When There Is Nothing Left But Love

I shook my head. “No, I don’t.”

He nodded. “So why would you be bothered about that when you were simply defending yourself? Black and white are not the only colors in this world, you know? It is impossible to classify someone as good or bad based on their actions alone.”

Hmm… That is indeed true. Fine, I’ll admit that he’s right.

I stood up and said, “I’ve already eaten with Aunt Sally in the mall earlier, so you can have dinner with Summer instead.”

“That was in the afternoon. You will join us for dinner later,” he said in a firm and commanding tone.

I glared at him. “Are you ordering me around?”

He paused for a moment before reaching out and pulling me back toward the sofa. “I mean… Dinner just isn’t complete without the whole family at the table, right?”

What kind of logic is that?

I pouted at him and repeated, “Hmph! You were ordering me around!”

“How about you do the same to me, and we’ll call it even?” he asked with a smile.

I rolled my eyes at him. “No, thank you!”

will you have me do,

to sleep in the bedroom tonight,” I said after giving it some

closer and whispered in my ear, “But that’s a little too much for me to handle… Can you come up with something else

I

all over her face as she climbed onto Ashton’s lap and said, “You can’t just hug Mommy, Mr. Fuller! You need to hug me

make space for Summer who had just interrupted us, I cleared my throat before changing the topic. “Ahem… So, New Year’s Eve is just around the corner. When will you get

a piece of tissue and wiped the chocolate off Summer’s face. “After we conclude the end-of-year meeting, I

nodded and kept quiet

grown quite attached to Ashton after spending a lot

and Mrs. Fuller!” Flora called out to us while setting the table

the moment she heard that. Seeing the scrumptious dishes on the table, her

up and gave her a kiss on the cheek before assisting her with the dishes. “Mr. Fuller, I noticed that the snow in the yard out back has begun to melt, and the flowers have all wilted. Shall we grow some vegetables there? You’ll be able

replied, “I’ll leave that to you, so do

which would be replaced each season for the sake of aesthetics. On

space. “Don’t space out while eating. You’re not a kid anymore, you

Poor Mr. Fuller, you have

only shoot Ashton a glare with Summer around. Damn it, I know he

my kid!” Ashton told Summer

asked, “Is Mr. Fuller my daddy as well? My classmates say their parents live together, and you two are staying in the same room too! Does that