When There Is Nothing Left But Love

How dreary! How ridiculous!

I could not help but snigger, with him in my sight. A faint smirk curled up the corner of my mouth.

He glanced at me, his eyes darkened once again as he lowered his head and kissed me. “Say my name!” he called.

I pursed my lips and tilted my head to one side. I closed my eyes, refusing to see him.

His thin lips hovered at my ear, his voice softened a little as he repeated, “Scarlett, say my name!”

I said nothing. My mind was forming a plan to escape. I deserved to make him wait for me to tell him personally that I cared about him, that I loved him, and that I wanted him.

But I could not bring myself to tell him. Over the years, I had buried so much in my heart, including his coming to Rebecca’s defense time and time again, his never-ending care towards that woman, and the harm he had caused me so nonchalantly and in so many ways.

I had suppressed so much of that. Over time, those frustrations began to take root, multiply, and became more and more intense.

Love could not be that all-forgiving. In the highly selective social circle, anyone could be tolerated. Anyone could fit.

not on impulse or

aside. Then I grabbed my clothes to cover myself, though just barely, all the while

exclaimed. His dark eyes

as I explained it to him. “Let’s just calm down and think this through. Perhaps it was a mistake right from the start. What Grandpa considers as ‘a good match’ might not resonate with our definition of it. My feelings for you at the beginning might not have been love

between us, only bits and pieces here and there that were combined together

gloom on his face resembled a dark cloud that had been

days that followed, I kept thinking about the many couples in the world. How many of them stayed together through a lifetime of responsibilities just because they were made for each other, and how did these so-called couples who claimed they love each other spend the rest of

do you know about love? Tell me, what does love mean to you? You keep talking about divorce. You make it sound

the cold, hard wall. Hugging my knees, I said, “The woman whom you love, spoil, and protect is currently lying

to bring that up, don’t you? You just have to force me to give up on Rebecca, to prove that I love you? Scarlett, you are one horrible

my lips as I stared at my toes, before looking up at him. “You

“And what about you? You fill your heart with someone that’s already dead, and then you’re quite willing to throw your life away to chase after a shadow.

HiTech to my name, I can transfer that to you. I don’t want your house or your car. Luckily, we don’t have

over the table lamp beside him. It fell to the ground. Still fuming, he roared at me, “What do you mean ‘not too

like I was trapped