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.”

worked together for many years, so

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

later, we arrived at the parking

was left open, he immediately turned

Ashton was reading

two o’clock. I still have to work later,” I

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

However, Ashton managed to

once Ashton and I were

outside through the window. Time passed by so fast, and it was already July. Soon, summer would end

some food on my plate. He halted

at me and said, “Try it. These are all

he said, all

people changed, my taste changed after I had left J City. So I sat still, staring at him, and said, “Spicy food is bad for health, so I’ve adapted to a light

too. I would even skip garlic and ginger in my cooking

in check. After a while, he nodded and said gently, “I’ll change the

all the

to stop him but felt that it wasn’t necessary, so I stared indifferently at him and

and changed the plates. He continued

set in a hard line. I stared at the mountain of food on my

more taciturn. In the past, I would have taken the initiative to ask him for my

didn’t want to talk much, so I

glass of water in front of me. “Eat

lowered my gaze