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.

somewhat upset. “Looks like I’ll have to be home alone

out and grabbed onto his hand. “Ashton…” I slowly looked up. “Whatever you said

his gaze met mine, I could see my own image reflecting

along properly from this day onward!” Whether love truly existed

certain that he would be responsible toward

that alone was good enough

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

airport straight from the villa gave me just enough time to arrive at

for a millisecond. How did he suddenly grow so much

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

while.” Before I could react, my body was crushed beneath the embrace of

parted, the close-up view of him was even more impressive. Time

had changed so much. With how he styled himself up now, I would say

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

pursed my lips. “You’re going to get classified as a

here to greet me? Don’t tell

couldn’t help but let out a laugh. This guy was still as cheeky as ever. “You’ll get to

phone call!” he groaned while securing his seatbelt. The corner of his eye twitched slightly as