When There Is Nothing Left But Love

Taken aback, Channing looked at Ashton, puzzled.

Ashton was not the least bit upset. He quickly got up and bowed in apology. “Sorry, Mr. Oberick. I’d always wanted to explain what happened at the hotel then, but I didn’t get the chance to. I’ll officially make amends to you today.”

Then, he took out the bracelet that Channing had given Rachel and returned it to him. “Actually, Scarlett is my wife. We just had some conflicts on the day that we ate in the hotel. We can’t accept this bracelet.”

Since it had come to this, I stood up and bowed in apology as well.

Channing seemed to still be a little stunned. He looked at me in a daze and said, “You guys…”

Just then, Nora spoke. “Don’t you understand yet, Grandpa? They had some conflicts before, which resulted in that big mess. But Mr. Fuller’s right. Grandma left that bracelet behind, so you can’t just give it away so casually. If you want to give them a gift, you can get them something else. The bracelet contains your memories with Grandma, so you shouldn’t just give it away.”

as he opened the box to look at the bracelet. He then looked at Ashton and me, who were still standing, and said, “It’s fine, you two can sit down. At

our seats, he continued, “It’s normal for married couples

and whispered, “I didn’t think that your handsome icy husband

he was. His granitelike sternness with his subordinates and his disinterest in outsiders were all just habits

was patient with children and respectful and filial to his elders.

to do. We’ve been friends with the Fullers for decades, and this bracelet was originally given to our family by the old Mrs. Fuller. Sixty years ago, when everything was in a mess and we were busy trying to escape war to stay alive, we met the Fullers, who were poor just like us. Unlike now, we had to worry about

meant a lot to our friendship when we were gifted this. The old Mrs. Fuller had initially given this to us so that we could sell

even when she had to take care of your father. When everything ended, we could have lived a good life from then on. But she’d been malnourished for too long, so her body had given

but it holds the memories of people of my generation. So we want to give it to you, in hopes that it will serve as a reminder to the two of you that no matter how tough life may be or whatever difficult problems you