When There Is Nothing Left But Love

I froze in shock, taken aback by his behavior. Just as I thought of lifting my arms to push him away, he’d caged me in against the walls of the elevator.

Luckily there’s no one else in the elevator, or we’ll all be in an awkward situation.

His closeness suffocated me, and I felt myself relaxing into his arms.

He swept me off my feet as the elevator doors opened, and he carried me straight to his room.

He switched on the lights in the hallway as he sat me down on the floor, pressing his body into mine. His gaze bored into mine as he said, “I’m not letting you go again.”

His words seemed to be directed at both himself and me.

I opened my mouth and replied breathily, “Ashton, I—”

“Shush, I don’t want to hear a single word!” He placed a finger on my lips.

I scrunched my lips and frowned at him. “Ashton, you jerk!”

Silently, he lifted me and strode towards the huge bed in the room.

He loomed over me on the bed. I turned my head away to avoid his gaze.

He turned my head back to face him. Staring intently at me, he sneered, “Trying to hide somewhere?”

turn my head away. “What exactly is happening right now? Are you planning to sleep with me before we go our separate

he replied, “Go

that I didn’t love you, yet here you are forcing me to stay, so isn’t that exactly what you want? I mean, that’s usually what happens anyway

seem to know a lot

stare. “I can’t help if I

deep breath to calm himself down. He headed straight for the bathroom

stare after him, perplexed at his behavior. I didn’t know what to do

on the bed absent-mindedly. I felt overwhelmed with exhaustion, though it was of an emotional nature. It always seems like I’m trying to

phone call from Nora. Her booming voice came through the receiver. “Scarlett, did you fall into the toilet

made my headache worse, and I moved the phone further away from my ear. I replied a while later, “I’m already home. Something cropped up so I decided to leave earlier. Sorry, I forgot to let you

whom? Aren’t you living with Mr. Murphy? If you left without him, who

What a

excuse. “I bumped into a

right, I just wanted to let you know that Mr. Murphy’s pretty drunk tonight. Take care of yourself, and make

with drinks?” She

am I right? If I missed this chance, I wouldn’t have anything to boast about to my kid when I’m married to some

my brain appeared to be jammed when faced with her unusual thought process. How does your brain come

let me know. Who knows, maybe

heard her booming laughter. She sounded ecstatic like she

about I drop by for a visit