When There Is Nothing Left But Love

It was still early when I got home. Bored out of my mind, I called Macy.

To my dismay, her phone was still switched off. It’s already been three months. She should’ve been done with her confinement by now, but why is her phone still turned off?

Helpless, I called Jackson instead. The call rang for a long time before it connected, and he sounded quite busy when he spoke. “Scarlett, I’m taking care of the baby now. What about you? What are you doing?”

I blinked in surprise. It must be quite difficult for a grown man to take care of a baby.

“Are you still with Macy in the countryside?” I asked while making myself comfortable on the sofa.

There was a momentary pause on the other end of the line before he answered, “Yeah. And you? How are you doing? Good?”

I nodded even though he couldn’t see me. “Yeah. I’ll return to J City around the end of the year. Are you two planning to come back to celebrate the new year? Or are you going to stay in the countryside?”

“We’re not too sure yet!” He seemed busy, so I quickly asked, “Where’s Macy? Is her phone broken? Why isn’t she answering her phone? I haven’t been able to get through to her for quite some time already.”

“Yeah! She’s quite busy. Anyway, I gotta go now. Let’s talk again some other time.” With that, he hung up the call.

I froze for a moment before putting my phone away.

…

At C Hotel, an international five-star hotel.

parking the car at the hotel’s entrance, Marcus got out. Then, he gracefully walked to the front passenger side and opened the door for me

but express my concern, “To be honest, this is my first time wearing a dress with such a long train.

to follow me closely, lest

see any other way to prevent myself from

and followed him toward the hotel. There was already someone standing by the

It was Sharon.

have aged quite a bit. Today, she was wearing a burgundy gown with an ink-colored shawl to

tended to exude an elegance that was accumulated over the years as time had the ability to polish off the rough edges of women, giving them a gentle and

Hurry up and go say hello to them, then come out to welcome the guests.” Sharon pulled

on me. She smiled. “And who might this beautiful young lady

was at a loss for a moment and instinctively looked

“Mom, you’ve met her

dipping down to look at my stomach. After a transient moment, she

off, “Mom, you said that no matter who I brought today, you wouldn’t intervene. You’ll respect my

their children. Sharon obviously hated Sally and looked down on the

up with me, the daughter-in-law of the

and warned, “Just

leading me into

arranged on both sides, and the two Bauman