When There Is Nothing Left But Love

Nora nodded and subsequently broke into a small jog out of the ward.

I tried wriggling out of Ashton’s embrace, but he held me in place and commanded in a rich voice, “Don’t move.”

My brows drew together and I pushed through the soreness of my throat. “Ashton, this position is uncomfortable for me.”

His forehead creased, but fortunately, he didn’t refute. Instead, he raised the bed and guided me to lean back against it.

Nora called over the doctor to examine me. After taking my temperature, the middle-aged doctor who was clad in a white coat reported, “Your fever has gone down, but you might feel lethargic for now. Drink more water and take your medicine on time. If nothing goes wrong, you can be discharged in a few days.”

“That’s great. Thank you, doctor!” Nora expressed her gratitude. After sending the doctor away, she arched her brow at me. “Scarlett, you really survived a disaster. You were burning at forty degrees. I’m surprised you didn’t fry a circuit up there. It truly is a miracle!”

I smiled feebly in response, too weak to speak to her.

Ashton, being the perceptive person that he was, noticed this and bossily announced, “I’ll take care of her. You can go about your day now.”

I couldn’t tell if Nora was doing it on purpose, but she met Ashton’s gaze with a serious expression and countered, “I’m not busy at all. In fact, I have nothing to do at all!”

Then, a mischievous smile played on her lips before she continued, “I can’t say the same for you though, Mr. Fuller. If I’m not mistaken, you should be quite busy recently, right?”

Ashton’s face darkened. He had always been a man of few words, but right then, he looked like he was completely disinclined to speak.

to feel tired again. Hence, I shut my eyes and gradually drifted back

care of

exasperated, I peeked at him and argued, “Ashton, I’m all recovered now, so

me, he handed me a cup of

rendered speechless and hesitated for a moment before speaking, “I’m getting discharged today.

response, but disregarded the hint in my words and changed the subject. “Summer didn’t go out at all during the summer break. She

break was over. I previously promised to bring her to R Province, but then forgot about it because

has she been lately?” I asked in a small voice as guilt rose

you. She’s a child, after all. It’s completely normal that she misses her mother after being apart for so

fingers together. After a short pause, I

it was almost September, so school was about to reopen. Even if she

his eyes, Ashton shot me a sidelong glance. “Aren’t you planning

Murphy Corporation project might take about a month to complete. I already caused a delay by being sick for a few days. I’m afraid it’d be

gaze dimmed and he didn’t

to an abrupt halt and the

symptoms. After it went down completely, I rested at the hospital

Armond told me to stay at the villa for a few days, explaining that he would get Linda to temporarily fill in

didn’t mean I

to the villa for me

Nora visited, I was huddled in the study with my head still buried in a pile of