking about this anymore. I closed my eyes as I leaned against him.

Just then, a buzz sounded, followed by a ringtone that came from his phone. I tried to withdraw myself from his embrace at the thought of letting him pick up the call, but before I could, I was pressed tighter against his body as he wrapped an arm around my shoulders. With his other arm, he fumbled for his phone and made a quick swipe across the screen.

“What is it?” he answered. He had turned on the speaker.

“Ash, I recently took up the job at my mother’s company in J City. I’ll be coming over tomorrow. Are you free to pick me up at the airport?” Rebecca’s voice echoed from the other end of the call.

I nuzzled my head and burrowed myself into a more comfortable position in his embrace.

“I’ve got something to do at work tomorrow. I’ll send Joe over to pick you up,” Ashton replied flatly.

A brief pause came before her voice sounded through the phone again. There was a hint of disappointment in it this time. “Ash… Can’t we even be friends with each other now?”

Ashton took a deep breath and held it for a second. I could tell he was probably feeling uneasy.

the phone, “He’s accompanying

squeeze. He let out a helpless sigh and added, “Send your flight details to Joe. He’ll be there to pick

on my face. My skin burned a little as his stubble scrapped against my cheek, but he wouldn’t let me pull away. “Was that a declaration of ownership over your man?” He gazed down

“Can’t I?”

grip relaxed a little, I

aroma that came from a bowl of noodles sitting on the dining table entered my nose. Ashton had cooked it

read a book saying that a pregnant woman shouldn’t eat something too rich, so

gaze at him blankly in response. I felt like I

caring in the

The whole situation

me towards the table and sat me down. The noodles tasted great, but my heart was burdened with too many things

I was uninterested in the food he made, he frowned.

head. “No,

out some milk for me. “Otherwise your tummy’s going to feel uncomfortable when you start

whole night, Ashton stayed with me at Glenwood

The next morning.

my eyes open in a daze when I felt something shifted beside me. Everything looked hazy, but Ashton’s silhouette came into clearer view as I squinted and

he asked,

body felt a little too heavy

“Joseph will deliver your breakfast in a while. Rest up a bit after you

as he finished speaking.

felt odd. Ashton treated and cared for me so well these days,

after breakfast, Macy called. She told me she needed someone to pick her up from the airport as she had too many