When There Is Nothing Left But Love

The rain got heavier in the middle of the night, and I jolted awake when thunder cracked across the sky like a whip.

When I turned on my side, I realized with a start that there was someone lying down beside me.

Before I could release a scream, a hand shot out to grab mine and then came a man’s soothing voice. “Calm down. It’s me.”

My chest heaved as I tried to recover from my shock. “Ashton, what are you…” I trailed off.

His unexpected presence had brought scared the daylights out of me, but gradually, I regained my bearings and furrowed my brows. Shouldn’t he be with Rachel now? Why is he here?

I pursed my lips and uttered icily, “What are you doing here?”

His lips remained sealed, seemingly having no intention to answer me. Right then, another clap of thunder boomed overhead, and I flinched closer to him. However, he didn’t seem to notice the subtle movement as he stuffed a pair of earplugs into my ears.

My surroundings instantly became quiet and for a while, I merely stared blankly at him in the dark.

Throughout it all, he didn’t utter a single word. Instead, he hugged me and coaxed me to sleep by gently patting my back.

I was really sleepy, to begin with, I gradually dozed off in his arms and slept through the entire night.

The sky was already bright when I woke up the next day, and the morning air was slightly humid due to the heavy rain from the previous night.

Subconsciously looking to my side, I felt slightly incredulous when I found the space empty.

goes like the wind. I would’ve thought I hallucinated everything if

I remained in the same position. When Nora came into my tent and saw me lying

parted my lips to answer. “My head… hurts.” My throat was

think I may be down with

my forehead with the back of

things right now and go back to A City. Scarlett is down with a high

wanted to say something, but my throat hurt too

Then, a frown appeared between his brows when he

suggested, “Mr. Fuller, you should take her to the base to see a

headache. I knew that nothing I

me straight to the base while

headache, I fell asleep again after getting into the car. My body

and out of consciousness, and I was plagued by an unending stream of nightmares, unable to break out of

beside me. When Ashton’s face came into view, I reached out

down after several failed attempts. As my

Then, the muffled sound of his voice reached my ears,

not being able to communicate with the outside world was horrible. After a few tries, I realized that I couldn’t open my mouth, let

were indistinct. One thing they had

many of those scenarios and emotions felt so tangible that I

long time. When I finally opened my eyes, it was to see everything white. I’m in a