When There Is Nothing Left But Love

He caught me staring blankly at the dishes and asked, “Are you not hungry?”

I nodded and pondered for a moment before responding, “Emery brought some candies over and asked me to pass the candies to Summer.”

He nodded and said, “Mm. It’s not good for kids to eat too much of it.”

“Is Aunt Sally okay?” Sally seemed to have calmed down and come to terms with what had happened.

“She’s fine.” Someone came over and toasted to him. He acknowledged with a faint smile and drank to the toast.

He saw me watching him and smiled in return. Then, he took the glass of water in front of him and handed it to me. “Here, drink some water.”

I was taken aback for a moment. Quickly, I raised my hand to take the glass from him. But before I could take it, he said, “Forget it. Don’t force yourself if you don’t want to drink.”

I could see that he wasn’t in a good mood. He had been like that ever since I went down.

“It’s been a long day, and you must be tired. Let’s go home.” I knew that he had been busy for the past few days in the office. Actually, he didn’t have to attend today’s wedding. But he came because of me.

I reached out and held his hand. His fingers were long and slender, slightly cold to the touch.

He was taken aback by my hand on his, but he smiled and said, “It’s okay.”

It was obvious that he drank a little too much because his breath smelled of alcohol.

Once I pulled him out of the hotel, the driver drove the car over, and we got into it. As we sat in the car, he leaned his head on my shoulder. His breathing was shallow.

It was unusual for him to be quiet.

the way back, he

a little confused but pulled the car over at the

water. When I returned, I saw him leaning against the car, and

I said

opened his eyes slightly and rinsed

we resumed the journey, he leaned back on his seat, and his eyes were

came to a stop outside of the villa. The driver threw Ashton’s arm over his shoulder and helped him up to the bedroom. I went into the house and headed to the kitchen to make him

kitchen, I heard a loud retch from upstairs. I rushed upstairs and saw that Ashton had threw

back. I looked at Ashton, and for a moment, I did not know what to

put him to bed. Seeing that it was getting late, I

the bedroom and saw Ashton lying

I called out, “Ashton!”

responded with a

sleep.” As I said that, I walked to him and undo the button on his coat. His clothes were pressed neatly

drunk. I took off his coat and said, “Go

bathroom. I went to retrieve his pajamas and towel before heading to the

taking off his clothes, he turned on the shower and started to

in my hand and turned off the shower. I reached out to

his eyes

took

put aside his shirt, I was a little stunned

not that I had never seen his body before, but in this situation, I was a little

take off your pants. I’ll be waiting

He nodded.