When There Is Nothing Left But Love

When he didn’t speak, I peeked at him in surprise, but his eyes were hooded and I couldn’t discern any emotion in them.

Unable to help myself, I blurted, “Didn’t you come here to look for Armond? Aren’t you going to talk to him?”

Without sparing a glance at me, his slender fingers moved across the porcelain bowls as he expertly washed the dishes.

“There’s no rush.” He only gave me three simple words in return.

The atmosphere became quiet all of a sudden and I felt slightly at a loss.

Suddenly, a ringtone broke through the uncomfortable silence. It was coming from his phone.

He didn’t answer it, but turned his emotionless eyes to me for some reason.

I stiffened and asked confusedly, “What is it?”

“My hands are wet. I’ll have to trouble you,” he replied.

At first, I couldn’t grasp his meaning. Later on, I realized that his phone was in his trouser pocket and both his hands were covered with soap.

Coincidently, I had just wiped my hands dry, so technically, it was convenient for me to take his phone. But…

The corners of my eyes twitched as I fell into a dilemma. “Mr. Fuller, I think that’s rather inappropriate.”

He cocked a brow at me. “And why exactly would that be inappropriate?”

as myself reaching into his trouser pocket to grab his phone?

a serious yet clear eyes. If I made a big deal out of it, it would seem like I was the one having

playing, as though the caller

the same posture as he waited for me to

sharply and shoved my hand into his trouser pocket. After taking his phone out, I handed it to

hands with his eyes. His meaning couldn’t be any clearer—he couldn’t pick up the call in his state and I

face me and swiped to answer the call,

Ashton instructed while staring at me with a particularly intense

tapping on the speaker icon before bringing the phone to his ear. Due to the height difference, I had to stand on my tippy toes and

Rachel’s gentle voice drifted over the other end of the

man was stingy

accustomed to this habit of his because she didn’t seem to mind as she chirped gleefully, “I brought all the previous project files over today for you to take a look. By the

to have a beautiful woman at his beck and

reply didn’t come after a long time, I vaguely sensed his gaze on me. Puzzled, I returned his gaze, wondering what

I thought he wasn’t going to

quipped, “Then, can you come out and open

shot me a glance, signaling

second before suggesting, “You should go now. I’ll handle

that, I reached out to take the bowl in his hand, but he held it in a vice-like grip. Bewildered, I

done here. Rachel is here because of the Lavelian Village project. Since you’re the person-in-charge, you’re

to his tyrannical behavior. Rachel’s obviously not here to

about the fact that Rachel was currently waiting outside. After he was done, he scanned