When There Is Nothing Left But Love

His eyes flew wide open to reveal his obsidian orbs that were particularly bright in the night. “Cold?”

I nodded. “Very cold. You’re even colder than the snow outside!” There was a subtle whine in my voice.

He raised his hand to tuck my hair behind my ear and sighed softly, “I just don’t want you to see him. Not even for one second!”

After a brief pause, he continued, “I know that Marcus was kind to you, but he has feelings for you and as a man, I see it clearer than you do. Scarlett, promise me that from now on, you’ll stay away from him as much as possible, okay?”

I nodded and nuzzled his chest. “I know. It was just a coincidence just now. We’re staying under one roof, so it’s difficult to completely avoid each other. We’ll go home once Benjamin’s funeral is over and we won’t have to see him anymore.”

Pursing his lips, he tightened his arms around me and rolled over so that he was on top of me. “Then, make it up to me, hmm?”

A blush spread across my cheeks and I subconsciously tried to dodge, but I was imprisoned by his arms. Thereafter, he began savoring every inch of my body, from top to bottom.

…

As usual, Ashton was very busy managing the crisis that involved hundreds of hospitals. If it wasn’t for his willpower and competence, Fuller Corporation would have been crushed by public opinion.

At the end of the day, there was nothing I could do. I didn’t know if there was some kind of history between Jared and Ashton. Hence, it wasn’t my place to comment.

The next day, after Ashton left, Sally came upstairs and insisted on taking me out with her.

a few days and she

to Marcus, so after the funeral, Sally had to

to freeze to death while house-hunting with Sally. She wasn’t satisfied with any of the houses, either

houses like the White residence that were of top-quality in all aspects from its environment to location were impossible to buy even

living in the White residence for so many years. So naturally, she was reluctant to accept anything

easy to find a suitable house on such short notice. When the day of Benjamin’s funeral came, Sally had to put

at the White residence, Sally got up early to make the

guests paid their homage to Benjamin, the funeral

let out

him farewell. She glanced at Marcus who was standing as still as a statue in front of the tombstone. Over this period of time, his demeanor had become

a layer of frost as

lay

away

comfort him, but the

the car with Sally, she inhaled deeply before informing, “Ashton will come to pick you up later. I’ll get the driver to send you to the city center. He’ll be waiting

image of Marcus’ lonely figure

no one to care or worry about him. Sometimes, freedom was only a nicer way to describe

in the city center. I got down and was surprised to see Sally getting down as well.