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.

I thought the

The next day.

my head buzzed with a pounding

my presence, he looked at me with a neutral

comprising of eggs, bacon, and bread spread out on the dining

we sat across from each other., he remained silent and ate his food

the dark circles beneath his eyes, I asked without

more.” With that, he

a while but remained

off when my phone rang. When I felt Marcus’ eyes on me, I snapped out of my daze and

number was flashing across

my lack of reaction, Marcus raised his brows. “Aren’t you going

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

help you with

then pulled the curtains open. True enough, the man was standing tall and proud downstairs, clad

fine,” I declined in a flat voice,

for you,” he answered in a tone that matched mine. I guess this had always been the way

Marcus looked at me with pursed lips.

knowing that he was in

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

around him to walk out of the bedroom, but he abruptly grabbed my wrist. Before I

hurriedly shoved him away and massaged my neck as anger simmered in

huffed out a laugh. “You always see the

expression was grave when I stared at him, then I said in a heavy tone,

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