When There Is Nothing Left But Love

After all, she is everyone’s precious princess.

She pursed her lips as her features contorted with rancor. The tone in which she spoke to me was especially uncongenial. “I thought you hated Ash? Why are you back here?”

Amusement filled me as I countered, “No matter how much I hate him, we’re still a legally married couple. Besides, I own half the rights to this house. If I don’t come back, wouldn’t that be an act of surrender?”

She curled her lips in disdain. “Oh, quit the snarky act. I’m not interested in fighting with you over money.”

I raised my brows. “I find that hard to believe. After all, you’ve even set your sights on my husband.”

Faced with her venomous glare, I turned and headed toward the yard before she could say something nasty to me and further dampen my mood. Realizing that it was already autumn in K City, I sighed at how time flew.

Perhaps Ashton had heard our voices outside. After a while, he came out. When he saw Rebecca, he frowned as his lips flattened into a line. “What are you doing here?”

Seeing her lover, a soft smile replaced the angry scowl on Rebecca’s face. “Ash, I heard my father say that you’ll be going to a border town next month to discuss the development project, so he told me to pass the collaboration contract to you.”

Then, she signaled her nanny with her eyes, to which the latter took out a file and respectfully handed it to Ashton.

“Pfft!” I failed to stifle my laughter and ended up attracting their gazes to me.

Ashton pursed his lips as he ordered, “It’s cold. Go in and put on a coat.”

Rebecca shot daggers at me and gnashed her teeth in anger.

holding his arm to complain, “You were too rough earlier, so I don’t really feel like walking so much. Can you go get it

deliberately tilted my head slightly, revealing the bite

would always leave a mark no

Rebecca’s increasingly vexed expression, I broke into an incredibly sweet smile at

so he easily saw

glanced at Rebecca. “Just get your father to look for me at

weather’s cold. Go home earlier,” he added

to say something but was cut off by

my regards to your mother,” he said in a voice

his words was clear. Rebecca instantly tensed up, an aggrieved

to tug me back into the living room, but I released his arm at that time and said to him,

His brows drew together.

hesitation, I reminded him, “You promised that

he relented, “It’s

I turned back to Rebecca with a faint smile. “Let me

being given the cold shoulder, and seeing me only made her more displeased. “You couldn’t even protect your

was a cobblestone path that extended from the front door to where we

weather, the fish inside were relatively inactive and the lotuses that bloomed on the water’s surface had withered by now. To ensure that the pond stayed visually pleasant, snapped branches and

shooed off the nanny, Rebecca supported her waist