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

Chapter 242

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

The next day.

sleepless night, my head buzzed with a

was already in the living room. Upon sensing my presence, he

homey meal comprising of eggs, bacon, and bread spread out

we sat across from each other., he

the dark circles beneath his eyes, I asked without much thought, “Didn’t sleep

my gaze and replied tersely, “Eat more.” With that, he filled

studied him for a while

Marcus’ eyes on me, I snapped

phone number was flashing across the

raised his brows.

it to answer, I placed it against my ear and waited for him to

I can go up and help

the curtains open. True enough, the man

declined in a flat voice, then added, “I’ll meet

a tone that matched mine. I guess this had always

Marcus looked at me

and hesitated for a moment, knowing that he was in a bad mood.

say. Since everything in the bedroom was arranged by him, I didn’t have anything to

abruptly grabbed my wrist. Before I could react, he grasped the back of my

shoved him away and massaged

huffed out a laugh. “You always see the

when I stared at him, then I said in

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