When There Is Nothing Left But Love

I discreetly exited the bedroom and headed towards Ashton’s room. The door to his room was left wide open, and his bed was neatly arranged. There were no signs of the man in that room.

I went downstairs and saw the caregiver preparing breakfast in the kitchen. She turned around when she heard some movement. “Ms. Stovall, you’re awake. Breakfast is ready, and they’re on the table. Feel free to dig in.”

I nodded and didn’t see anyone else around. “Did you see Mr. Fuller?”

She grinned, “Mr. Fuller had left in the early morning, saying he had something urgent to attend to in the city. He didn’t want to wake you up early, so he asked me to inform you that he will be having dinner with you tonight, so don’t be back too late.”

I nodded in silence. I presumed that he would be nervous about his project.

After breakfast, I strolled around the yard and saw Channing digging a patch there.

I greeted him as I approached, “Good morning, Mr. Oberick!”

He stopped digging when he saw me. “You’re awake. Have you had breakfast?”

I nodded and looked at what he was doing. “Mr. Oberick, are you planning to plant some flowers here?”

He laughed, “Fall is almost here. I want to plant some leek, so I could harvest them in the winter.”

Seeing that I was all alone, he asked, “Is Nora still asleep?”

I smiled and answered, “Let her sleep in a while longer. She slept late last night.”

sighed, “She doesn’t sleep at night and doesn’t wake up

in his tone, despite

who was waiting by the

Ashton had mentioned in the morning that we would have dinner together. Hence,

fresh ingredients in

of preparation, three dishes and a soup were done. I glanced at

phone despite me calling him multiple times, so I decided to text him

at the time, and it was almost eight, but I didn’t hear any car coming back. Thus, I called him

to call Joseph. He picked up the call after the phone rang for

Ashton

for calling. “Mr. Fuller is still in the conference room.

muttered an agreement and hung up. Staring at the dishes on the

stand it, so I picked up my

sounded from the yard. I jumped up immediately and looked at the cold dishes on the table

back. Immediately, I went to the door to welcome him with a

only Joseph at the

there was no sign of Ashton.

had a business dinner to attend to, so he couldn’t make it. But he asked me to bring you this. He said it was from a restaurant famous for seafood, and it tastes fresh and

crabs on the box’s packaging. “What time will he be