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.

most of the other Taylor family members, but Ashton had told me about their situation before. Archie had four wives. His first wife had passed away a

out 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, she had

meant that Archie’s first two children were no longer part of 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 to having an heir, but this heir got into a car accident a few years ago

the fickle fate of

a young woman married such an old man simply out of love. One wanted money, while the other wanted youth and beauty.

their community. That was why Archie sent both of them overseas. He put in quite a lot

marriage was 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

shaken up after hearing about Holden becoming the

wasn’t even his wife. After all, she never even married Archie. She was simply a woman whom Archie had had a one-night stand with. Not

Holden’s mother. All he 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