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.

he gracefully walked to the front passenger side and opened the door for me

too long. When I got out of the car, I couldn’t help but express my concern,

faintly. “Then you’ll have to follow me

this, I didn’t see any other way to prevent myself

toward the hotel. There was already someone

It was Sharon.

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

elegance that was accumulated over the years as time had the ability to polish off the rough

Hurry up and

who might this

couldn’t recognize me, I was at a

you’ve met her

to look at my stomach. After a transient moment, she exclaimed, “It’s you!” She frowned and chided Marcus, “Marc, why

her off, “Mom, you said that no matter who I brought today,

came to their children. Sharon obviously hated Sally

me, the daughter-in-law of the Fuller family,

me and

before leading me into the

weren’t many people in the lobby yet. Refreshments were arranged on both sides, and the two Bauman elderlies were chatting with some guests who had