When There Is Nothing Left But Love

I pondered over it for a while. Since I only had to meet Professor Zidd in the morning and would be free afterward, I accepted her invitation: Yes, but I’m only free in the evening. Are you okay with it?

Rose replied: Sure, evening it is! I’ll come to your house tomorrow. Well, I should stop bothering you since it’s getting late. Good night.

Upon seeing the moon emoji at the end of the message, I couldn’t help but smile. Despite their years of marriage, Nick seemed to have protected Rose well. It was apparent from her cheerful words that she was still young at heart.

Meanwhile, Ashton had finished taking his shower and came out of the bathroom. When he saw me smiling, he half-kneeled beside the bed and inched closer to me. “What’s so funny?”

Ashton smelled good after stepping out of the shower. Putting my phone aside, I wrapped my arms around his neck to take a whiff of his scent. After a while, I replied delightedly, “Rose added me as a friend on Instagram and asked me to go shopping tomorrow. I agreed to it.”

for a moment before he continued,

her in the hospital

him

remember.” Ashton grabbed my hand and sat on the bed. Then, he took me into his arms and asked with a pensive expression, “Are

remembered that I met Rose less than five times, so we were only considered acquaintances. “Anyway, she’s Nick’s wife. Besides, it’s

stop saying yes to others all the time. Why must you force yourself to do something that

agreed to it because we’re considered relatives. Don’t worry. I definitely won’t go out with strangers. After all, I have learned my lesson from Summer’s incident.” However, Ashton merely nodded and put on a slightly disdainful smile.

response, I decided to be more assertive. I squinted and said wryly, “Hmph… Mr. Fuller, are you trying to

young or as gorgeous as the chicks out there. Nonetheless, I didn’t think a woman