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?”

him since I couldn’t turn my head away. “What exactly is happening right now? Are you planning to

as he replied, “Go our separate

“Or what? I told you before 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

on me. “You seem to know

“I can’t help if I hear about it from

he suddenly got up, taking a deep breath to calm himself

at his behavior. I didn’t know what

of an emotional nature. It always seems like I’m trying to run away, like some headless chicken running around in circles because I

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

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 all

incredulous as she asked, “You went home? With whom? Aren’t you living with

What a

excuse. “I bumped into a friend of mine from K City.

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

with drinks?” She must be trying

at first. But then, how often does a rich, handsome man drop in one’s lap, am I right? If I missed this chance, I wouldn’t have

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

maybe I can be your wing-woman. You can always

laughter. She sounded ecstatic like she was already imagining her glorious

“How about I drop by for