When There Is Nothing Left But Love

I stared at him in surprise before shaking my head, feeling a blush creeping up on my cheeks. “No, I…”

Plenty of times, however, that sort of stuff always ended up happening in between all the pushing and pulling…

Archie’s funeral was on Saturday.

I had roughly guessed Ashton’s schedule for our short trip to Moranta. First, he had to come over and visit Archie. Apart from that, he also wanted to break into the Moranta market. There were many things that couldn’t be done back home, but Moranta was considered a self-governed territory. Add that to the agreement he had with the Taylor family, and it was much easier to do things here than back in the country.

Early on Saturday morning, Ashton and I dressed in formal black outfits in order to attend Archie’s funeral. By the time we reached the Taylor residence, the whole front yard was already full of people.

There were plenty of people who had come to pay their respects. The atmosphere was heavy with pitiful sighs.

After saying our prayers, Holden called for the attendees to line up in two lines in front of the casket.

wife had passed away a decade or so ago due to an illness and was

be rather outstanding. One of them married into a rich family, and the other owned her own business overseas. With the Taylor

children were no longer

background but managed to improve her reputation after giving birth to a son and a daughter. The Taylor family was one step closer to having an heir,

was the fickle fate

and got married to Archie when he was already well into his fifties. Not many people were willing to believe that such a young woman married such an old man simply out of

why Archie sent both of them overseas. He put in quite a lot of effort to try and set them straight, but it seemed as if that didn’t really happen in the

Kate, who Ashton and I had seen before. She was almost forty and quite spoiled due to the Taylor family’s upbringing. As a result, she was arrogant and had never fallen for any sons from other rich families. She had always stayed in the Taylor residence, and it was starting to seem like she always would be since she had no plans

shaken

was simply a woman whom Archie had had a one-night stand with. Not every woman who

told me was that she was a woman he had spotted accompanying Archie at

It was a glance full of disdain, but since he had never exactly shown respect to me, I was already