When There Is Nothing Left But Love

As soon as I spoke, Ashton’s expression became frigid. He was silent for almost a minute before finding his voice again.

“Is that really what you want?” he asked coldly; it frightened me to think that he could sound this devoid of warmth.

I averted my eyes from him and hung my head. “When I was at White Corporation,” I said wearily. “The work was easy. Though I’d be very tired, you needn’t worry. On the other hand, if I can help Marcus on my own, I would be very happy. Even if I were so tired that I’d just fall over asleep, it would add value and meaning to my day-to-day life.”

I meant every word of it.

Ashton hadn’t spent much time with me at home. He wasn’t aware of the suffering that I endure every night before bed. Yesterday night, the bad dreams did not appear for the first time since I started the job at White Corporation.

Ashton wasn’t convinced. He took out his phone. “I’ll give Marcus a call now, and he’ll tell you to stay out of it.”

act of dialing. “Don’t bother. He’s currently on the plane to M

Ashton’s eyes. “Even if you did manage to contact Marcus, it’d be useless,” I said with steely determination. “This is my decision. Everybody in White Corporation knows how Marcus treats me. As long as I have the intention to return, nobody will suspect anything. I will take over his duties in his absence to the best of my ability. Even if I fail at

night of study. Though it had been a problematic month, it had been under control thus far. As long as we intercepted the problem

sounded like I was speaking for the sake of arguing

embrace the opportunity for a fresh start all because

stony expression did not change for some time.

at me for two whole seconds,

anger ebbing away when Ashton’s footsteps were nowhere to be heard. I slumped back into the

ago. A day when Ashton would not hold back against Marcus as I knew it