When There Is Nothing Left But Love

After getting rebuffed, Ashton looked away and smiled wryly. “I know the answer. It is no surprise to me.”

I smirked. “Who do you think I will pick?”

“I know you won’t pick me.” Ashton shrugged as disappointment flashed across his face. “But Scarlett, you’ll be my only choice no matter what.”

It seemed like he was joking, so I didn’t know how to react.

Without waiting for my response, he climbed out of the window deftly. “See you tomorrow.”

He then jumped and disappeared into the night.

I went to the window and looked around, but he was nowhere to be seen. I waited a while longer before closing the windows.

The next morning, I woke up early.

Eager to see my son, I dressed up for the occasion.

Marcus brought

it was going to be a long ride, but ten minutes after we entered the city, our car came to a

opened the door and left, so I hurriedly followed him.

There were

examining an old watch using professional equipment carefully. He didn’t seem

went into the inner space. As he

of clocks, we finally arrived in a vast room. Bottles of red wine were lined up on both sides of the walls, and there

the wine cabinet and took out one bottle of wine. After a momentary silence, the

surprise when I realized the red wine wasn’t a decoration but the key to the hidden

two wine racks and hundreds of bottles of red wine. It would take hundreds of attempts for someone to get the right key. Besides, no one would pay attention to the red

in a daze when Marcus stepped into the secret space. I scurried after him

too fast, but I forced myself to

as soon as I entered, but an underground factory

workers dressed in silver protective suits handling unknown

“This way.”