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?”

He glanced at Rachel indifferently but didn’t say anything. After a moment of silence, his gaze fell on me and he asked,

that’s all,” I replied

out to be a major undertaking as it not only involved a thorough inspection of the construction security, but we also

the three of us carried out the assessment together and had to achieve consensus on every single inspection detail. As such, we were all tuckered

to break for lunch. I was feeling all drained out from sleep deprivation and walking

take a break and have something to eat,” Marcus’ voice rang from in front of me. I

chicken casserole,” he

“Thank you, Mr. White. You’re right on time.” I took over the food and started devouring my

before he spoke slowly. “We’ve covered pretty much all of the important

a little. “I’m fine.

his head in my direction. “Did you have a row

replied with a smile, “Just normal

“What did you

at him with amusement. “What, are you a

glass of water. “You should consider yourself lucky that I’m about to give out free advice