When There Is Nothing Left But Love

As soon as I got out of the airport but before I realized what was going on, I was pulled close by a pair of strong arms and held in a tight embrace.

After getting a whiff of his familiar scent, I realized that it was Ashton. Joseph must have told him about the incident at the cemetery.

Without saying anything, we got in the car. He asked Joseph to go home and rest well. Then we went back to the villa in the eastern suburbs.

Back at the villa, he put Summer in bed. In our bedroom, he hugged me tightly and gazed deep into my eyes.

He said, “I missed you so much.” Adults express their love in ways that are different from children.

When little children say they miss someone, it is said directly. When adults say that they expressed it in a totally irrelevant way, such as, ‘The moon is beautiful tonight.’

I looked up at him and laughed. “That’s not romantic at all.”

He smiled. “What should I say?”

I thought about it. ‘The moon is beautiful tonight’ would sound awkward coming out of his mouth. Maybe a straightforward sentence would be better.

Finally, I laughed, tugged at his hand, and said, “I miss you too.”

In fact, I did not want romantic phrases. If we could look into each other’s eyes and just said simply, ‘I really miss you,’ we could understand what we really felt.

After taking a shower and lying on the bed, I felt I had to talk about what happened in J City.

Resting my head on his arm, I confessed, “In front of my Grandma’s grave, I met a man who was cold and distant. He saved us today, but I don’t know his name.”

I chose my words carefully to make light of the situation. Ashton turned his eyes on me. His worries were well-hidden. “Joseph is investigating now. This won’t happen again in the future.”

was this narrow

experiencing several disasters. Leaning on his arm, I smiled, “Grandma said that in everyone’s life, there will always be some disasters and

softly, “You’re

took that as a compliment. I had thought it over but I really could not understand, so I said, “Who would

his lips and his gaze darkened as he changed the topic. “Aunt Sally wants us to

came around, we were expected to

I looked at him with a

me, and said in a low voice. “Okay, go

if it happened once, it was an isolated incident but if it

the blood on the bed every time I wake up. That means I

I was too tired, or perhaps it was his warm embrace; I

fell into an

idea what time he had

taken a shower.

accepted the call, and put it next to

you back? Do you have time today? Let’s go out

voice was a little hoarse, “Oh, I am sorry! I have an

day after tomorrow, then.

agreed and hung up the phone. Then I noticed Ashton was staring at me and I blushed. Instinctively,

he asked, he placed some clothing on the side of the bed.

got up and changed quickly as if

me. “Slow down. We’re not in a hurry. You’ve missed a

waiting for me to check, his