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.

to get flowers at this hour and send

and patted the spot next to him.

the clock, I realized that it was

had not slept yet. He seemed to have something to say, so I

nodded and said in a serious manner, “I’m not

the meaning behind his words. “Marcus and I are only friends and business partners. Apart

me on the lips. Due to his injury, he did

a long day. As soon as I closed my eyes, I drifted off to

his arm, he would definitely need help in his daily routine 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

of bed and saw him struggling to twist a towel. He

side. Taking away the towel in his hands, I said, “I’ve

his frown disappeared instantly.

wring the towel dry and raised my hand to wipe his face. “I usually wake up at this hour. Besides, it’s my husband who got hurt. How could

he leaned back and lowered his head slightly so that I could reach him

nodded. “No problem. Hmm, but you have to

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

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