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.

Then, he gracefully walked to the front passenger

express my

you’ll have to follow me closely,

didn’t see any other way to

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

It was Sharon.

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

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

soon. Your grandparents are already here. Hurry up and go say hello to them, then come out to welcome the guests.” Sharon pulled

might this beautiful young lady be? Why haven’t I

me, I was at

“Mom, you’ve met her before. This

look at my stomach. After a transient moment, she exclaimed, “It’s

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

it came to their children. Sharon obviously hated Sally and

me, the daughter-in-law

glanced at me and warned,

leading me

in the lobby yet. Refreshments were arranged on both sides, and the two Bauman elderlies were chatting