When There Is Nothing Left But Love

Argh! I guess I can’t out-talk him, huh?

“Thanks for the ride home!” I decided to keep my mouth shut and boarded the car as instructed.

He nodded and responded with a poker face.

When we were about to reach the villa, I couldn’t suppress the urge to ask him about the thing that had been bothering me. “Joseph, where’s your girlfriend?”

“I don’t have one, Mrs. Fuller!”

I nodded and remarked, “Well, I thought so. Otherwise, your girlfriend will have a hard time dealing with you.”

He took a peek at me for a few seconds before turning around to focus on the road. “Actually, I’m married.”

I was completely speechless and decided to wrap up our conversation because I was pretty sure I would get increasingly infuriated if I were to go on.

Once we were back in the villa, I got out of the car as soon as possible and strode my way into the living room.

I changed into a pair of indoor sandals in the foyer and noticed the light in the living room was switched on. There was a man in the living room, enjoying his cup of tea as he indulged himself in reading a book.

“A**hole!” I blurted out the things I had in my mind almost instantly.

He frowned and stared at me silently, but I ignored him and bounced my way up the stairs without any hesitation.

“Hold it right there, Scarlett!” Ashton broke the silence and raised his volume out of the blue, rendering me incapable of motion while I was on my way up the stairs.

turned around and confronted, “What

rhetorically, “What do I want? How dare you raise your volume

right! Is there anything else you want from

and announced in a righteous manner, “I’ll turn a blind eye to the incident that has occurred today, but I want you

goodness’ sake! Marcus was merely drunk!” Halfway through my reply, I avoided his gaze due to the sense of guilt I

over and grasped my wrist because he couldn’t hold back his anger anymore. “Scarlett, what does it take to get

try to stay away from him in the future. I’m conscious of the things I’m doing, okay?

we were involved in a conflict. I knew nothing was going on between the duo, but I couldn’t resist the urge to provoke him whenever I had

is being unreasonable? Besides, what makes you think something’s going on between Rebecca and

expression, I knew I had to bring the conversation

from Marcus in the future.

he was confused by my sudden change of attitude. “Scarlett, are you keeping something

when I hadn’t done anything wrong? Actually, what does he want? I can’t seem to talk any sense into him at all! I have done everything

a deep breath and forced a smile. “Ashton, I have told you the things I

I couldn’t take it anymore-if the conversation went on

grasped my

heck do you want?” I turned around and confronted him because I couldn’t suppress my

and collected self as he requested, “Calm down, Scarlett. Let’s head upstairs after we get ourselves something

reached J City. Therefore, his housekeepers and maids weren’t around in the night. This time, it was my turn to express my discontent. I yelled, “Can’t you make yourself something to eat? Why does it have

manner while he showed me his hands. “I’ve accidentally

was hearing things when I heard the absurd reply from him. If I hadn’t witnessed the fight he had with Marcus,

have accidentally hurt

audacity to put on an innocent