When There Is Nothing Left But Love

Ashton nodded. “We’ll go home together later. Are you craving any particular food?”

“No.” I shook my head.

He merely stared at me, as if protesting my answer. I pursed my lips and relented as I blurted, “Alright, I want to eat lobster, steamed fish, and pork ribs…” He smiled as I prattled on a long list of food, seemingly not paying any attention to my nonchalant request. Seeing that, I shrugged and stopped talking.

Because I was in a rush to take Summer to the hospital, I left right after I had taken my bag.

After heading out of the office, I bumped into Ashton’s secretary near the elevator. She was holding on to a lot of files and seemed like she was in a daze. She did not even realize when something fell off her hands.

“Hello!” I said.

It wasn’t until I repeated myself that she turned around to look at me. I waved the file that she had dropped at her and said, “You dropped something.”

Stumped, the woman bowed and thanked me for my help before retrieving the file.

“Sasha, what’s the matter with you?” A man who came out of the elevator asked her, “Is something wrong? Not only did you send the wrong documents, but you’re also losing things. And now, you’re even bumping into people. Are you alright?”

Sasha shook her head, her eyes were red-rimmed. Joseph headed out of the elevator and noticed that I was staring at the secretary. “Mrs. Fuller, what’s the matter?”

I said nothing as I shook my head. A feeling of uneasiness washed over me as I looked at her.

rush, so nobody cared to pay attention to someone who was

They were waiting for him to head out of the building and hoped that they would

bump into the reporters again if I exited the building via the main entrance,

as I picked up her

you at

my keys, I said, “But I’m leaving now and will reach home soon.

her fever’s subsided, but it’s

heading there right now.

to trace the origin. In the next moment, my eyes widened

a mangled woman whose face was indiscernible to me because of the blood that was pouring out of her head. I was only able to identify her as a

to jelly as my mind went blank. My instincts were telling me that she had jumped

Stunned, I tried to speak but no words came out of

to the

jumped off the building. Hurry! Call the police!” someone nearby shouted, fear and shock

crowd the scene. By now, I was standing in an

to be forever etched in one’s mind. What was worse was that the ghost of the

off? What kind of impact could make her head and

was still too stunned to speak. I stared blankly at Joseph who had appeared by my side and shuddered