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

onto his hand. “Ashton…” I slowly looked up. “Whatever you said to Rebecca just

image reflecting off his clear eyes vividly. “Have I ever lied to

existed between us

wasn’t exactly sure about how Ashton felt toward me, but I was certain that he would be responsible toward me and our child. He wasn’t one

that alone was good

surely felt like there was less space in the car as my belly grew bigger, though it still hadn’t affected

villa gave me just enough time to arrive at three

into view looked like a different person. I froze for a millisecond.

twenty-something young man was dressed fashionably. Amidst the summer heat, he donned a pair of knee-length grey shorts with a blue checkered shirt that had been trending lately. His shades were positioned perfectly above his sharp nose bridge. He strode

could react, my body was crushed beneath the embrace of this man who now spanned

up so much?” As we parted, the close-up view of him was even more

With how he styled himself up now, I would say he could

and grinned. “I’m what they called a late bloomer. Who

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

we got onto the car and he glanced around. “Why isn’t Macy here

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

with just a phone call!” he groaned while securing his seatbelt. The corner of his eye twitched slightly as his gaze fell upon my