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

Ashton continued dragging me with him. Tessa tried to chase after us, but Joseph blocked her.

I was kind of a lazy person by nature. As he half-carried me to his car, the thought of just giving in and following him began to take hold of my mind.

My thoughts petered out for a while as he settled me in his car. Soon, I started feeling uncomfortable.

I leaned heavily into the car seat and shut my eyes, falling into a hazy sleep.

The sound of my phone ringing reached my ears, and I frowned involuntarily. As I patted around weakly for my phone, I heard Ashton speaking to someone. “She’s drunk, and she is asleep.”

Groggily, I opened my eyes. I saw him talking to someone on my phone as he drove with one hand on the steering wheel, his eyes focusing on the road before him.

I made a face at him. How can you just answer someone’s phone without asking for their permission? He mumbled an acknowledgment and hung up a moment later.

placed my phone beside me and seemed to realize that I was awake. Surprised, he asked gently,

a bit groggy, and my limbs felt like they were

Looking out the window, I could tell that we were still in A City. He doesn’t have a house in A City, so

brows and said, “If you’re uncomfortable, just close your eyes and rest for

but laugh when I recalled how

frowned slightly and looked at me. “What

I’d planned to bring my Grandma with me to R province. I didn’t have any grand plans about what to do. I thought that maybe I’d just return to

to let me work at Fuller Corporation. Even a position as lowly as a shop assistant was good enough for me. I believed that

it out of his grasp and let out a resigned laugh. “Actually, I didn’t feel like I was suffering back then. Not even now when I think back to the incident. I thought that the experience was good in the sense that I could work hard and prove myself in my youth, so I don’t regret it one bit. If I’d stayed at home like a trophy wife, I don’t think I would ever know how it felt like to slowly get to

seemed to be deteriorating over the past few years. I’ve never felt more like myself than during those years of

a sense of failure. I don’t know why I insisted on leaving when I knew that Ashton wouldn’t let me

an epiphany. When I first met Rachel, I was impressed with her credentials. It’s because she’s a spitting image of the old