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.

shook my head. “I want it. But let’s not do it

With a low voice, he

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

first time for me to sleep with

fall asleep. My heart ached as I lay

past midnight when I was woken up to the sound of Ashton groaning in pain. I sat up in bed and turned

on his

having a

him up.

tightly around me and said in a low

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

bed, he hugged me as I wiped the sweat from his forehead. I asked, “Did you

in a deep, shaky breath. “There’s nothing but darkness. You’re all

later learned that I was not the only one who was drowning in pain. For the past four years, I

go anywhere as long as you need me. I’ll forever be with

one who was lonely. Ashton and I were like two puppets that had sunk to the bottom of the

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 Grandpa’s graves. Their tombstones were so real and clear that it made me wonder again if I

ached as I took his hand in mine, interlocking our

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

my head as tears fell from my eyes.

my life the way it was. But I never really considered

I didn’t love him

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 be in his current state of