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.”

my words. Staring intently at me, she blurted, “You are his

into silence so intense you could hear the

I managed to collect myself. Testing the waters, I asked, “Emery, you’re not pulling my leg about something this serious,

was really

long expected my reaction, she rearranged her features into a serious mask and answered, “I

began to waver at her

when she dealt

identity of Gregory’s biological mom. How can it

to Marcus? Is Emery telling me that Marcus has been lying to me all

is my son?” I hugged myself, trying to calm my nerves. “Does this mean

past. The two of you were never separated. Even if you

Clink!

cup in my hand knocked against an ashtray on

clean up the mess with a bunch of napkins. I eventually calmed myself down before addressing Emery, “I know you have nothing to gain from lying to me. But you must understand, there’s a lot to process

my sentence, I heard a