When There Is Nothing Left But Love (Ashton And Scarlett)

Nora nodded and subsequently broke into a small jog out of the ward.

I tried wriggling out of Ashton’s embrace, but he held me in place and commanded in a rich voice, “Don’t move.”

My brows drew together and I pushed through the soreness of my throat. “Ashton, this position is uncomfortable for me.”

His forehead creased, but fortunately, he didn’t refute. Instead, he raised the bed and guided me to lean back against it.

Nora called over the doctor to examine me. After taking my temperature, the middle-aged doctor who was clad in a white coat reported, “Your fever has gone down, but you might feel lethargic for now. Drink more water and take your medicine on time. If nothing goes wrong, you can be discharged in a few days.”

“That’s great. Thank you, doctor!” Nora expressed her gratitude. After sending the doctor away, she arched her brow at me. “Scarlett, you really survived a disaster. You were burning at forty degrees. I’m surprised you didn’t fry a circuit up there. It truly is a miracle!”

I smiled feebly in response, too weak to speak to her.

Ashton, being the perceptive person that he was, noticed this and bossily announced, “I’ll take care of her. You can go about your day now.”

I couldn’t tell if Nora was doing it on purpose, but she met Ashton’s gaze with a serious expression and countered, “I’m not busy at all. In fact, I have nothing to do at all!”

Then, a mischievous smile played on her lips before she continued, “I can’t say the same for you though, Mr. Fuller. If I’m not mistaken, you should be quite busy recently, right?”

Ashton’s face darkened. He had always been a man of few words, but right then, he looked like he was completely disinclined to speak.

due to the medicine I just consumed, I started to feel tired again. Hence, I shut my

next two days, Ashton stayed at the hospital and took care of all my meals. He even

exasperated, I peeked at him and argued, “Ashton, I’m

couldn’t hear me, he handed me a cup of water and ordered, “Drink

and hesitated for a moment before speaking, “I’m getting discharged today. Thank you for taking care of me the past few

the hint in my words and changed the subject. “Summer didn’t go out at all during the summer break. She wants to

aback because I never expected him to mention Summer. It was already August, which meant summer break was over. I previously promised to bring her to R Province, but then forgot about it because I was too

has she been lately?” I asked in a small voice as guilt

soft yet gripping voice, “She keeps insisting on visiting you. She’s

and absent-mindedly twisted my fingers together. After a short pause, I asked,

so school was about to reopen. Even if she visited, she could only stay for a few days before

sidelong glance. “Aren’t you planning

lurched slightly before I timidly explained, “The Murphy Corporation project might take about a month to complete. I already caused a delay by being sick for a few days. I’m afraid it’d be quite some time

dimmed and he didn’t

to an abrupt halt and the atmosphere became

down completely, I rested at the hospital for a few more days before getting

but Armond told me to stay at the villa for a few days,

that didn’t mean I could slack

documents to the villa for me to

I was huddled in the study with my