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

Chapter 558

Oh dear, I shouldn’t have mentioned his name. It looks like John hasn’t visited her in a while.

Without asking any further, I reminded her to take care of herself before hanging up.

Ashton held my hand and reassured me, “Don’t brood over it. Have a good rest when we get home, alright?”

I nodded. Then, I looked at him and commented, “In books, it often portrays that a man would do anything for the woman he loves. Why don’t I see that happening in real life?”

John liked Hannah. After so many years with her by his side, he was already used to her company. Yet, why did he have to leave her to fend for herself when she was in her most vulnerable state?

Did he not know that an emotional wound hurt more than a physical one?

With one hand on the steering wheel, Ashton gave me a side glance. He challenged, “Hmm, although there are ghosts and gods in books, do we see them in reality?”

I shook my head.

Chuckling softly, Ashton emphasized his point. “Well, it shows that we can’t trust everything in books.”

Feeling resigned, I kept quiet.

It was late in the night by the time we returned to the villa.

K City started to turn darker. Earlier, Sally mentioned that it was likely to snow again. After all,

snowed heavily on New Year’s

light, and it brightened

early the next morning, but to be precise, I could not get much sleep. “Do

I’m okay. Hey, it’s snowing outside. Be careful

getting out of bed and

to the balcony. As it was snowing heavily, there was a thick blanket of

did not seem like a good idea to

moment, someone enveloped me in a warm hug. I took a whiff of the familiar scent and knew that it was

gently rested his chin on my shoulder. “Summer is having her school holidays. Since we are too busy to spend time with her

that he was right, I still felt uneasy at the thought of being apart from a child who had been under my watch all

thought of how Summer and I would be spending more time apart in the future popped into my mind. Feeling worse than before, I peaked at

me in the eye and smirked. “Sure! We shall create

him, I tried to

of turning up late for work?” Hugging

he finally got changed while I went to wash up. Even after I was

Shouldn’t you try to finish your work as soon as possible? Didn’t you say that you were going to

can go out

headed downstairs. Flora had already prepared breakfast, and Summer was already awake because of

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255