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 general meeting. If anything happens to her, it might affect the company as well. We can find someone to bring her

I pity her?

I had not heard what

but pity her. Besides,

going to be attracted to him. Besides, I’m sure that

called a bell boy

a smile and held his hand. “Yes.

in the car, Ashton did not start the car first. Instead, he turned towards me and locked his eyes on mine. “Scarlett, it seems as if you bear no animosity towards

I asked,

“Rachel.”

and me. It’s just that I know that you love me, and you care about me. So, I

meaningfully. “You

many things, and

silent for a long time before starting the car and drove home. We

what I said in the

always winter whenever I was in K City. Maybe because I did not get to spend much time

this city again. No one had changed, except me; my state of mind was no longer the

time we were back at the villa. After I switched off my phone and left

if he did not want to go easy on the White Corporation as he was still pressing