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.”

of dialing. “Don’t bother. He’s currently on the plane to M Country. He’ll be unreachable at

into 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

it had been a problematic month, it had been under control thus far. As long as we intercepted the problem at this early stage, we could

but feel emotional in my passion. It sounded like I was speaking for the sake of arguing with him but I

opportunity for a fresh start all because Marcus did not leave me to die. Therefore,

expression did not change for some time. Slowly, he lowered

seconds, he turned around left

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

when Ashton would not hold back against Marcus