When There Is Nothing Left But Love

Noticing his balled-up fist, I braced myself for it to land on me. But it didn’t.

After a long moment, he turned his gaze on me. In his eyes, I could see a mixture of sorrow, disappointment, and despondent.

“Very well!” he finally uttered the only words he could muster and slammed the door shut as he left the room, resulting in a loud bang that reverberated throughout the house.

This is going to be another sleepless night…

The next morning, despite having very little sleep, I had to be at Lavelian Village for a site inspection.

When I arrived at the meeting point, Rachel and Marcus were already there, which caught me by surprise. The reason being I did not expect Marcus to make an appearance in a task that was usually carried out by the site supervisor.

“Ms. Stovall, I hope you don’t think the world revolves around you just because you’re the president’s wife. If you can’t even arrive at a meeting on time, I suggest you just assume the role of a housewife, since Mr. Fuller already has more than enough to support you.”

Rachel made a snarky comment on account of my tardiness. But I did arrive late, so there was no point in me getting back at her.

Pursing my lips, I ignored her remark and took over a project checklist from Leedon before turning to Marcus. “Mr. White, shall we do a walk-around to familiarize ourselves with the site perimeters?”

but didn’t say anything. After a moment of silence, his gaze fell on me and he asked, “Are you very

that’s all,”

a major undertaking as it not only involved a thorough inspection of the construction security, but we also needed to coordinate with departments from different companies. We had spent the whole morning covering the inspections for a few

achieve consensus on every single inspection detail. As such, we were all tuckered out by noon

everyone decided to break for lunch. I was feeling all drained out

and have something to eat,” Marcus’ voice rang from in front of me. I lifted my head to see him

he said while holding

You’re right on time.” I took over the food and started devouring my

my lunch. He waited till I was almost done with my food before he spoke slowly. “We’ve

little. “I’m fine.

head in my direction. “Did you have a row with Ashton

a brief moment before I swallowed my food and replied with a smile, “Just

pursed his lips. “What did you

my food, I looked at him with amusement. “What, are you a

should consider