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

“Neighbor?” This seemed to catch Emery’s attention. She asked hurriedly, “When was this?”

“Just yesterday.” I didn’t think she would be so surprised at the news. “He moved into that villa opposite my house.”

“Oh my god,” Emery gasped, placing her hand on her chest in apparent shock.

A moment later, she seemed to recover herself. “So you’ve met each other already? And I’m guessing several times?”

“Yes. We had dinner together last night too. Why? Is something wrong?” Now I was the worried one. I recalled yesterday night’s dinner situation. I mumbled to myself, “Marcus doesn’t seem to like Ashton very much.”

“Hmph, shoot me dead if he does,” Emery spat.

“What did you say?” I didn’t know if I had heard her correctly.

“Nothing,” Emery said before changing the topic. “What do you think of Ashton’s son?”

“He’s a very interesting kid.” I couldn’t help but smile when I thought of Gregory. “You know, a while back he used to call me Mommy.”

Staring intently at me, she blurted, “You

room fell into silence so intense you could hear the

Testing the waters, I asked, “Emery, you’re not pulling

think Emery was really telling

my reaction, she rearranged her features into a serious mask and answered, “I swear on my heart

began to waver at

knew she wouldn’t mess around when she dealt with serious

never publicly revealed the identity of

that’s the truth, why am I engaged to Marcus? Is Emery telling me

hugged myself, trying to calm my nerves. “Does this mean Ashton and

not just a thing of the past. The two of you were never separated.

Clink!

on

eventually calmed myself down before addressing Emery, “I know you have nothing to gain

sentence, I