When There Is Nothing Left But Love

Chapter 1792 Compassion

“Hey, Scarlett?” Emery suddenly blurted.

“Yes?” I asked.

“Thank you.”

I felt I didn’t deserve her gratitude because I didn’t confront Summer for her. I just wanted what was best for Summer. “That’s unnecessary. Unlike Alexander, I can’t be deceived by your sweet gestures!” I joked.

“Haha! Maybe you should learn a few tricks from me. That way, you can deceive Nathaniel and get him to be more invested in you!” Emery started joking around as well.

“He’s already all over me!” I paused and continued, “However, I haven’t heard from him since yesterday. I’m not sure what’s going on.”

“Be patient. He’ll surely come back for you. All we have to do now is wait,” Emery said convincingly.

“All right, I’ll wait. Do you want to come over for dinner tonight?” I asked as I gazed at the full cart of groceries.

“Are you cooking?”

am,”

I’ll see you

dinner. The kids were being supportive as well by eating more than

was around, Audrey didn’t mention anything

so long, the atmosphere in

night, the strong winter wind was blowing, slamming the windows every minute. I felt incredibly troubled and was unable to sleep at all.

a tiny flame in the fireplace. The wind blew the embers onto the nearby rug and

I heard my phone

be texting me at that late hour. Could it

of me was hoping it was him who texted. I got up quickly and fetched my

was Holden. He sent me

will be at Mr. Fuller’s suburbs tomorrow. Thanks to Mr. Fuller, I found out that the famous Drogawolf is an extremely beautiful

just told me Ashton was going to meet up with a beautiful drug lord the

text expressionlessly: What time? Where is

instantly: It’s ten in the morning, at Silverwood Court villa. We should settle the financial matters clearly. Have you decided on the terms you mentioned before,

sure was a good rate! No wonder

I replied: Not yet.

I didn’t receive a reply for a good long minute. Instead, it showed that he was typing