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

Chapter 533

Grown-ups were conditioned to mask all crumbles and rumbles with insouciance.

When I got back to the bedroom, I went on with my routine—I took a shower, brushed my teeth, blew my hair, and went to bed.

However, I was just tossing and turning.

This very night, Ashton didn’t come to bed.

Both of us had our own emotions to deal with. To talk it out would only cut deeper into our wounds.

As I finally started to zone out a bit in the wee hours of the night, a man opened the door. “Scarlett.” In a deep soft tone, he called out my name.

He walked up to my bedside and murmured my name a few more times but eventually stopped. I wasn’t responding

“I’m sorry.” His voice whispered contrition.

I couldn’t be bothered, and let my self sink deep into my sleep.

By the time I batted my eyelids open, it was already late afternoon.

I got up and went down to Summer’s bedroom. That was when I saw a middle-aged lady in the living room.

Her name was Flora, the new caregiver Ashton hired. She greeted me affably and went back to her task.

Ashton had hired her to take care of Summer.

and was playing with

it be, and just as I started to head back to my room,

it. I’ll be right down.” And

did I notice how long my hair

always preferred to have it cropped to my shoulders. Macy once made a joke about it, saying that I could use my short hair to turn down love confessions. All I had

get the message sooner

of the past. What might seem silly for that instance

own peculiar ways. No matter the twists and turns our lives took, what was yours would always fall

That must be

braiding my hair. To my surprise, it

swiveled back, and everything

quarrel

softly caressed my shoulders, and I could see his gentle eyes observing my every braid through the

But there’s a limit to my hair length, meaning I had to come to a stop

and

Huh!

I could ask my question, Ashton put out his. “We’re going to visit

slipped my mind! We

never had to give in since he’d been treated like a king

took out the hairband, and tied

go to the company?”

wasn’t really in the mood for it. Plus, it’d take time

tried to

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