When There Is Nothing Left But Love

He lifted a brow at my question and fixed his eyes on me. “You can help me if you want.”

His answer caught me completely off guard – I blushed and hesitated, not knowing what to say. I expected him to say he can manage by himself!

“So, do you want to help?” he asked in a low voice, waiting for my answer.

He is my husband, after all. We’ve been living together for a number of years, and we still have more years to come. One day, he would fall sick, and I might become ill as well. No matter how embarrassing it is, we have to take care of each other because we are a couple, not to mention he is wounded now.

After rationalizing my decision, I heaved out a sigh and accompanied him to the bathroom.

As he stood in front of the toilet, I bent down, biting my lip, and unfastened his belt buckle. Then, I unbuttoned his pants and proceeded to the zip.

When I was about to pull it down, he grabbed my hand and spoke with a raspy voice, “It’s okay. I can do it myself.”

I breathed a sigh of relief and rushed out of the bathroom.

Suddenly, his phone rang on the bed. I took a look at the screen and saw that it was Rebecca calling – she probably wanted to ask about his injury. Thus, I did not pick up the phone.

He heard the ringtone as well and

against my ear, I heard Rebecca crying, and her anxious voice came from the other side of the line. “Ash, are you feeling better now? I’m so sorry. I didn’t mean to throw a

so he got hurt because of

phone at my ear and remained silent. She continued to sob over the phone. “Ash, are you still angry with me? I’m

from him,” I cut her off,

went quiet for a while and gradually stopped her crying. “Scarlett, why did you answer Ash’s phone? How could you simply pick up someone else’s phone? You’re

line? Your acting skills don’t seem to have

smugness. Even though I’m not married to Ashton, I’m still someone he cares dearly. You can see it for yourself. Today he could have protected himself, but he still chose to protect me and got himself injured. Yes, maybe he truly loves you and cares about you, too. But he has grown accustomed to having me by his side. Therefore, in the years to come, I’ll continue to be the barrier between

not angry with her words, but I found them utterly ridiculous. So, I asked cheerfully, “Rebecca, aren’t you tired

second before answering, “As long as

I nodded. “I wish

that, I ended the call and put

caught a whiff of

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