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.

gotten much better, and was

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

I’ll be right down.” And I trod back to my

up, I sat at my dresser, and only then did I notice how long

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 to do was tell the person to wait till my hair grew to my waist

the

chuckled from the thought of the past. What might seem silly for that

lives took, what was yours would always fall into your hands. On the contrary, despite persistent efforts, you’d eventually lose

That

around while braiding my hair. To my surprise, it wasn’t

swiveled back, and everything went half

quarrel last

see his gentle eyes observing my

to meet his, and kept on with my business. But there’s a

chose silence, and so

Huh!

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

mind! We spoke about this last

He never had to give in since he’d been treated like a king his whole life, so I had to

nodded and opened the drawer as I took out the hairband, and tied my hair

go to the company?” I rubbed

mood for it. Plus, it’d take time

tried to butter me

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