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 wanted

residence was left to Marcus, so after the funeral, Sally had

going to freeze to death while house-hunting with Sally. She wasn’t satisfied with any of

from its environment to location were impossible to buy even

naturally, she was reluctant to accept anything less than that. After all, she wasn’t lacking in

house on such short notice. When the day of

White residence, Sally got up early to make the preparations

to Benjamin, the funeral procession began at

for several days, finally let out a sigh of relief after the burial ceremony was

and said a prayer before she bid him farewell. She glanced at Marcus who was standing as still as a statue in front of the tombstone. Over this

slender figure seemed to be shrouded in a layer

violence that lay dormant in him seemed

tugged me away after one last glance

opened my mouth in an attempt to comfort him, but

inhaled deeply before informing, “Ashton will come to pick you up later. I’ll

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

felt oddly hollow. From now on, he would be on his own with no one to care or worry about him. Sometimes, freedom was only a nicer way

car stopped in the city center. I got down and was surprised to see Sally getting down as well. Then, the driver headed straight for White