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

Ding!

When the elevator door opened, Ashton almost lifted me off my feet to carry me inside.

Only after the elevator started going down did the man loosen his grip. Angry at Ashton for what he did to me, I distanced myself as far away as the space allowed me to.

Ashton had his reasons for being so jealous, and I could understand what he was going through. After all, Marcus had made a move on me on more than one occasion.

However, I knew I could not live with myself if I pretended like I had no idea that Marcus was dying.

With both my hands on the elevator handrail, I suddenly thought of an idea to get the best of both worlds. With it, not only would I be able to sneak behind Ashton’s back, but I could also reignite Marcus’ will to live.

“Don’t even think about it.” Suddenly, Ashton’s harsh words severed my train of thoughts.

man managed to see through me, I bit my lower lips defiantly before defending myself. “I don’t know what you’re referring to because I wasn’t

me and made a strange

did as Ashton said, only to find absolutely nothing behind me. All

“I don’t get it.”

walked over to stand beside me. “You think that I’m incapable of being rational when it comes to

word from Ashton was delivered so objectively that it immediately cleared things up for me. He’s right. I’ve been so wrong all this time, and I never realized it. Marcus and Rebecca are practically the same kinds of people. If I could treat Marcus the way Ashton treated Rebecca, Ashton wouldn’t even have to worry about me that much. I just couldn’t help myself. I kept thinking about how Marcus saved me when I lost my first child. Even

you can’t act like nothing had happened, and I’m not trying to force you to, but I won’t allow anything

how serious the man was, I was well aware that there

back, I was restrained from doing so by reason. Ever since I married Ashton, I seemed to have become softer toward the

confirm his condition. If the man really is dying, I won’t stop you from going

at Ashton, but he had already turned to face the elevator door. The man’s deadpan expression made it difficult for me to tell what was going through his head. Did I hear