When There Is Nothing Left But Love

Ashton snorted and put me down on my feet. Throwing John and the roses he was holding a scornful look, he said indifferently, “You like this sort of courting method?”

“No.” I paused before adding, “But a lot of women do.”

He pursed his lips and crossed his arms before his chest. When it seemed like he had no intention of going inside, I questioned, “Aren’t you going to leave?”

“Why should I?” His retort had me at a loss for words.

In the end, I gave up and let him be.

I made my way over to John. He had noticed us a while ago but had not moved from his spot. Once I was near him, he offered the bouquet to me. “I’m here to wish you an early ‘Happy Birthday!’“

“It’s way too early!” I did a quick calculation, noting my birthday was still roughly two weeks away. “Besides, I never celebrate my birthday.”

I stared at the bouquet, my brows crinkling in a frown. It was way too large for me to comfortably carry it.

Before I could think of a solution, Ashton snatched the bouquet away. “Mr. Stovall, how very romantic of you! Unfortunately, Scarlett has never really liked flowers. Please be a little more thoughtful next time!”

Oh my god, I’ve never seen such a shameless person before!

John raised an eyebrow at me. “She doesn’t like flowers? Since when?”

a thin line, feeling more than annoyed at the posturing of the

not answer him, John turned to narrow his eyes at Ashton. “I remember Letty used to love flowers when she was young. Why did she lose her love for it after getting together with you, Mr. Fuller? Flowers are a way of expressing love. Could it be that you’ve never given her flowers and simply assume that

his roundabout way of saying Ashton

in his hands. Lifting a brow, he

game, I

anyone else. If you really do like them, I’ll buy them for you every

the bouquet of roses into the nearby garbage bin. Then, he looked at John with an innocent

much more

reject him and be done with it. Come back earlier. I’ll be waiting for you and the baby in the villa!” Ashton’s face was neutral as

gift box in John’s hand. He paused before exclaiming, “Mr. Stovall, you even brought desserts! What perfect timing! I didn’t really eat much earlier. You don’t mind if I help myself,

approval, he simply took the box away from

He is absolutely shameless!

moment, I could think of no better words to describe

I broke the silence first,

first time I met him, he had nearly always been waiting by my house. I was beginning to

only response he gave to my taunt was a raised eyebrow. Then, he grinned and said, “I just really wanted to

my lips. With how adept he was at technology, it did not take a genius to figure out how he managed to find me. I huffed and pressed, “Alright, out with it. What do

back with me

my brows, I snapped, “John, are you really that bored?” I could not think of any reason for me to go with him. And even if I did want to, I wondered what was his plan on going back. After all, the Stovall family already accepted him as one of their own, and there was no way he could leave just because he