When There Is Nothing Left But Love

“I won’t!” I pouted.

The light turned green. “Last night wasn’t enough for you?” Ashton asked as he eyed the way I fiddled absentmindedly with the eggs.

I was taken aback for an instant. It slowly dawned on me as I looked down at the eggs in my hand.

“Ashton, what kind of crap do you have in your brain!” I yelled, furious. There he is spewing all sorts of rubbish!

He smiled devilishly again. “Watch your tongue!”

Ugh, I’m sick of him.

He became serious when I ignored him again. “Why don’t you want to go to the hospital?”

“It wouldn’t fix anything even if I went,” I said sullenly. The past few trips had been in vain; this was not something that could be fixed with prescription drugs. Every session was just a chat with the psychologist, which yielded nothing in my opinion.

He looked down and didn’t speak again. As the car pulled up to Glenwood, he parked outside of the block.

He got down and turned to look at me. “Would you like me to carry you?”

I shook my head and followed him.

We called ahead and asked Jackson to pack Summer’s things. When we showed up at the door, he gave us an update. “These couple of days she has been falling asleep rather late. She’s not used to her new surroundings, I think.”

I nodded. “Where is Summer?”

Nick is feeding

felt startled. Nick was there in a suit of black; he looked dashing. He

her, she won’t be crying for a while,” he said as he caught sight

the bottle from him. “Please look around for any of her belongings that we might have missed out

nodded. As he was about to leave the room, I

“What’s wrong?” He frowned.

from behind. “She wants to breastfeed. Are you

I…

red and left without a word. However, Jackson voiced his surprise.

and Ashton as sudden

my bounds,” he said sheepishly as he closed the door

I…

of myself, blushing like the setting sun.

“You too, get out!”

here to guard

out!” I repeated, staring

ignored me and helped himself to the seat on

I…

so thick

deal with him, I turned away from him and lifted Summer. I foresaw this scenario earlier that day and

wouldn’t know how to suckle as she had never done it before, but I was worried for nothing. The little thing latched on and suckled away joyfully, as though she had known how to all along. I sighed with

a while, Ashton stood intrusively at my side, casting a long shadow

looked up and found him staring down at me. I turned away from him instinctively. If Summer weren’t here, I would have berated