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.

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

snowed heavily on

white snowflakes reflected light, and it brightened

precise, I could

okay. Hey, it’s snowing outside. Be careful when

he looked at the time before getting out of bed and heading to

the balcony. As it was snowing heavily,

did not seem like a good idea to go

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

rested his chin on my shoulder. “Summer is having her school holidays. Since we are too busy to spend time with her while she’s at home, we might as well

at the thought of being apart from a child who had been under my

and I would be spending more time apart in the future popped into my mind. Feeling worse than before, I peaked at Ashton and muttered, “Ashton, let’s have another

before he looked me in the eye and

in embarrassment. Nudging him, I tried to change the topic. “You should get changed.

afraid of turning up late for work?” Hugging me tighter, he planted a kiss on my cheek and

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

coming up soon. Shouldn’t you try to finish your work as soon as possible? Didn’t you say that you

go out with

headed downstairs. Flora had already prepared breakfast, and Summer was already awake because of the body clock she

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