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

Yet, Ashton said something that made me want to punch him. “There’s no use in drinking this soup anyway since we have to follow the doctor’s instructions and not act as we please.”

Upon hearing that, Mrs. Eriksen froze and gave him a puzzled look. “Huh?”

To stop Ashton from spouting more nonsense, I immediately diverted Mrs. Eriksen’s attention. “Hey, did you hear that? I think Summer’s crying. Can you go and check on her?”

“Really? I didn’t hear anything, though,” Mrs. Eriksen got even more confused.

“Yes, I’m sure she’s crying,” I said earnestly. “Why don’t you check on her and see if she needs anything?”

“Oh, okay. Don’t worry. I’ll take good care of her.” Mrs. Eriksen then ran toward Summer’s room.

I felt sorry for making that up, but that was the only way I could think of to end the awkwardness.

and shot daggers at Ashton, but he shrugged his shoulders as if he was not bothered by it. He then stuck his

puffed out my cheeks and followed right behind

I placed the soup on the bedside table and slammed the door. “Can you mind your

I was only telling the truth,” Ashton said while removing his tie and threw it

was about to walk toward the home bar, I dashed to his front and extended my arms

mister.” I knitted my brows. “We need to

going through the procedure, he would still need to

got drunk

last time because the progress was disrupted when we got physically intimate. Hence, we must not make the same mistake again. At that moment, Ashton was still trying to reach for a bottle of wine. He tried to negotiate

enough with all the injections, and I sure as

brows, and he looked at me with a pair of puppy eyes.

moment, but I was not ready to give in just yet. “Drink this soup instead. It’s