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? How isn’t that

a serious yet clear eyes. If I made a big deal out of it, it would

melody kept playing, as

frozen in the same posture as he waited for

his trouser pocket. After taking his phone out, I handed it to

me and motioned at his soap-covered hands with his eyes. His meaning couldn’t be any clearer—he

my jaw, I turned the phone screen to face me and swiped to answer the call, catching sight of the caller ID

instructed while staring at me with a particularly intense

icon before bringing the phone to his ear. Due to the height

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

This man was stingy with

seem to mind as she chirped gleefully, “I brought all the previous project files over today for you to take a look. By the way, you

of him to have a beautiful woman

his gaze on me. Puzzled, I

wasn’t going to answer, he responded

can you come out and open the gate for me, Mr. Fuller? I’m already

Ashton replied. Then, he shot me a glance, signaling

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

take the bowl in his hand, but he held it in a vice-like grip.

and declared, “We’ll go together once we’re done here. Rachel is here because of the Lavelian Village project. Since you’re the person-in-charge, you’re required

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

outside. After he was done, he scanned me from head to toe at a disturbingly languid pace before asking, “Do you need to have a change of clothes before