When There Is Nothing Left But Love

She looked fixedly at Ashton and let her tears rolled down her cheeks.

Indifferent to her tears, he put his wallet in his pocket, held my hand, and walked away.

As I trailed after him, a heart-wrenching wail came from behind. I glanced back and saw several people gathered around Rachel.

Even in an upscale nightclub, there would be all sorts of people hanging around, including shady characters.

With Rachel’s good looks and her revealing clothes, I was afraid that she might be in danger.

When we reached the exit, I stopped in my tracks.

Puzzled, Ashton turned around and looked at me. He did not look angry anymore. “What’s the matter?” he asked.

I pondered for a while before voicing out my concern. “Ashton, she needs someone to send her home.”

He frowned at my words. “Scarlett, she doesn’t deserve your sympathy.”

I could understand why he was angry with Rachel. It was because her harsh words had crossed the line and struck his nerve.

And I was where his threshold lay; he was enraged with her because of her disrespect for me.

said, “I don’t sympathize with her predicament, but Ashton, she’s a staff of the Fuller Corporation whom you had complimented during the annual

I pity her?

what Isabelle

could not help but pity her. Besides, it was normal for

would be more women who are going to be attracted to him. Besides, I’m sure that Ashton knows better than me in

a long moment of silence, he let out a sigh and eventually complied. He called a bell boy over

smile and held his hand. “Yes. Let’s go

did not start the car first. Instead, he turned towards

I asked,

“Rachel.”

you love me, and you care about me. So, I don’t

looked at me meaningfully. “You really trust me so

“Ashton, we are in our thirties now. That’s about one-third of our lives. We’ve gone through many things,

a long time before starting the car and drove home. We did not speak for the rest of the

wrong with what I said in the car, but he

to spend

I came back to this city again. No one had changed, except me; my state of mind was no

the time we were back at the villa. After I switched off my phone and left it charging, I went straight to the shower and went

in work. It seemed as if he did not want to go easy on the White Corporation as he was still pressing