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 grab his phone?

deal out of it, it would seem like I was the one having dirty

beautiful piano melody kept playing, as

the same posture as he

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

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

to face me and swiped to answer the call, catching sight

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

icon before bringing the phone to his

eyes to look at me, but didn’t comment. Soon, Rachel’s gentle voice drifted over

was stingy with his words

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 way, you haven’t eaten yet, have

twitched my lips. How lucky of him to have a beautiful woman at

vaguely sensed his gaze on me. Puzzled, I returned his gaze, wondering what was running through

going to answer, he responded curtly,

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

Ashton replied. Then, he shot me a glance, signaling for me to hang

before suggesting, “You should go

hand, but he held it in a vice-like grip. Bewildered, I widened my eyes at him, trying to figure out

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

my lips together tightly in response to his tyrannical behavior. Rachel’s obviously not

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