When There Is Nothing Left But Love

After walking out the gate, I finally saw Camelia standing by the roadside.

Decently dressed in clothes of some affordable domestic luxury brands, the woman did not look too bad, actually. She only looked sickly because of her pale face and sunken cheeks.

“Hey, Camelia,” I called out to the woman in a soft voice as if I could scare the soul out of her if I were too loud. “Why don’t you come inside?”

Even though romance made me very happy, I could not say the same for Camelia, for I had seen what a lively person she used to be before she had had her fair share of romance.

Facing Camelia, I dared not seem too happy since I was worried it would somehow make the woman uncomfortable. Maybe I was overthinking, but I would rather not let my happiness become a burden to someone less fortunate than I was.

Speaking softly and gently to Camelia like any normal person would was one of the ways I knew how to care for the woman. As a fellow woman, I truly hoped for her to have a better life.

“No, thank you. Marcus is sick, and he wants to see you,” informed Camelia with a blenched straight face.

could hurt us the deepest. I could not imagine how badly Camelia was hurting inside when she decided to

for Marcus and me to ever meet again, but still, I could not just pretend like I did not hear about the man’s predicament. “Is it bad? What

as if the woman was only carrying out an order

stopped just beside the vehicle when she

had no intention of going with her, the woman finally showed some emotions.

As much as I wanted to comfort Camelia,

could tell that I felt sorry for her, so she walked back to me and gave me a cold hard gaze. “You don’t have to pity me, but maybe you can do that for Marcus, a man at the brink of death. No matter what happened between you two, don’t you think you should grant a man his last dying wish?

saw Marcus, he was still alive

your grandiose wedding, he would probably have a few more days left,” stated Camelia as she continued to gaze

 From what Camelia told me, I could more or less piece together what happened to Marcus. The man was already severely ill when he saw the wedding between Ashton and me, and the event probably only served to worsen his condition. If that is the case, I can understand why Camelia sees me as

that no

getting the guards to inform Ashton that I was leaving with Camelia, I got into