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

I completely forgot about that. “Yeah, sure. Do we go now? Or do we go later?” I nodded while answering.

“Let’s go in the evening. Then we can stay there for the night. I am not really up yet. I will need some time to get prepared. I’ll come to get you when I’m done.”

I nodded and said, “Okay, just call me by that time.”

Last night’s events suddenly replayed in my mind. I asked, “Were you okay last night? Why are you up so early today?” She did drink quite a lot last night.

She sighed, “Don’t talk about it. I was almost beaten up. If it weren’t because I wanted to pry Linda for information, I wouldn’t drink that much alcohol. Seriously, my head is still hurting!”

“Armond is not around?”

“Yeah, he seems to have something on. He went out early in the morning. My grandpa’s call woke me up, and I called you right away since I’m awake. I plan to sleep for a while more. Let’s go over later.” Her words were slurring. She must be getting sleepy.

“Alright, you get some sleep. I’ll read at home in the meantime. Do you want to come over for lunch since Armond is not around?”

“No thank you,” she rejected. “I don’t think I will be awake by that time. Besides, isn’t that expressionless guy at home right now? I am kind of intimidated by him, so I’ll pass.”

I smiled and didn’t insist.

After I hung up, I went straight into the study. Perhaps because this house was recently set up, there weren’t many books in the study. There were mostly some documents and magazines.

caught my eye. Three Makes a Family. I reached for it

that Ashton would have such a wholesome book on his bookshelf. Since the book

noticed me reading and smiling to myself when he came in. He sat down beside me and asked, “What are you reading? You are smiling

hand to touch my face. “Do I look

differently. He grinned from ear to ear and

sweetness at what he said. “A good

to K City with

my head a bit and

spoke about it, I became lost in my own thoughts. People change like the seasons. A few days ago, I was planning

thinking?” He pulled me into his arms and sniffed my hair. “You smell

“I am thinking of

to go out for a while. I will ask Joseph to

My mind flashed back to the number that I saw on his phone screen just now. That combination of

mean Rebecca is in

ask Ashton about it. A few calls came in, and it seemed to be very urgent.

“Remember to eat your lunch. Wait for me to come back in the evening.

hand, indicating for him

certainly wasn’t expecting to get a call from Rachel. She cut straight to the chase

and then asked,

“Yeah.”