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.”

for many years, so their behaviors

purse with me and exited my office. He let out a relieved sigh. He acted as

later, we arrived

left open, he

in the car and saw Ashton was reading a

have

the document closed, and focused his gaze on

so there weren’t many good-quality restaurants around. However, Ashton managed to find one and

Ashton and I were seated, the dishes

disinterestedly at the view outside through the window. Time passed by so fast,

some food on my plate.

me and said, “Try

looking at the table. Indeed as he said, all of them used to be

sat still, staring at him, and said, “Spicy food is bad for health, so I’ve adapted

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

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

waiter and asked for all the dishes to be changed

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

continued to place food on my plate. “Eat more.

hard line. I stared at

I became more taciturn. In the past, I would have taken the initiative

want to talk much,

placed a glass of water in front of me. “Eat

lowered my gaze in