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.

entrance, Marcus got out. Then, he gracefully walked to the front passenger side and opened

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

smiled faintly. “Then you’ll have to follow me closely,

other way to

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

It was Sharon.

seen her for quite some time, she seemed to have aged quite a bit. Today, she was wearing a burgundy gown with an ink-colored shawl to match, making her look incredibly

time had the ability to polish off the rough edges of

you’re finally here! The guests should be arriving soon. Your grandparents are already here. Hurry up and go say hello to them,

that, her gaze landed on me. She smiled. “And who might this beautiful young

Seeing as she couldn’t recognize me, I was at a loss for a moment and instinctively looked at

“Mom, you’ve met her before.

dipping down to look at my stomach. After a transient

I brought today, you wouldn’t intervene. You’ll respect my choices, won’t

to their children. Sharon obviously hated Sally

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

she glanced at me and warned, “Just make sure you

smiled lopsidedly before leading me into

many people in the lobby yet. Refreshments were arranged on both sides, and the two Bauman