When There Is Nothing Left But Love

When There Is Nothing Left But Love Chapter 261

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 do

rhetorically, “What do I 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

to the incident that has occurred today, but I want you to stay away from Marcus in the

through

wrist because he couldn’t hold back his anger anymore. “Scarlett, what does it

raised my head and looked at him in the eyes because he was frustrated for real. “Fine! 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 in touch with Rebecca while nothing’s going on

of mine to bring up Rebecca whenever we were involved in a conflict. I knew nothing was going on between

turned 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

bring the conversation to a halt. Otherwise, things would

sorry, okay? I’ll definitely stay away from Marcus in the future. I promise you

narrowed his eyes because he was confused by my sudden change of

to his request 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

and forced a smile. “Ashton, I have told you the things I have in mind! It’s up to you

myself upstairs because I couldn’t take it anymore-if the conversation went on any longer, I

surprise, he grasped my

you want?” I turned around and confronted

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

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 to

showed me

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 would have fallen

was merely faintly bruised. I guessed he must have accidentally hurt

no shame at all?” He had the audacity to put on an innocent front when he was the aggressive one who had caused

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