When There Is Nothing Left But Love

Tessa then walked up to me and asked me to sing with her.

I was no idiot; it was clearly a business maneuver on Derek’s part to use alcohol and pretty ladies as a social lubricant to loosen Ashton up in order to help their subsequent business discussion.

I did not like singing, and Tessa’s incessant pestering was starting to get under my skin.

I finally stood up and said, “It’s late, we should head back to Nora and Armond.”

Tessa was momentarily taken aback, but quickly replaced her expression with a smiling face. “There’s no rush. Let’s have more fun here before we go!”

She then poured me a glass of wine before she continued to persuade me to stay, “Scarlett, since we are now officially friends, we should drink for it!”

This woman is just too calculative to be a good candidate for either a friend or a colleague.

But since the wine glass was already pushed into my hand, it would be rather rude for me to decline.

Before the glass touched my lips, a hand flashed before my eyes and took over the glass.

When I turned around, Ashton had already downed the glass of wine for me.

Before I snapped out of my bewilderment, Tessa said alluringly, “Mr. Fuller, are you trying to be a hero to the damsel in distress?”

tried but failed to mimic a seductive laugh. The result of which was somewhat disturbing, because, rather than a Cinderella, she now resembled a smiling

It’s such a pleasure meeting you today. Let’s keep in touch and maybe we can

in his mind when he took over a drink from Tessa and clinked glass with

this seemed to be the first time Ashton had addressed her directly. “Ah, don’t mention it. Scarlett and I had been through life and death

little startled when he shifted

wished Tessa

be interested in what she said and happily continued, “That’s right! We were brought to Venria not long ago and had been through hell, almost losing our lives. We barely managed to escape unscathed from Venria

He darted a glance at Joseph who had just walked into

still wondered what that was about, Joseph sat down next to Tessa and they started chatting away. Before long, they had exchanged phone numbers and added

weird, I thought Joseph hates

caring so much about those around us. “Did you hide that from me because you

lips, I

spoke smilingly in my ear next moment, “I don’t know the meaning of freedom, so I will not let you go. Since you

profession had caused a sudden warm stream to flash across my heart. To conceal my emotions, I

me, you may continue so,” I said while attempting to sound

you have to be like this?” his voice was

my lips and downed a few

strike up a conversation with Ashton, but each time,