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.

funeral was in a few days and she wanted to

left to Marcus, so after the funeral, Sally had

She wasn’t satisfied with any of the houses, either saying

were of top-quality in all aspects from its environment to location were impossible to buy even if one had

so many years. So naturally, she was reluctant to accept anything less than that. After

it wasn’t easy to find a suitable house on such short notice. When the day of Benjamin’s funeral came, Sally had to put her house-hunting on hold

White residence, Sally got

paid their homage to

had been nervous for several days, finally let out a sigh of relief after the burial

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

shrouded in a layer

Sharon passed, the violence that lay

Sally tugged me away after one last glance

opened my mouth in an attempt to comfort him, but the words died in my

before informing, “Ashton will come to pick you up later. I’ll get the driver to send you to the city center.

Marcus’ lonely figure standing in front of his father’s tombstone kept replaying

felt oddly hollow. From now on, he would be on his own with no one to care or

car stopped in the city center. I got down and was surprised to