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… “

up from the bed when he heard his name. In her drunken stupor, she scanned the room until

here? Are you going

bed and staggered over, throwing herself into Armond’s arms. “I knew it. I knew you’d appear in my dreams. Linda told me you hadn’t

words left

a lot of attention to what Nora and Linda were discussing earlier. But judging by what we just heard, Linda had been

so embarrassing that even the staff who

already angry when he first stepped into the room. But, now with Nora all over him, the fury in his eyes intensified even

to shred me to pieces. In

spoke, “Mr. Murphy, Nora’s completely drunk now and

you, Scarlett!” He gritted his teeth in

forced a smile, despite feeling like I might keel over anytime from

from 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 me. I’ve still got work

door like she was going

Linda when she didn’t show any signs of stopping. She can’t possibly believe she’s at work, can she? If she walks out in

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

up with Linda, I accidentally bumped into someone on my way out. Before I could make out who the person was, I was

room when that same person

got a good look at him. My eyes widened in surprise when I met the gaze of Ashton. Why

you going?” Ashton asked

complete mess from the alcohol and all the surprises that had been thrown at me. “Linda’s drunk, and I can’t leave her on her own,”