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.

around and confronted,

want? How dare you raise your volume against me when

yourself to be right! Is there anything else you want from me?” I glared at him with

manner, “I’ll turn a blind eye to the incident that has occurred today,

I have to work, for goodness’ sake! Marcus was merely drunk!” Halfway through my reply, I avoided his gaze

he couldn’t hold back his anger anymore.

I’m conscious of the things I’m doing, okay? You have been getting in touch with Rebecca while nothing’s going on between Marcus and me! Don’t you

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

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

knew I had to bring the conversation to a

sorry, okay? I’ll definitely stay away from Marcus in the future. I promise you I won’t get anywhere

his eyes because he was confused by my sudden change of attitude. “Scarlett, are

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

smile. “Ashton, I have told you the things I have in mind! It’s up to you to believe it

upstairs because I couldn’t take it

surprise, he grasped my wrist and stopped me

do you want?” I turned around and

upstairs after we get ourselves something to eat, okay?

in the night. This time, it was my turn to express my

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

that? I thought I was hearing things when I heard the absurd reply from him. If I hadn’t witnessed the

was merely faintly bruised. I guessed he must have accidentally hurt himself when he got all worked up

at all?” He had the audacity to put on