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.

due to the medicine I just consumed, I started to feel tired again. Hence, I shut my eyes and gradually drifted

hospital and took care of all my meals. He even accompanied me

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

handed me a cup of water and ordered, “Drink some

a moment before speaking, “I’m getting discharged today. Thank you for taking

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

already August, which meant summer break was over. I previously promised

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

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

bowed my head in remorse and absent-mindedly twisted my fingers together. After a short pause, I asked,

I realized that it was almost September, so school was about to reopen. Even if she visited, she could only stay for a few days before having to return to

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

project might take about a month to complete. I already caused a delay

gaze dimmed and he didn’t say

an abrupt halt and the atmosphere became

After it went down completely, I rested

me to stay at the

mean I could slack

the documents to the villa for me

huddled in the study with my head still buried in a pile of