When There Is Nothing Left But Love

Chapter 1789 Life Lessons

As I watched him dashing away, I continued sipping my tea with great satisfaction.

You can never escape my clutches, Nathaniel. As long as I am still alive, you’ll be my prisoner.

It was exactly like what Ashton did to me for four years when I was still in R Province. I’ll toy you around while making sure that you can’t get rid of me.

After Nathaniel left, I rang Emery. I was hoping that she could get Alexander to meet me.

“Okay, I’ll try. I can’t promise you that he’ll show up,” Emery said hesitantly.

I wondered if she was making a fool out of me because I knew Alexander wouldn’t say no to her.

Just as I expected, Alexander agreed to meet at The Jade that afternoon.

Evidently, he didn’t know I was the one requested to meet him. When he entered the private room, he casually blurted, “Emery, it didn’t take long for you to forgive me…”

saw me inside. Embarrassed, he scratched the back of his head and asked, “Scarlett? What are you

swept a cursory glance around the room,

see you. Emery isn’t here.” I raised my head and

out, “I know you’re here for Emery. Honestly, I didn’t do anything wrong to her. It was

by a few years. But that doesn’t mean I’m not a grown man. It has been seven

approached another woman because

Emery’s hesitation when I asked her to ask Alexander out. She just

here for that,” I answered. “But I do

surprised. So much so that

good of an idea to drag out a potential relationship. Don’t you think it’s about time the two of you

you think I want that? It’s just that Emery doesn’t want to go

I held onto my forehead. He had been in countless shows depicting life lessons, and yet, he had no idea how everything worked in life! “If Emery really doesn’t see her future with you in it, why would she still stick around for the past seven years? Think about

men would never come

was visibly confused by what I said. It seemed like he needed more time to figure it out. But unlike Emery, I don’t have the luxury to wait. I quickly took the map from my bag, put it on the table, and said, “Give this to

Alexander out because I didn’t want to be seen to have anything to