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

Chapter 344

How dreary! How ridiculous!

I could not help but snigger, with him in my sight. A faint smirk curled up the corner of my mouth.

He glanced at me, his eyes darkened once again as he lowered his head and kissed me. “Say my name!” he called.

I pursed my lips and tilted my head to one side. I closed my eyes, refusing to see him.

His thin lips hovered at my ear, his voice softened a little as he repeated, “Scarlett, say my name!”

I said nothing. My mind was forming a plan to escape. I deserved to make him wait for me to tell him personally that I cared about him, that I loved him, and that I wanted him.

But I could not bring myself to tell him. Over the years, I had buried so much in my heart, including his coming to Rebecca’s defense time and time again, his never-ending care towards that woman, and the harm he had caused me so nonchalantly and in so many ways.

I had suppressed so much of that. Over time, those frustrations began to take root, multiply, and became more and more intense.

could not be that all-forgiving. In the highly selective social circle, anyone could be tolerated. Anyone could

I said it, not on impulse or out of anger,

him aside. Then I grabbed my clothes to cover myself, though just barely, all the while showing little

His dark eyes fell

‘a good match’ might not resonate with our definition of it. My feelings for you at the beginning might not have been love at all, but admiration. Your feelings for me, on the other hand, might just be

love between us, only bits and pieces here and there that were combined together to resemble something like

spoke, the gloom on his face resembled a dark cloud that had been

In the days that followed, I kept thinking about the many couples in the world.

couples who claimed they love each other spend the rest of their lives together? First comes lust, then comes love. Perhaps, there never was such a thing called love, and everything else was just

his face. “What do you know about love? Tell me, what does love mean to you? You keep talking about divorce. You make it sound like it’s such a trivial matter. Do you think just

My legs gave way as I slumped onto the floor, still leaning against the cold, hard wall. Hugging

that up, don’t you? You just have to force me to give up on Rebecca, to prove that I love you? Scarlett, you

stared at my toes, before looking up at him. “You only realize

You fill your heart with someone that’s already dead, and then you’re quite willing to throw your life

HiTech to my name, I can transfer that to you. I don’t want your house or your car. Luckily, we don’t have any children. Since we agree that

It fell to the ground. Still fuming, he roared at me, “What do you mean ‘not