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

I stared at him in surprise before shaking my head, feeling a blush creeping up on my cheeks. “No, I…”

Plenty of times, however, that sort of stuff always ended up happening in between all the pushing and pulling…

Archie’s funeral was on Saturday.

I had roughly guessed Ashton’s schedule for our short trip to Moranta. First, he had to come over and visit Archie. Apart from that, he also wanted to break into the Moranta market. There were many things that couldn’t be done back home, but Moranta was considered a self-governed territory. Add that to the agreement he had with the Taylor family, and it was much easier to do things here than back in the country.

Early on Saturday morning, Ashton and I dressed in formal black outfits in order to attend Archie’s funeral. By the time we reached the Taylor residence, the whole front yard was already full of people.

There were plenty of people who had come to pay their respects. The atmosphere was heavy with pitiful sighs.

After saying our prayers, Holden called for the attendees to line up in two lines in front of the casket.

me about their situation before. Archie had four wives. His first wife had passed away a decade or

gave birth to two daughters, much to Archie’s chagrin. These daughters both turned out to be rather outstanding. One of them married into a rich family, and the other owned

that Archie’s first two children were no longer part of the

her reputation after giving birth to

was the fickle fate of

got married to Archie when he was already well into his fifties. Not many people were willing to believe that such a young woman married such an old man simply out of love. One wanted money, while the other wanted youth and beauty. Since they were both already adults, no one could really say

age, but they were both quite the black sheep of the family and didn’t have a very good reputation among their community. That was why Archie sent both of them overseas. He put in quite a lot of effort to try and set them

to the Taylor family’s upbringing. As a result, she was arrogant and had never fallen for any sons from other rich families.

wouldn’t have been so shaken up after hearing about Holden

whom Archie had had a one-night

she was a woman he had spotted accompanying Archie at

of disdain, but since he had never exactly