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.

bites and a bowl

Joe pursed his lips and complained, “Don’t order anything for me, Ashton. I don’t have an

the

couldn’t

naturally pushed it toward Rebecca and said in a deep voice,

“Pumpkin soup is my absolute favorite! You

them was like a knife stabbing

was something I could never earn even

The pumpkin soup here is really good. Ash used to bring me here, so I know.” Without waiting for

and pushed the bowl back with a smile. “I ordered one too. It’ll be

continued chatting with the two

innocently at me. “It looks like you like pumpkin soup

my neck. I didn’t like it when others came too close to me, so I shifted

my half-eaten bowl of pumpkin soup was spilled all over me,

hot, my knee-jerk reaction was to stand up, but I accidentally bumped into Rebecca who was leaning close to me. Following

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 changed into a dress because Ashton was already waiting

wiping most of the soup from my legs, I looked up to see that Ashton

thought back and realized that I must have knocked her nose when

and handed it to Ashton, glaring at me as he spat, “Are you always

at a loss for