When There Is Nothing Left But Love

In a fit of anger, I raised my leg and kicked Ashton off the bed. Completely caught off guard, he rolled off and landed on the carpeted floor, which undoubtedly cushioned his fall.

He sat up almost instantly and looked at me with a mixture of exasperation and amusement, the blazing fire in him seemingly doused. With his gaze still fixed on me, he growled, “You’ve got guts, Scarlett!”

I clutched my head and ignored his remark. Glaring at him, I spat, “If you touch me again, it won’t be so simple as getting kicked off the bed.”

With that, I pulled the blanket over myself, making sure to wrap it firmly around me before closing my eyes to sleep.

I didn’t expect that even without doing anything, Ashton would continue gazing at me with a sexually frustrated look on his face. After a long time, he finally went to the bathroom with a sulky expression.

With everything that happened, my head was hurting so badly I couldn’t fall asleep at all.

I fumbled for my phone and went through my contacts for John’s number.

The person who answered the call was a woman instead of John. Her voice sounded familiar, but I couldn’t seem to recall who it was.

Hence, I merely said, “Hi, I’m looking for John.”

The woman replied calmly, “He’s in the shower. He’ll probably be out in about five minutes. If you trust me enough, you can tell me and I’ll relay your message to him. If you don’t want to, you can call again after five minutes.”

I paused briefly before explaining, “I need his help to keep an eye on Marcus’ funeral matters as well as Sally. Thank you.”

responded in an amicable tone.

couldn’t put my finger on the woman’s identity, so I simply

Ashton came out of the bathroom with some vapor still

that my back was facing him. When he pulled

me in with his arms

and huffed, “Go away. I can’t sleep with

I’ll pull you closer to me. Of course, if you wanna join bodies, I’m all

A**hole…

…

up the next day. Many citizens pointed fingers at Sally, accusing her of plotting the death of the family of three so

and Marcus had committed suicide. Hence, it

daughter and grandson had committed suicide didn’t add up. Hence, they ordered the police to conduct a thorough

Even if Anthony and Sophia didn’t bring it to attention, the police

brought in for interrogation and barred from participating in anything related to the White family and White

reason being that everything inside could be crucial to their investigation and that the place itself

other words, Sally was basically banned from

it was huge. The place that Ashton had previously arranged for Dr.

I was staring absent-mindedly at the

couldn’t help but feel on edge since she had indirectly caused so