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.

Sally mentioned that it was likely to snow again. After all, the city would experience a few heavy

heavily on

reflected light, and it brightened the

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

outside. Be careful when you go out, okay?”

getting out of

meantime, I headed to the balcony. As it was snowing heavily, there was a thick blanket

not seem like a

took a whiff of the familiar scent and knew that it was Ashton. Turning to look at him, I asked,

too

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

my mind. Feeling worse than before, I peaked at Ashton and

looked me in the

and I tried to avoid his eyes in embarrassment. Nudging him, I tried to change the topic. “You should get changed. Otherwise, you will

up late for work?” Hugging me tighter, he planted a kiss

I went to wash up. Even after I was done, he was

as soon as possible? Didn’t you say that you were going to bring me out? If you keep doing this,

can go out

had already prepared breakfast, and Summer was already awake because of the body clock she had

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