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?”

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

a pleasure meeting you today. Let’s keep in

at me with his eyes darkened a little. I wasn’t sure what was in his mind when he took over a drink from Tessa and clinked glass with her. “Since you’re Scarlett’s friend, it’s

to be the first time Ashton had addressed her directly. “Ah,

when he

wished Tessa would just shut

that Ashton seemed to 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 and came back to the country in one piece. So, that’s how Scarlett and I have become

inexplicable by the second. He darted a glance at

to Tessa and they started

thought Joseph

around me, without caring so much about those around us. “Did you hide that from me because

lips, I replied

my ear next moment, “I don’t know the meaning of freedom, so I

to flash across my heart. To

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

me. “Do you have

pursed my lips and downed

a few times to strike up a conversation with Ashton, but each time, her