When There Is Nothing Left But Love

I almost choke on my soup when I heard Ashton answering her, “Yes!”

He fell in love with me? I must have heard it wrongly…

Rebecca continued at the top of her voice, “That’s impossible! What you feel toward her is nothing but a sense of guilt and responsibility, not love! She’s been by your side for two years after all, not to mention she’s pregnant with your child now…”

Ashton was never a smooth talker, so when he saw that Rebecca was throwing her tantrum, he uttered flatly, “That’s enough, Rebecca. Go back with Joe!”

He had probably kept his voice low the whole time to avoid disturbing me as much as possible. Soon, the doorbell rang again, and there came Joe.

Rebecca wailed and flailed about as Joe dragged her out of the villa.

As soon as everything quietened down, Ashton came into the dining hall. I was almost done eating by then. He looked at me with tired eyes as he pinched his brows. “How’s breakfast?”

The food wasn’t bad, so I nodded. “Did you not sleep well last night?”

Smiling wearily, he sat beside me and pulled me into his embrace. His chin rested upon my shoulder. “Do you have any plans for the evening?”

I paused a little before answering him, “I might be going out for a bit. I haven’t managed to spend time with Macy these few days ever since she came back. I’m thinking I should pay her a visit.”

I knew that Jackson should have arrived in J City by now. But there was no need to tell Ashton about this yet. It’s not like I was having a fatal illness anyway.

like I’ll have to

grabbed onto his hand. “Ashton…” I slowly looked up.

his gaze met mine, I could see my own image reflecting off his clear eyes vividly. “Have I ever lied

from this day onward!” Whether love truly existed between us or not, nothing weighed more in a marriage than a man’s

sure about how Ashton felt toward me, but I was certain that he would be responsible toward me

alone was good enough for

the living room before I left. It surely felt like there was less

from the villa gave me just enough time to arrive at

hall, the man who came into view looked like a different person. I froze for a millisecond. How did he suddenly

grey shorts with a blue checkered shirt that had been trending lately. His shades were positioned perfectly above his sharp nose bridge. He strode with confidence while his moderate-length

my body was crushed beneath the embrace of this

him was even

himself up now, I would say

pinched my cheeks teasingly and grinned. “I’m what they called a late bloomer. Who knows? I might still continue to

to look up at him while talking. I pursed my lips. “You’re going to get classified as a giant

the car and he glanced around. “Why isn’t Macy here to greet me? Don’t tell me she already went looking

a laugh. This guy was still as cheeky as ever. “You’ll get to see her in a moment! She went ahead of

could’ve been settled with just a phone call!” he groaned while securing his seatbelt. The corner of his eye twitched slightly as