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.

before. Archie had four wives. His first wife had passed away a decade or so ago due to an illness and was also from a well-off family. After that, Archie took over the

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

Archie’s first two children were no

never been taken seriously by the other Taylor family members because of her background but managed to improve her reputation after giving birth to a son and a daughter.

the fickle fate of rich

when she was younger and 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

community. That was why Archie sent both of them overseas. He put in quite a lot of effort to try and set them straight, but it seemed as if that didn’t really happen in the

I had seen before. She was almost forty and quite spoiled due to the Taylor family’s upbringing. As a result, she was arrogant and had never fallen for any sons from other rich families. She had always stayed in the Taylor residence, and it was starting to seem like she always would be since she had no plans to

case, she wouldn’t have been so shaken up

even married Archie. She was simply a woman whom Archie had had a one-night

too much about Holden’s mother. All he told me was that she was a woman he had spotted accompanying Archie at Gastronomia once. She was

and I finished paying our respects, Holden glanced at me. It was a glance full of disdain, but since