When There Is Nothing Left But Love

When There Is Nothing Left But Love Chapter 540

He’s back?

“When did he get back?”

“Around five o’clock.”

I wasn’t sure whether to cry or to laugh from the sheer absurdity.

If he had come back so early, it meant that he was anxious to have dinner with me, as was written on the note. If he had never once come upstairs to the bedroom, it meant that he still felt resentful.

Forget it.

I smiled weakly at Flora. “You guys go ahead. I’m not hungry.”

Maybe it would be easier on both of us if we didn’t see each other.

Flora opened her mouth as if to say something, but kept quiet and went back downstairs.

I went back to the bed and stared at the ceiling, trying to fall asleep but to no avail.

The room gradually grew darker and darker as I stared blankly into space.

The bedroom door swung open, and I instantly shut my eyes closed. I heard heavy footsteps and breathing, and I knew it was him.

There was the sound of water coming from the bathroom as I kept my eyes shut, knowing that he had just exited the bathroom.

He sat down on his side of the bed. I assumed that he was going to sleep in the study tonight.

felt the weight of the mattress shift below me and heard

shallow breathing slowly filled the

by. I couldn’t fall asleep, but by the sound of Ashton’s soft breathing, I guessed that

freezing in place when my gaze

my mouth when he reached forward and wrapped me in his embrace. “Flora said that you threw up your

I argued, my body stiff

I’m a man. You can’t blame me for losing my temper when I saw

talking

I nodded silently.

his face into the crook of my

back, slowly but surely working the stiffness out of my body. “What did Marcus

was about the baby, then you can

mouth.

talking for fear that the pain would eat both of

fell asleep that night

the next day, there was a large bouquet of balloon flowers on the bedside table. The faint fragrance that wafted from it

flowers: Eat your meals. Wait for me to come

a home, the person will always return no

of bed to wash up. Downstairs, Flora seemed to be in

out on the table. I didn’t want to eat it, but Ashton was probably going to call Flora to check if

I ate a little bit of

was heading out, Flora scurried after me. “Are you going out, Mrs.

I nodded.

ask where you’re going? Mr. Fuller said to inform

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