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

be heard in his tone,

was waiting by the villa’s entrance, glared at Nora. He was waiting

the morning that we would have dinner together. Hence,

fresh ingredients in

preparation, three dishes and a soup were done. I glanced at my phone and called

me calling him multiple times, so I decided to text

hear any car coming back. Thus, I called him again, but still, no one

Joseph. He picked up the call after

is Ashton

seemed to know my reason for calling. “Mr. Fuller is still in the conference room. I’ll ask him to

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

it, so I picked

jumped up

glad that he was back. Immediately, I went to the door

was only Joseph at

behind him, and there was no sign

he couldn’t make it. But he

stared at the hairy crabs on the box’s packaging. “What time will he be back