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.

His first wife had passed away a decade or so ago due to

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

two children were no longer part of

She had never been taken seriously by the other Taylor family members because of her background but managed to improve her reputation after giving birth to a son and a daughter. The Taylor family was one step closer

fickle fate of

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 love. One wanted money, while the other wanted youth and beauty. Since they were

was why Archie sent both of them overseas. He put in quite a lot of effort to try and set them straight, but it seemed

had never fallen for any sons from

that wasn’t the case, she wouldn’t have been so shaken up after hearing about Holden becoming

had had a one-night

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

glanced at me. It was a glance full of disdain,