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?”

his trouser pocket to

eyes. If I made a big deal

piano melody kept playing, as though

was still frozen in the same posture as he waited

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

with his eyes. His meaning couldn’t be any clearer—he couldn’t pick up

screen to face me and swiped to answer the call,

on speaker,” Ashton instructed while staring at me with a

phone to his ear. Due to the height difference, I

to look at me, but didn’t comment. Soon, Rachel’s gentle voice drifted over the other end of the line.

is it?” This man was stingy with his words as

all the previous project files over today for you to take a look. By the way, you haven’t eaten yet, have

lips. How lucky of him to

come after a long time, I vaguely sensed his gaze on me. Puzzled, I returned his gaze, wondering what was running through his

going to answer, he

over the phone when she quipped, “Then, can you come out and

me a glance, signaling for me to hang up the

call, I hesitated for a second before suggesting, “You should go now. I’ll handle

he held it in a vice-like

though nothing was wrong and declared, “We’ll go together once we’re done here. Rachel is here

pressed my lips together tightly in response to his tyrannical behavior. Rachel’s obviously not here to discuss the project with him.

was done, he scanned me from head to toe at a disturbingly languid pace before asking, “Do you need to