Chapter 242
Without looking at his expression, I straightened and went into my bedroom. In this world, no one would go out of their way to help someone else for no apparent reason. There had to be a motive. I was smart enough to know why Marcus treated me so well.
Sometimes, I wanted to continue feigning ignorance just so that I could stay. However, humans were complex beings. I couldn’t very well put on a facade forever, not to mention the current me couldn’t afford to be ignorant anymore.
“Scarlett!” He paused before asking in a low voice, “Have you ever… felt anything for me?”
His question stunned me, and my mind couldn’t formulate a response for a while. “I’m sorry, Marcus!”
A low laugh came from behind me. “Okay. I understand.”
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His simple words carried a sense of heaviness.
Even so, there was nothing I could do about it.
I parted my lips, attempting to say something, but no words could escape.
Back in my bedroom, my chest tightened uncomfortably. Even after a whole night of tossing and turning, I still couldn’t fall asleep.
During the past two months, I never once thought about how I was going to spend the rest of my days.
Besides solving the matters between Ashton and me, there was also Marcus. I had no qualms accepting his meticulous care. In fact, I even enjoyed it. However, I seemed to have forgotten that there was nothing I could give him, and at the end of the day, he was the one who’d get hurt.
I was broken and beyond repair, so I shouldn’t drag him into my mess.
night passed by so slowly that I thought the sun would
The next day.
my head
sensing my presence, he looked at me with a
homey meal comprising of eggs,
across from each other., he remained silent and ate his
noticing the dark circles beneath his eyes, I asked without much thought, “Didn’t sleep well
replied tersely, “Eat more.” With that, he filled my plate with more
a while but remained
wandered off when my phone rang. When I felt Marcus’ eyes on me, I snapped out of my daze
phone number was flashing across
my lack of reaction, Marcus raised his brows. “Aren’t you going to answer
it to answer, I placed it against
help you with
windows, then pulled the curtains open. True enough,
flat voice, then
for you,” he answered in a tone that matched mine. I guess this had always been
looked at me
moment, knowing that he was in
in the bedroom was arranged by him, I didn’t have anything to
skirted around him to walk out of the bedroom, but he abruptly grabbed my wrist. Before I could react, he grasped
no way to dodge him. I hurriedly shoved him away
out a laugh. “You always see the
when I stared at him, then I said
When There Is Nothing Left But Love (Ashton And Scarlett) Chapter 242
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Scarlett became pregnant with Ashton a married man. Confused about whether to discuss this with Ashton? Will Ashton accept this? Will Ashton leave his wife for her? And what will life be like for Scarlett and her child?
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