When There Is Nothing Left But Love

As the lady left, Ashton walked over to the chair next to them and sat down, his eyes looking blank. “Why hasn’t the food arrived?”

Devon needs some time to prepare,” answered Jared before turning to me. “Are you hungry?”

After a quick pause, I shook my head.

Joe wasn’t impressed by how Jared treated me. “Why are you acting so fragile? It’s just an abortion, for God’s sake. Why did we have to go out of our way to get a world-renowned chef like Devon to cook for you? What a waste of his time.”

Before Jared could stop him, I merely smiled. “The view here isn’t bad. I’ll go take a walk.”

My words were meant for Ashton and Jared.

Ashton gave me a cool glance and said nothing. “The courtyard looks stunning. Go take a look,” Jared suggested. “There’s also a bonsai garden with a lake full of fish in the middle.”

With a smile and word of thanks, I headed outside.

“Are you insane, Jared? Why are you caring so much about that woman? Have you lost your mind? If she hadn’t married Ashton through underhanded means, Rebecca and Ashton would’ve long been happily married by now.”

Those words clearly came from Joe. I couldn’t help but hear them even if I didn’t want to. From how loudly he spoke, pretty much everyone in the building could hear him.

Not wanting to hear them anymore, I picked up my pace. It was indeed a different sight as I arrived in the courtyard.

and even had an enormous plot of land for planting an array of greenery, there was no doubt that the

path, I spotted a man in his mid-thirties plucking some branches with a

walking closer, the man noticed me too. “Hello,”

returned a

just learned how to walk, began trotting over to me. He seems to be

wide-eyed and gave me the yellow flower he was

pick him up, only to be stopped by

stared at the man in disbelief. “How…” How did you

never left my

man responded, “Don’t be surprised. I know a little about medicine and could guess that you’re

amazed by

is really unique,” I remarked. “It’s like a vegetable

is a medicinal herb garden. There are over two thousand different species of medicinal plants here. They’re on the brink

carefully. Indeed, there weren’t many vegetables here, but

to cultivate these plants, and that’s how Herb Garden became the center of our country’s medicinal herbs. There

for this place as I

“Don’t hang around too long,

returned to my senses only after they had walked far away.

looking