When There Is Nothing Left But Love

I quickly got to my feet upon seeing Simone getting up. “It’s okay, Mom. I’ll help myself.”

Although I doubted her sincerity, she was still Ashton’s mother. I knew better than to let her get the soup on my behalf.

I followed her over into the kitchen and saw her turn off the stove. She grabbed a ladle and poured me a bowl of soup carefully. Her hands moved adroitly as she worked, and I could not help but think she must be a good cook herself.

I noticed her fit figure as she bustled about in her kitchen. It must not be easy to maintain such a body at her age.

I walked over to get the bowl of soup from her, but she dodged my hand and put the bowl on the kitchen table forcefully instead.

My hand froze in the air before I realized the smile on her face had long faded away. She looked cold and cruel now.

unexpected, the speed at which her expression changed still caught me

it already spilled, I guess I won’t get to try it anymore,” I said, turning to

soup left. I spent a long time

up to

to leave a good impression on him by being

moment that I thought Simone must

guess I could say you have some brains too. Perhaps that’s why Ashton likes you, but don’t expect the Hall family to treat you like he does. Since you’re already here, you’d better follow our house rules and

a good family. She was an amiable person before the accident, but it seemed like I

spent such a long time with Nicolas. There was no way

loathes. You did nothing to save your own son when he planned the accident. But look at you now. You’re pretending like you’re his mother when he comes back after all these years. You have no moral ground to lecture the person he

understand how Simone felt as the words tumbled out of my mouth. I took up the half-filled bowl as I looked at her from the corner of my eyes. “All you can see is me being domineering