When There Is Nothing Left But Love

“You…” I pushed her away then headed straight for my office in the hotel.

Finally, it was afternoon.

There was no more trouble from Joyce since the morning. It could be that she had left work early due to being in a bad mood.

Deep in thought, I didn’t notice Joseph standing at the entrance to my office until I heard the excited screams from my female colleagues.

“Ms. Stovall, may we speak in private?” inquired Joseph.

I felt the prying glances from all around me, so I nodded uneasily. “Sure!”

We left my office and came to a quiet area. “Mr. Campbell, is there anything I can help you with?”

He pressed his lips into a thin line. “Mr. Fuller wishes to see you.”

I instinctively wanted to reject but nodded after some hesitation. “Where is he?”

“The hotel’s parking lot!”

I nodded. “Okay!”

When he saw me walking back towards my office, he continued, “Ms. Stovall, Mr. Fuller is already waiting for you downstairs.”

I turned to look at him silently before saying, “I know. I need to get my purse.”

Baffled by my answer, he acknowledged, “Then I will wait for you here.”

“Fine by me.”

had worked together for many years, so their behaviors were getting more and

office. He let out a relieved sigh. He acted as if I

later, we arrived at

was left open, he immediately turned and left with a feeble

got in the car and saw Ashton

have

briefly, snapped the document closed, and focused his gaze on me. “After lunch, I’ll send you

weren’t many good-quality restaurants around. However, Ashton managed

I were seated, the dishes were

Time passed by so fast, and it was already July. Soon, summer

and placed some food on my plate. He halted once

and said, “Try

as he said,

left J City. So I sat still, staring at him, and said,

wasn’t able to eat spicy food, so I stopped eating too. I would even skip garlic

gulped to keep his emotions in check. After a while, he nodded

down a waiter and asked for all the dishes to be

it wasn’t necessary, so I stared indifferently at

He continued to place food on

in a hard line. I stared at the mountain of food on my plate without

more taciturn. In the past, I

I didn’t want to talk much,

a glass of water in front of me. “Eat slowly. There’s no

lowered my gaze in