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

help but express my concern, “To be honest, this is my first time wearing

“Then you’ll have to

see any other way to prevent myself

my shoulders and followed him toward the hotel. There was already someone standing by the Roman columns at

It was Sharon.

a bit. Today, she

years as time had the ability to polish off the rough edges of women, giving them a gentle and

be arriving soon. Your grandparents are already here. Hurry up and go

her gaze landed on me. She smiled. “And who might this beautiful young lady be? Why

I was at a loss

answered, “Mom, you’ve met her before. This

my stomach. After a transient moment, she exclaimed, “It’s you!” She frowned

cut her off, “Mom, you said that no matter who I brought today, you wouldn’t intervene.

it came to their children. Sharon obviously hated Sally and looked down on

was willing to put up with me, the daughter-in-law of the

she glanced at me and warned, “Just make sure you don’t stir up

before leading me into the

both sides, and the two Bauman elderlies were chatting with some guests who