When There Is Nothing Left But Love

Without looking at his expression, I straightened and went into my bedroom. In this world, no one would go out of their way to help someone else for no apparent reason. There had to be a motive. I was smart enough to know why Marcus treated me so well.

Sometimes, I wanted to continue feigning ignorance just so that I could stay. However, humans were complex beings. I couldn’t very well put on a facade forever, not to mention the current me couldn’t afford to be ignorant anymore.

“Scarlett!” He paused before asking in a low voice, “Have you ever… felt anything for me?”

His question stunned me, and my mind couldn’t formulate a response for a while. “I’m sorry, Marcus!”

A low laugh came from behind me. “Okay. I understand.”

His simple words carried a sense of heaviness.

Even so, there was nothing I could do about it.

I parted my lips, attempting to say something, but no words could escape.

Back in my bedroom, my chest tightened uncomfortably. Even after a whole night of tossing and turning, I still couldn’t fall asleep.

During the past two months, I never once thought about how I was going to spend the rest of my days.

Besides solving the matters between Ashton and me, there was also Marcus. I had no qualms accepting his meticulous care. In fact, I even enjoyed it. However, I seemed to have forgotten that there was nothing I could give him, and at the end of the day, he was the one who’d get hurt.

I was broken and beyond repair, so I shouldn’t drag him into my mess.

The night passed by so slowly that I thought the sun would never come up.

The next day.

a sleepless night, my head buzzed

in the living room. Upon sensing my presence, he looked at me with a neutral expression. “Have

comprising of eggs,

from each other., he remained silent and ate his

noticing the dark circles beneath his eyes, I asked without much

my gaze and replied tersely, “Eat more.” With that, he filled my plate

studied him for a

When I felt Marcus’ eyes on me, I snapped out of my daze and

phone number was flashing across the

lack of reaction, Marcus raised his brows. “Aren’t

I placed it against my ear and waited for him to

lot of stuff? I can go up and help you with

walked to the windows, then pulled the curtains open. True enough, the man was standing tall and proud downstairs,

in a flat voice, then

in a tone that matched mine. I guess this had always been the

the call, Marcus looked at me with pursed lips. “You haven’t

and hesitated for a moment, knowing that he was in

I could say. Since everything in the bedroom

around him to walk out of the bedroom, but he abruptly grabbed my wrist. Before I could react, he grasped

shoved him away and massaged my

a laugh. “You

when I stared at him, then I

me, so I didn’t have the right to lecture or criticize him. Hence, I had to