When There Is Nothing Left But Love

I completely forgot about that. “Yeah, sure. Do we go now? Or do we go later?” I nodded while answering.

“Let’s go in the evening. Then we can stay there for the night. I am not really up yet. I will need some time to get prepared. I’ll come to get you when I’m done.”

I nodded and said, “Okay, just call me by that time.”

Last night’s events suddenly replayed in my mind. I asked, “Were you okay last night? Why are you up so early today?” She did drink quite a lot last night.

She sighed, “Don’t talk about it. I was almost beaten up. If it weren’t because I wanted to pry Linda for information, I wouldn’t drink that much alcohol. Seriously, my head is still hurting!”

“Armond is not around?”

“Yeah, he seems to have something on. He went out early in the morning. My grandpa’s call woke me up, and I called you right away since I’m awake. I plan to sleep for a while more. Let’s go over later.” Her words were slurring. She must be getting sleepy.

“Alright, you get some sleep. I’ll read at home in the meantime. Do you want to come over for lunch since Armond is not around?”

“No thank you,” she rejected. “I don’t think I will be awake by that time. Besides, isn’t that expressionless guy at home right now? I am kind of intimidated by him, so I’ll pass.”

I smiled and didn’t insist.

After I hung up, I went straight into the study. Perhaps because this house was recently set up, there weren’t many books in the study. There were mostly some documents and magazines.

caught my eye. Three Makes a Family. I

wholesome book on his bookshelf.

in. He sat down beside me and asked, “What are

a hand to touch my

was a rhetorical question, but he seemed to have understood it differently. He grinned from ear to ear and announced,

Maybe it was because of the book that I felt immense sweetness at what he said. “A good love story makes the readers feel blissful as well. The characters have

“So when are you coming back to

my head a bit and thought about it. “We’ll

the seasons. A few days ago, I was planning to get

you thinking?” He pulled me into his

and replied cheekily, “I am thinking

ear. “Glutton!” he commented. “I may need to go out for a while. I will ask Joseph to send over

I saw on his phone screen just now. That combination of numbers was familiar to me. Even after so many

this mean Rebecca is

ask Ashton about it. A few calls came in, and it seemed to be very urgent.

and said to me, “Remember to eat your lunch. Wait for me to come back in the evening. We will have

waved my hand, indicating for him

wasn’t expecting to get a call from Rachel. She cut straight to the chase and asked, “Can we

asked,

“Yeah.”