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 their behaviors

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

later, we arrived at the parking

left open, he immediately turned and left with

saw Ashton was

have to work

closed, and focused his gaze on me. “After lunch,

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

I were seated, the dishes

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

kept silent and placed some food on my plate.

at me and said, “Try

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

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

I

check. After a while, he nodded and said

waved down a waiter and asked for all the dishes to be changed to

necessary, so I stared indifferently at him

served new dishes and changed the plates. He continued to place

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

In the past, I would have taken the initiative to ask him for my purpose

I didn’t want to talk much, so

water in front of me.

lowered my gaze