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.
by so slowly that I
The next day.
my head buzzed with a pounding
room. Upon sensing my presence, he looked at
landing on the homey meal comprising of
sat across from each other., he remained
dark circles beneath his eyes, I asked without much thought, “Didn’t sleep well last
tersely, “Eat more.” With
him for a while
my phone rang. When I felt Marcus’ eyes
phone number was flashing across
lack of reaction, Marcus raised his brows. “Aren’t
to answer, I placed it
can go up and help you with
then pulled the curtains open. True enough, the man was standing
flat voice, then added, “I’ll
he answered in a tone that matched mine. I guess
looked at me
at him and hesitated for a moment, knowing that he was in a bad mood. “Thank
Since everything in the bedroom was arranged by him, I didn’t have anything to take with
skirted around him to walk out of the bedroom, but he abruptly grabbed my wrist. Before I could react, he grasped the back
all happened so quickly that I had no way to dodge him. I hurriedly shoved him away and
laugh. “You always see the good in
when I stared at him, then I said in a
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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