When There Is Nothing Left But Love

Chapter 1784 Incoming Death

“Nathaniel’s anxious about you. You’ll be fine.” Ashton lowered his eyes and avoided my gaze.

A fresh swell of hot tears brimmed in my eyes, and I laughed bitterly. “That’s right. He’s about to fall in love with me. A man as smart as you is slowly creeping into my life. What do you feel about that?”

“If I were you, I’d be happy. At the very least, this shows that you’re currently safe.” Ashton’s tone was still as flat as ever, so I could not decipher what he was feeling at that moment.

Perhaps what he wanted to say was that all was fine as long as I was safe, but I was greedy—I wanted to hear something else other than that. “But you’re not me. Otherwise, you’d know that the words I want to hear aren’t these.”

Ashton then glanced, almost unnoticeably, in the direction of the doorway. Despite how cautious he was, I noticed his action and informed him, “Millie’s guarding the room outside. No one’s going to come in. We’ll be alone here.”

I was telling him that we were in a safe spot, so he did not need to worry about Nathaniel’s sudden appearance or him abruptly realizing something amiss.

However, Ashton was determined to play safe. “If I can say things that nice to your ears, we wouldn’t be divorcing each other and fighting over the assets,” he said, cold and ruthless.

that was said, he hurried to the door. However, right as he

everything, and

another glance,

myself shaking from the cold, and I could not help but wrap

literally, or

no matter how much I mulled over his words, I could not wrap my mind around

open. Thinking that it was Millie—that she had come to urge me to hurry—I

what greeted me was the sight of Nathaniel’s too-pale face under the

was at that very moment I realized what Ashton

us for a long time. Even if we did nothing, our time spent alone in an

each other be able to peacefully stay in the same room

A beat later, he said with amusement, “It seems like Ashton

froze before I belatedly realized what had happened—Nathaniel had assumed that Ashton’s last words were a

to rub salt on my