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?”

reaching into his trouser pocket to

I made a big deal out

piano melody kept playing, as though the

in the same posture as he

my hand into his trouser pocket. After taking his phone

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

swiped to answer the call, catching sight of the caller

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

on the speaker icon before bringing the phone to his

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

This man was stingy with his

“I brought all the previous project files over today for you to take a look. By the way, you haven’t eaten yet, have you? I made you lunch. Give it a try

to

after a long time, I vaguely sensed his gaze on

when I thought he wasn’t going to answer, he responded curtly,

when she quipped, “Then, can you come out

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

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

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

wrong 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 to

response to his tyrannical behavior. Rachel’s obviously not here to discuss the

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