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

I dozed off anyway. Suddenly, I felt Ashton stir next to me. When I opened my eyes, I saw him struggling to make his way off the bed.

I sprung out of my bed immediately and ran over to help him, as though in a trance.

He was sweating profusely again, probably because of the injury on his back. Seeing that I was up, he looked at me apologetically and said, “Did I wake you?”

I shook my head, feeling a little sorry for him. As I grabbed hold of his arm, I asked in concern, “Are you alright? The doctor said you aren’t allowed to get off the bed yet.”

He pursed his lips, his fingers tightening around the handrails of his bed. “I’m going to the toilet.”

I froze for a moment before replying, “There’s a bedpan!”

“Help me to the bathroom!” he ordered as though he hadn’t heard me. His voice was low and full of authority, and for a moment I thought he was back to the cold, distant Ashton again.

He had his pride, I supposed. Knowing that I wouldn’t win in an argument, I gave in and helped him off the bed.

He was 180cm tall and looked almost absurd next to me. For some reason, I had a distinct feeling that he was consciously not putting any of his weight on me.

We entered the toilet. Since his arm was still attached to the IV drip, I bent down without a second thought to help him unbuckle his belt.

However, he grabbed hold of my hand almost immediately. Looking a little helpless, he said, “Alright, I can do this myself. Go outside and wait for me.”

going to sit down on the toilet bowl?” The injury was on his back and didn’t affect his walking but sitting down would

his head. “I’ll be fine. Be

aside, I said, “I’ll just help you unbuckle your belt. I won’t

“You don’t have

look on his face. I couldn’t help but wonder how there could be such a stubborn person on this

slightly, I went out of the toilet. I heard the door slide

pursed my lips in annoyance. Ashton was

him, I sat outside and waited for a while more. After a long time, I started panicking a little. Turning towards the

he replied, sounding

later, I heard the toilet flush. I got up and was about to go in to help him. Nonetheless, once I pushed the door open, he was already

fine, I let out a sigh of relief and helped him back to

nurse came in shortly afterward with fresh bandages in her hands. This time, she didn’t try and hide the wound—instead, she peeled off the bandages

blistering skin on his back, my heart skipped a beat. An involuntary chill

repair itself eventually. He will need to remain in the hospital for a while more so we can observe his condition. As far as possible, make sure he doesn’t make any big movements that might aggravate his condition. That could slow down the rate of his recovery.”

back, I shuddered in horror, hardly

bandaging his wound. Because of the medication,

to fall asleep. His back

he found Summer, Ashton didn’t let her accompany him to the hospital. Instead,

in K City, too. However, after considering the rough journey and the state of his injuries, he

day to visit us. Although our interactions were