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.

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

the next two days, Ashton stayed at the hospital and took care of

him and argued, “Ashton, I’m all recovered now, so just go ahead with

he couldn’t hear me, he handed me a cup of water and ordered, “Drink

a moment before speaking, “I’m getting discharged today.

subject. “Summer didn’t go out at all during the summer

break was over. I previously promised to bring her to R Province, but

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

my head in remorse and absent-mindedly twisted my fingers together. After

about to reopen. Even if she visited, she could only stay for a few days

shot me a sidelong glance. “Aren’t you planning to return to K

I already caused a delay by being sick for a few days. I’m afraid it’d be quite some time before I can go back

dimmed and he didn’t say

this topic came to an abrupt halt and the atmosphere became slightly

it went down completely, I

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

that didn’t mean I

of the documents to the villa

in the study with my head still buried in a pile