When There Is Nothing Left But Love

After that, she continued, “No, I’m drunk now. I shouldn’t be calling Ashton. I should call Armond, and let him come…”

Before she could finish her sentence, Nora dozed off.

I couldn’t help but chuckle at how ridiculous she was. Since she had fallen asleep, I brought her to the bed and tucked her in.

After covering Linda with a blanket, I decided to lie on the sofa to get some shut eye.

Ding dong! I was so close to dozing off when the doorbell to our room suddenly rang. I was stunned and sat up straight from the sofa.

Alcohol had clouded my mind, and I began to fear the worst. What if that there was an intruder at our door?

A short while later, the door opened, and Armond stepped into the room. One of the staff from Nora’s bar followed behind, still holding on to the room key.

When he realized the room reeked of booze and was in complete disarray, Armond’s face blazed with anger. “How much did you drink?”

Seeing how angry and fierce he already was, I decided not to lie. “A lot. But Nora and Linda drank the most.”

“Do you expect me to praise you for having control?” he said coldly, even though the anger in his voice was obvious.

I was still feeling light-headed, but I forced myself to stay sober. “Armond, I… “

from the bed when he heard his name. In her drunken stupor, she scanned the room until she met his gaze and broke into an enormous

Are you going to take

then got up from bed and staggered over, throwing herself into Armond’s arms. “I knew it. I knew you’d appear in my dreams.

left me

Linda were discussing earlier. But judging by what we just heard, Linda had been very generous with

even the staff who had accompanied

angry when he first stepped into the room. But, now with Nora all over him, the fury

was about to shred me to pieces. In an instant, I tried to pull Nora away from him but

Murphy, Nora’s completely drunk now and thinks

He gritted his teeth in

a smile, despite feeling like I might keel

her sleep as she groggily sat up from the sofa. She had a moment of clarity and shock when she saw Armond. “Hello, Mr. Murphy. Please excuse

toward the door like she was going back to

believe she’s at work,

“Mr. Murphy, I’m so sorry! Linda has had too much to drink. I’ll

up with Linda, I accidentally bumped into someone on my way out. Before

room when that same person grabbed me by

a good look at him. My eyes widened in surprise when I met the gaze of Ashton. Why is he here? Oh no, that means Nora must have

Ashton asked before

mind was a complete mess from the alcohol and all the surprises that had been thrown at me. “Linda’s drunk, and I can’t leave