When There Is Nothing Left But Love

Knowing that he was fuming on the inside, I did not make him angrier anymore. When I returned to the bedroom, he was not around, and I was sure he must have gone to the study.

I then went to wash up in the bathroom. It had anti-slip tiles, so I usually took off my house slippers when I went in.

However, I somehow managed to slip and fall a few steps into the bathroom.

“Ah!” I shrieked in fear.

Bang! The bedroom door burst open to reveal Ashton, panting by the doorway. It seemed like he had rushed over.

When he saw me on the floor, he frowned as he lifted me up into his arms. “Are you hurt?”

“I sprained my ankle.”

He then reached out to pinch my ankle, and I could not help but gasp from the pain. “Ouch!”

“So you know it hurts?” he snarled. “Do you use your eyes to breathe?”

Pouting, I whispered, “How am I to know that the floor is so slippery. Who in their right mind would want to fall?”

He gave me a taunting look. “Who can you blame if you were the one to not watch where you were going?” After a pause, he continued, “What were you about to do?”

“Shower!” Why does he have such a terrible temper?

He placed me gently into the bathtub and filled the tub before coldly saying, “Do you need me to wash you?”

came my quick

“It’s as if you’ve lost your parents-in-law when his parents died,

I-

kind of logic

even connect

me in the past, and now that he’s having so many troubles. What’s wrong with me helping him a little? Have I ever said

was being melodramatic. If not for Marcus’ appearance back then, I would have died with the baby. Now that he was facing such a tragedy and there was no one around him he could talk to. What was wrong with me being concerned

in this way? Scarlett, do you think you’re the only one who knows how to repay

You get someone to do that, then!” I huffed. “If that’s the case, you could’ve found someone to take care of Rebecca, too. Why did you have to do it

dark as charcoal, he uttered, “Stop talking about things from the past. Hurry up and shower. Call me when

I was furious, too. “I can do

jump out of the tub

Inwardly, I was seething and closed to erupting like a volcano, but I did my best

could see

Half an hour later…

I stared at my swollen ankle under the water. I stood up by myself while holding onto the edge

of pain I could bear, so technically, I could do

lotion, and essential oil. As I sat by the edge of the tub, I started applying the lotion on myself. As the scent of

grab the towel to dry my hair, I knocked over the bottle of essential oil,

for a moment. Staring at the glass fragments by my feet, I could not help but frown at how inconvenient it would be for me to crouch down and

was what I did. Just as I was about to crouch down,

masochist?” he

out to tug the pajamas to