His expression turned sombre. “Are you not confident in my love for you? Why do you think that I would not consider your feelings?”

“That’s the worst-case scenario,” I replied truthfully.

“What’s the most favorable one?”

“You’d care about me and reject all the other women for me.”

He laughed and leaned towards me. “Scarlett, I love you more than you’ll ever know.”

However, I pushed him away, stood up, and glanced at his injured arm. “Ashton, this is the second time you get hurt because of another woman. To be honest, I’m not happy about it.”

 

As soon as I finished speaking, I took the basin to the bathroom and took a shower.

When I got out of the shower, I noticed a bouquet of roses in the room. It was rather beautiful. Ashton sat on the bed and grinned at me. “I know saying sorry is not enough to cheer you up, so I got you flowers. At least it’s pleasing to the eye.”

 

I gave him a nonchalant shrug. Indeed, flowers always make women happy.

personal assistant, Joseph.” It must have been difficult for him to get flowers at this hour and

patted the spot next to him. “Come

that it was getting late. It’s time to turn

applied my skincare products, I went to lay down beside him and saw that he had not slept yet. He seemed to have something to say, so

not sure about your

for a second before it dawned on me the meaning behind his words. “Marcus and I are only friends and business partners.

pecked me on the lips. Due to his injury,

was completely exhausted after such a long day. As soon as I closed my eyes, I drifted off

activities. Therefore, I planned to wake up earlier than usual to attend to his needs. However, when I woke up the next day, the spot beside me was empty, and the sound of running water came from

bed and saw him struggling to twist a towel. He cursed under his breath and furrowed his

Taking away the towel in his hands, I said, “I’ve told you to call me whenever you need help. It’s hard to do this

his frown disappeared instantly.

at this hour. Besides, it’s my husband who got hurt. How could I

and lowered his head slightly so that I could reach him easily. Enjoying

I knew that it was a command. Hence, I nodded. “No problem. Hmm, but you have to go to the city to work. I can’t

a while, he said, “I won’t go to the city today. I’ll stay

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