When There Is Nothing Left But Love

I offered no retort. The intense crying I did leave my eyes tired and puffy. I watched Ashton for a while before I drifted off to sleep.

I then had a lengthy dream.

In it, Macy, Jackson and I were back in high school. We were lazing around beneath the shade of a tree, watching other kids play with crickets. The fearless Macy pissed off their head honcho. Jackson then charged up and tangled with them. He was like a brave gladiator who did not cry out even as his head bled.

When I awoke, there was only the sedate expression on Ashton’s face as he slept next to me.

I extended a hand to caress his face. There was simply no going back to where we came from.

…..

After the ten-day long hormone therapy, I was finally able to have an ovum successfully extracted from my body. The artificial insemination process also went well. In three days, the cultivated embryo would be ready to be inserted into my uterus.

It was also today that Ashton did not have me sent home as usual. Instead, he ferried me to the Fuller Corporation personally.

time for me to warm my seat before Ashton produced a file from under the table, which he opened up before

make of it. The heading read—Letter of Authorization for

to transfer all the shares I have

I placed down the document. “Has this something to do with the investment with

though he had explained to me the importance of the financing, I still had reservations about

letter. More importantly, the lab results would be confirmed in the next few days. It was difficult enough for us to be able to conceive, so whatever GW may be up to, I don’t want you to become a target for them. Not only is this about the transference of shares, but you will also be completely

had me feeling that my opinion was made peripheral. “Are we discussing this,

either one. Which do you prefer?”

response as

were not completely unfounded. Everything that happened before this could have stemmed from our failure to maintain a low profile. Ashton might have thought that perhaps I should step away from the public eye

declared in indignation, “You might as well publicly announce

took into serious consideration something I merely said in jest, and nodded solemnly. “If it came down to that,

I was flabbergasted.