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

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

right! Is there anything else you want

eye to the incident that has occurred today, but I want you

drunk!” Halfway through my reply, I

his anger anymore. “Scarlett, what does it take to

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

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

gloomy all of a sudden. “Which part of me is being unreasonable? Besides, what makes you think something’s going on between Rebecca and me? Scarlett, who the hell do you think you

I had to bring the conversation to a halt. Otherwise,

away from Marcus in the future. I promise

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

I apologize and give in to his request when I hadn’t done anything wrong? Actually, what does he want? I can’t seem to talk any sense into

I have told you the things I have in mind! It’s up to you to believe it or

soon as I finished my sentence, I brought myself upstairs because I couldn’t take it anymore-if the conversation went

my surprise, he grasped my

what the heck do you want?” I turned around and confronted him because

upstairs after we get ourselves something to eat, okay? I’m

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

his lips pursed in an aggrieved manner while he showed me his hands. “I’ve accidentally hurt my hands during

kind of excuse is that? I thought I was hearing things when I heard the absurd reply from him. If I hadn’t witnessed the fight he had with Marcus, I

he must have accidentally hurt himself when he got all worked up during

put on an innocent front when he was the aggressive one who had caused