When There Is Nothing Left But Love

Ashton tends to do things this way too. I hung my head low at the sudden, intrusive thought about him while my nose wrinkled in discomfort.

Marcus did not notice my minute reaction. He merely grinned. “It’s not a waste. See, we’re using it now, aren’t we?”

We took a spin around the house. It didn’t look like we need to buy or replace anything, but the kitchen looked quite empty. Perhaps Marcus, assuming that I was not much of a cook, did not bother too much with the layout.

“Is there anything missing?” He said, changing the house key and fingerprint code to mine.

I nodded in response. “Since you’re free tonight, why don’t we cook at home? I can give Macy and Jackson a call later, invite them to join in. I should let them know I’m safe anyway. Ever since I left, it’s like I’ve been cut off from the outside world.”

Marcus nodded. He did not look too good, but I paid little mind to that.

We left the residence together and headed to the supermarket. There, we stocked up on basic cooking necessities, including rice, cooking oil, sugar, and salt. Marcus turned to me with a look of surprise. “You can cook?”

It was so embarrassing to have that question thrown at me. Impatiently, I rebutted, “Don’t underestimate me, alright? What makes you think I can’t cook?”

I picked a few seasonings and added bluntly, “Just you wait, I’ll show you what I’m capable of tonight!”

Laughter escaped him. He raised a hand, patted me on the head, and said, “Alright then. I’ll wait!”

an item on the shelf behind him, so I asked for a favor, “Marcus, can you help me get that seasoning

just stared at a target behind me, looking rather solemn. I froze, faintly wary of

reaction, I was about to whip my head around, but

was in a stern tone, “It’s getting late.

before I could figure out what was going on, someone forcibly grabbed hold of my wrist and pulled me

In short, the emotions reflected in his eyes were an impetuous, messy lot. The thoughts in my head crashed

stiffened, my heart began

body tremble. In a moment, I broke off eye contact and stopped looking at him while my heart suffocated from

to tell him what happened to the baby. I was not ready to give him any sort of explanation

woman’s dainty voice suddenly rang, and

eyes darted to Rebecca, whose belly had already begun to show. She was standing next to

these items before. They were more or

Cameron… Staring at Rebecca with a pair of reddened eyes, I was on the brink of emotional collapse. In that instant,

launched myself almost frantically at Rebecca. No one

The next thing I knew, I tore

Rebecca, scared out of

tightly secured in their arms. A low, gruff voice rang in my

dwindling, my eyes still maddening red. I broke myself free from his arms with what little strength I had