When There Is Nothing Left But Love

Nora wanted us to stay over for a barbecue that night, to which Hannah agreed readily. “No prob. Chandler can cook. He’s a good chef.”

Chandler blushed from the praise. Since everyone agreed to it, we went to get a mountain of ingredients and prepared for the barbecue, and it didn’t take too long to get the food ready. Nora said, “Call Ashton over, Scarlett. It’s quite late, so he’s probably done with work.”

Well, it was getting dark, and everyone was here, so I thought I’d invite him. It was a good chance for them to get to know each other. Then, I called him. It went through a moment later, and I asked, “Are you done, Ashton?”

“He’s still in a meeting, Mrs. Fuller. It might take a while,” a woman answered instead of him. It sounded familiar, but it took me a while to realize that it was Stella.

“I see. Tell him to call me back once he’s done.”

“Yes, Mrs. Fuller.” She hung up after that.

I frowned. Nora, who was washing the veggies, noticed it. “Oh, is he still working?”

I nodded. But he usually brings his phone with him. So why was Stella the one who took the call?

thought we could have held a gathering. I just called

reflexively. “You guys came back from Moranta

happened between Ashton and Armond in Moranta. She nodded and puckered her lips. “I don’t want to talk about it. I was going to stay here for a bit after Moranta, but he got on my

you guys get into

head angrily. “It’s worse than that. I thought he’s a gentle man, but he’s just a

promised me he’d take me to his parents when we came to K City. I got really nervous over it, but he fooled me and told me to go back

pretending to be

to whoop his arse when he shows up. He sucks as a boyfriend. You know him well, so please lecture him for me, will

about the incident in Moranta. But she should have met Holden, shouldn’t she?

that she had just complained about Armond earlier. Even so, when she saw Armond standing outside,

her. “I see you have a whole group here. Getting ready to beat

Nora pouted. “As if. Get in. Annoy me again and you’ll never hear

her. He squinted at me coolly before putting on his warm, fake smile.