When There Is Nothing Left But Love

As he spoke, he pulled me against his chest and pressed another kiss to my lips.

I pushed him away and said, giggling, “You know, if you ever have to stop working, you could always become a model to support Summer and me. After all, you certainly have the looks for it!”

His lips curled into a smile that looked a little sinister. “Was that supposed to be a compliment?”

I shrugged, nonplussed. “You can think of it as one?”

He wriggled closer to me, his voice sounding even deeper now. “Well, since you think that way, I think you can find out how this male model performs for yourself. What do you think, hmm?”

I froze for a second. Before I could react, he had already pinned me under him again…

…

I finally woke up at seven in the evening. Dusk had already fallen outside. I took a shower and came back outside, and Ashton helped me to dry my hair. After that, he handed me a particularly thick piece of clothing and told me to put it on.

Seeing the reluctance on my face, he said, “It’s autumn. It gets very cold at night around here, and you might catch a cold if you don’t dress warmly. Put this on!”

I grunted in reply, too lazy to continue arguing with him.

out of the room, I found Rebecca standing at the door in a thin, figure-hugging dress. She looked at Ashton with a rather pitiful expression and said, smiling

and looked at

in a pretentious voice, “I didn’t eat anything before I arrived this morning, so I’m feeling a little peckish. I didn’t want to bother you, but it’s my first time here, and I’m not

soft and gentle, and she sounded as though she genuinely didn’t want to create trouble

that made Ashton feel very guilty for not taking good care of her. As she had hoped, Ashton frowned slightly and replied, “Next time, just give me a call immediately. That will be alright with me.

smiled slightly and said, still in that aggravatingly gentle tone, “It’s alright. I’m not that cold!” Even as she said that she wrapped an arm around herself, making herself look small and

again, “It’s even colder outside than in here! You’re going to get sick if you don’t put on a coat. Go

said this very kindly, and I could even detect a hint of adoration in his tone. It wasn’t something he could help—he tried to sound stern and firm in his words, but

the climate here is very nice, and that I wouldn’t have to bring any thick clothing. I accidentally dirtied that

sighed and returned to a room, emerging

exasperated at Rebecca. She was milking this for all it was worth, and worse still,

more generous to her, but my heart burned with a fit of secret jealousy as I looked at both

turned to me and put on an obsequious expression. “Thank you,

calculated move on her part. She kept calling Ashton by that infuriating nickname, ‘Ash’, but when it was my turn to be addressed, she insisted on calling

in me, I

them and

Armond were already there. When she spotted us, Nora flew over and took my hand immediately. “I knew all of you were still in the hotel, so