When There Is Nothing Left But Love

For a moment, there was a rumbling in my mind. My heart skipped a beat. Eventually, I took a deep breath and asked the unthinkable, “Did something happened to Macy?”

She did not reply me. There was a moment of silence before she stressed again, “Just come here. You’ll see!”

“Fine!”

Right after I hung up the phone, I booked an air ticket to J City. I was lucky because there was still time. There was a flight from K City to J City in an hour.

When that was done, I started the car again. It was then I saw Joe exit the White Corporation office building. He jogged towards me, arms waving.

His appearance surprised me. I stopped the car and peered at him. “What now?”

“Scarlett, Ashton’s booked a table at a Western restaurant in South Metro. Do you want to join us?” He extended an invitation to me with a broad grin on his face.

Wait, South Metro? Where young folks in K City like to go to hang out at night? The most lavish place to enjoy nightlife?

I looked at the time. I could barely make it to the airport in under one hour if I set out now. I did not have time for lunch.

Ashton also walked out of the building to join us, his face still void of emotions.

be able to join you. I have other things to do later. Why don’t you give Rebecca a call? She should have time to join Ashton… and you

seemed furious. “Scarlett, what’s that supposed to mean? Don’t you know why Ashton booked a table at a Western restaurant in South Metro? He’s making up for that feud between you two.

at Ashton standing by the door, then at Joe, and said stiffly, “Mr. Quinn, I thank you for making the effort to help Ashton and I sort things out. And I appreciate Ashton’s kindness. But, please tell him this. Since we can’t go on anymore, we can end the relationship on a good note. He

gas and sped off

relationship between us, but I still had

I would take a short break, and perhaps everything would turn out

every day, in addition to the congestion on the road.

in a hurry and boarded the plane. I found my seat and sat down, finally relieved. Pretty soon, the plane

and kindly turn off your phone or set it to airplane mode.

from my bag and was about to turn it off when I was notified of the dozen of missed calls, all of which were from Ashton.

I merely scanned through them. The first one asked

taking off. There was no time for me to

I barely slept last night so, not long after the plane took off, I

I turned on my phone and checked

pick me

it already looked like night had fallen. Stacey was wrapped in a thick padded jacket. She chuckled when she saw that I came with

said, “Yes. Take

get something to eat first. I’ve booked a restaurant. After that, I’ll take you to