When There Is Nothing Left But Love

“Okay, remind me again before we go.” After a short pause, I glanced at him. “Ashton, can I ask you a question?”

He raised a brow. “What is it?”

“I’ve always thought that you’re angry with your grandpa because he broke you and Rebecca up, but I realized that wasn’t true. Can you tell me why you were so mad at your grandpa?” Some incidents of the past were etched in my memory. I remembered he hadn’t shown up during his grandfather’s funeral.

His gaze darkened a little at my question. After staring at me in silence for a while, he said, “It’s been so long. I don’t really remember why I was so mad at that time.”

Baffled by his answer, I was tongue-tied, so I stopped questioning him.

The following day.

Ashton and I went to Fuller Corporation together. The number of reporters waiting downstairs had reduced significantly. They must have left because of the lack of newsworthy information over the past few days.

Sasha’s parents were not around as well. I reckoned that they were taking care of their granddaughter at the hospital.

The lobby that used to be clamorous was now back to normal.

The moment I stepped through the entrance, Stella skipped to my side and spoke while looking at me. “Mrs. Fuller, you’re here. Isn’t it great that Sasha’s grandparents stopped coming over? You’re amazing!”

completely overlooked the man beside me. For a moment, I thought she was about to twirl around me in

while, Stella finally spotted Ashton. She hurriedly let go of me and greeted him

out to hold my hand. Without a word, he

me a sideways glance. “Now I know

finally wrapped my head around his words. “Cut the nonsense. I worked with

and pulled me into a hug. “That my

eyes at him.

evening, I thought of Summer after preparing dinner, so I called Cameron. The phone rang for quite a while before it was picked up. “Hello,

ID, so he spoke

for a short while before asking gently, “Letty,

just finished cooking. I’m staying at Ashton’s tonight. Have

fever’s gone. I guess she’ll recover soon. Your mom and aunt are

and chatted a little longer

was about to have my dinner, my phone rang with a call from Armond. Picking it up, I greeted

at work. I heard from Nora that you’re

the promise I made to him in Epea, which I put off up till now.

hummed without

phone, Ashton’s dark eyes were fixed on me.