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

Nathaniel sat down with a plate of pasta and put the dish aside before he got his laptop from me to examine it. He found nothing out of the ordinary.

In a hostile tone, I retaliated by challenging, “Do you see me as a spy? You are the one who brought me over, and you are the one who placed your laptop here. You should’ve told me earlier if you don’t want me to use it, so stop looking at me like that. I am not your slave, and I get to do certain things like using the computer.”

Nonetheless, Nathaniel ignored me entirely. His expression remained aloof as he put the laptop, which he had since turned off, aside and pushed the pasta over to me. After that, he said, “Eat up.”

His response made me feel as though I was talking to a wall. It’d feel weird if I kept complaining about it, and I was hungry anyway, so I picked up the fork and ate away.

That night, Nathaniel insisted on sleeping while hugging me like a pillow. He only left after the sun had risen, and he took the laptop away as he left.

I couldn’t sleep because I kept thinking about the e-mail and wondered if Ashton had received it.

It was ten o’clock at night, but I was too nervous. Besides, the bed felt uncomfortable no matter how much I tossed and turned. I then gave up and decided to go out for some fresh air.

When I walked down the stairs, I bumped into Ashton, who happened to be entering at the time.

I thought I was dreaming, so I pinched myself hard.

this is not a dream, then. Ashton

I was doing. He seemed taken aback when he asked, “What

Once again, I wondered

he

away. His tone was so icy that it was borderline inhumane when he

at him strangely and started

is he interrogating me in that tone? It’s as if I had just pulled the worst prank on him. Did I misunderstand the situation? Was I wrong to assume that he

his hand. It seemed like he had already downed half a glass. The man draped one of his arms around my shoulder and nonchalantly asked, “You guys don’t mind if I join in

started thumping fast. At that moment, I couldn’t

the two of you are playing, but I will have none of it. This

that

the blatant arrogance shining in

that the information I risked for and stole on the night before was nothing but fake content. That sly fox likely planted everything there to test the waters as he tried to figure out how often Ashton

was a