When There Is Nothing Left But Love

I was momentarily dumbstruck. Who was he referring to?

“What?”

Without saying anymore, he lowered his head and kissed me deeply. It was as though he wanted to swallow me alive.

He was being moody.

I noticed it when we were at the hotel. But, why?

I thought he was tired from work. But now, he didn’t seem to be tired at all.

In the bathroom’s permeating heat, his raging desire was full-on.

“Ashton!” I said, but he had already lifted me up in his arms.

He stopped his movements altogether. He stared at me with his dark eyes, and he was breathing heavily.

I was obviously bewildered.

“Are you angry?” I asked cautiously.

He looked at me with narrow eyes, but his gaze was soft and gentle as always.

“You don’t want to do it?” he asked hoarsely. His voice sounded restrained.

my head. “I want it. But let’s

arms around me. With a low

me in his arms, he headed straight to the bedroom and gently put me on

time for me to sleep with

asleep. My heart ached as I lay

sound of Ashton groaning in pain. I sat up in bed and turned on

a frown on his face, he kept crying

was having a

him up.

wrapped his arms tightly around

momentarily startled, then I reached out my hand to comfort him.

bed, he hugged me as I wiped the sweat

hugged me and drew in a deep, shaky breath. “There’s nothing but darkness.

pain. For the past four years,

closer to him, I huddled into his arms. “I won’t go anywhere as long as

were like two puppets that had sunk to the bottom of the sea. We needed each other to endure the darkness that

empty room. Every time I woke up in the middle of the night, I was always surrounded by bleakness. It was as though you never existed in my life. Sometimes I wondered if I made you up and you were just an imaginary character because I was too lonely. The villa in J City always felt empty whenever I went there. I would then go to the cemetery to visit Grandma and

hand in mine,

continued, “Scarlett, Grandpa taught me how to thrive in the world of business and taught me how to face my enemies. But he never

tears fell

life the way it was.

didn’t love him the way I

had told him what I was in my mind and didn’t fake a miscarriage to deceive him and left him, he wouldn’t