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.

that all-forgiving. In the highly selective social circle, anyone could be tolerated. Anyone

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

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

he exclaimed. His dark

‘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 guilt accumulated over time

was no love between us, only bits and pieces here and there that were combined together to

gloom on his face resembled a dark cloud

he said that out loud for himself to hear. In the days that followed, I kept thinking about the many couples in the world. How many of them stayed together through a lifetime

the rest of their lives together? First comes lust, then comes love. Perhaps, there never was such a thing called love, and everything else

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 because I spoil you, because I

wall. Hugging my knees, I said, “The woman whom you love,

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

my lips as I stared at my toes, before looking up at him. “You only realize that

You fill your heart with someone that’s already dead, and then you’re quite willing to throw your life away to chase after a shadow. What does that make

HiTech to my name, I can transfer that to you. I

me, “What do you mean ‘not too late? You’re the