When There Is Nothing Left But Love

It seemed to be Ashton and Rachel.

Rachel spoke in a delicate voice. “Mr. Fuller, you didn’t have to come with me. This orchard is not that far away, so I’m fine being alone. It’s better if you stay with Mr. Oberick and keep him company.”

Ashton replied softly, “It’s fine. The paths are slippery so it’s not that safe for you to come alone.”

Rachel then broke out into a light smile as her eyes shone brightly, probably because Ashton’s words had been very warming to hear.

Feeling as though I was a third wheel, I prepared to leave.

However, Ashton suddenly called on me. “Ms. Stovall, have you finished picking the fruits?”

Stunned, I looked into my empty plastic bag and laughed. “Not yet. Aren’t you picking some with Ms. Zimmer? I don’t think Mr. Oberick needs that many, so I’ll just leave first!”

“Since you’re already here and the weather is so hot, why don’t you pick a few more back and share them with the rest?” said Rachel, as she deliberately moved closer to Ashton, as if she were afraid that I would not be able to see how close they were.

I nodded and replied indifferently, “Sure, I’ll pick some then!”

As I walked around the orchard, I managed to find a pear tree that looked rather healthy and was at the right height for me to reach.

were a ghost haunting me. When I plucked a pear and placed it in my bag, she picked one too. She then wiped it clean for a long time before taking a bite. She scrunched up her face as she

for words. Then, I looked at her and

to shout, “These fruits seem good, Ms. Stovall. Why don’t you climb up to pick

was a few meters tall, so naturally, it got a lot of sunlight. However, it was not that simple to pluck fruits

trees!” I replied, not planning

with a shocked expression and continued, “Mr. Fuller told me that you

in question was nowhere in sight. Frowning, I looked at her and said, “Did Ashton tell

be expected. “Yeah, he told me so

and hummed in reply before

that I was about to leave, Rachel moved to block my way. “The fruits on this tree are definitely sweet. Why can’t you just climb up to pluck a few? You’re so selfish. Who’s going to eat all those sour

at her and said, “You have hands and feet too. Why don’t you climb up and pick them? Since

What a crazy woman!

so furious that she could not find words to refute me and could only curse at me

I was not in the mood to continue talking to her. I just wanted to pick some fruits and go

of fruits.

said Rachel, as she strutted to Ashton and continued, “Look at the pears on this tree! They look so big

“It’s a little tall though, so it won’t be

previously heard that Ms. Stovall liked to climb trees, so I wanted