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.

door in a thin, figure-hugging

nodded and looked at her.

“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 familiar with

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

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

and said, still in that aggravatingly gentle tone, “It’s alright. I’m not that cold!” Even as she

he knitted his brows together and said again, “It’s even colder outside than in here! You’re going to get

hint of adoration in his tone. It wasn’t something he could help—he tried to sound stern and firm in his words, but his heart was still

her puppy-dog eyes, looking a little pathetic. After a short pause, she replied, “I only brought along a windbreaker when I came. Joe said the climate here is very nice, and that I wouldn’t have to bring any thick clothing. I accidentally dirtied that windbreaker just now, so I

sighed and returned to a room, emerging with a random coat in my hand. Shoving it into Ashton’s hands, I

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

but my heart burned

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

She kept calling Ashton by that infuriating nickname, ‘Ash’, but when it was

unhappiness in me, I snapped, “It’s alright.

ignored them and

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 I suggested to Armond that