When There Is Nothing Left But Love

For a transient moment, I deluded myself into thinking that the two of us could stay like this forever, and that our family of three could live happily ever after.

The car stopped in front of a cozy-looking restaurant. I got down and went straight into the restaurant to find us a table.

It looked like not many people came here at night, so as soon as I sat down, the waiter handed me a menu. Since Ashton already had his dinner and I was having an upset stomach, I ordered some light bites and a bowl of pumpkin soup.

To my surprise, after Ashton parked his car, he came in with Rebecca and Joe flanking him.

A coincidence? Or did they plan this beforehand?

Seeing that I was already seated, Ashton and the two of them came over to join me. When Rebecca saw me, there was a subtle shift in her expression, but she didn’t make any remarks since this was a table meant for four.

Because I was already seated, Rebecca sat down next to me before Ashton could. She peered at me and asked in a voice as sweet as nectar, “You don’t mind me sitting beside you, right, Scarlett?”

Could I say that I minded it?

Of course not!

Hence, I remained silent.

“What did you order?” Ashton asked as he took the menu from the waiter.

and a

and chose a few items from the menu. Just then, Joe pursed his lips and complained, “Don’t

and gave the menu back

started to chat. I couldn’t join in their conversation, so I simply stayed

moment he placed in on the table, Ashton naturally pushed it toward Rebecca and said in a deep voice, “I ordered this for you. Drink some. It’ll

absolute favorite! You really do know me best,

was like a knife stabbing straight

bone-deep affection toward her was something I could never earn even

good. Ash used to bring me here, so I know.” Without waiting for

back with

the two men,

soup and smiled innocently at me. “It looks like you like pumpkin soup too, Scarlett. Let me tell you a secret. Ashton makes the

so close to me that I could feel her breath on my neck. I didn’t like it when others came too close to

half-eaten bowl of pumpkin soup was

it was hot, my knee-jerk reaction was to stand up, but I accidentally bumped into Rebecca who was leaning

from getting scalded was so unbearable that I couldn’t be bothered to apologize, frantically reaching out to grab a piece of tissue to wipe the soup on my legs. Before coming out, I had only

looked up to see that Ashton was crouched in front of Rebecca as he carefully

her nose when I got up too

and handed it to Ashton, glaring at me as he spat,

was momentarily at a loss