When There Is Nothing Left But Love

Elliot, being the perfect gentleman, accepted her kind gestures graciously while maintaining a respectful distance from her.

Their lukewarm exchanges did not escape Marshall, and he involved me in the conversations. I deflected them all by playing dumb.

As time went by, Elliot started to ignore the passionate gazes from Katharina as his vision fell on me overtly.

Sensing he was about to say something from the corner of my eye, I stood up abruptly. “Excuse me, I’m going to the washroom.”

I moved my chair, strode purposely, and bumped right into Ashton and Thora when the waiter opened the door. My feet were suddenly glued to the ground.

Of all days, Lady Luck has to choose today to let me stumble upon all these people that I’ve been avoiding!

“Ms. Stovall, you live such a busy life. While holding on to your ex, you’re also flirting with.” Thora made a snide comment after she noticed Elliot in the room.

Ashton glanced at me briefly before he shifted his piercing gaze around the room. His vision fell on me again as I caught an inexplicable yet meaning look in his eyes.

on a second. I did

could utter a word, a figure zoomed past me from behind and stopped next to Ashton. “Mr. Fuller, what a pleasant surprise to see you here! I have missed you so many times

to meet you too, Ms. Ziegler. Please come in. This must be my lucky day!” Marshall was so all over himself he had completely failed to comprehend the

sense of despondent overtook me as I watched Ashton and Thora sat

The

in a contest with Elliot, the expressionless Ashton’s

to

amusing. She stifled a chuckle and

my eyes and poked at

called. I turned around in surprise. A third person

man was now smiling ambiguously at me, suggesting he knew me

each other?” I gave him a mental thumbs up for openly addressing me as ‘Mrs. Fuller’ in

and stared into my eyes merrily. He had a burly man

Joe Quinn, the person who used to pull out all the stops to sabotage my relationship with Ashton, was now