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

Chapter 749

When he didn’t speak, I peeked at him in surprise, but his eyes were hooded and I couldn’t discern any emotion in them.

Unable to help myself, I blurted, “Didn’t you come here to look for Armond? Aren’t you going to talk to him?”

Without sparing a glance at me, his slender fingers moved across the porcelain bowls as he expertly washed the dishes.

“There’s no rush.” He only gave me three simple words in return.

The atmosphere became quiet all of a sudden and I felt slightly at a loss.

Suddenly, a ringtone broke through the uncomfortable silence. It was coming from his phone.

 

He didn’t answer it, but turned his emotionless eyes to me for some reason.

I stiffened and asked confusedly, “What is it?”

 

“My hands are wet. I’ll have to trouble you,” he replied.

At first, I couldn’t grasp his meaning. Later on, I realized that his phone was in his trouser pocket and both his hands were covered with soap.

Coincidently, I had just wiped my hands dry, so technically, it was convenient for me to take his phone. But…

The corners of my eyes twitched as I fell into a dilemma. “Mr. Fuller, I think that’s rather inappropriate.”

He cocked a brow at me. “And why exactly would that be inappropriate?”

trouser pocket to grab his phone? How isn’t that

eyes. If I made a big deal out of it, it

beautiful piano melody kept playing, as though

still frozen in the same posture as he waited for me

into his trouser pocket. After taking

eyes. His meaning couldn’t be any clearer—he couldn’t pick up the

phone screen to face me and swiped to answer the call, catching

speaker,” Ashton instructed while staring at me with a particularly

told, tapping on the speaker icon before bringing the phone to his ear. Due to the height difference, I

at me, but didn’t comment. Soon, Rachel’s gentle voice drifted over the other end of

it?” This man was stingy with

this habit of his because she didn’t seem to mind as she chirped gleefully, “I brought all the previous project files over today for you to take

twitched my lips. How lucky of him to have a beautiful woman at

long time, I vaguely sensed his gaze on me. Puzzled, I

when I thought he wasn’t going to answer, he

joy was palpable even over the phone when she quipped, “Then, can you come out and open the gate for me, Mr. Fuller? I’m

Ashton replied. Then, he shot me a glance, signaling for me to hang up the

ending the call, I hesitated for a second before

in his hand, but he held it in a vice-like grip. Bewildered, I widened my eyes at him, trying to

we’re done here. Rachel is here because of the

obviously not here to discuss the project with him.

currently waiting outside. After he was done, he scanned me from head to toe at a disturbingly languid pace before asking, “Do you need to have a change of clothes before

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