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

I froze in shock, taken aback by his behavior. Just as I thought of lifting my arms to push him away, he’d caged me in against the walls of the elevator.

Luckily there’s no one else in the elevator, or we’ll all be in an awkward situation.

His closeness suffocated me, and I felt myself relaxing into his arms.

He swept me off my feet as the elevator doors opened, and he carried me straight to his room.

He switched on the lights in the hallway as he sat me down on the floor, pressing his body into mine. His gaze bored into mine as he said, “I’m not letting you go again.”

His words seemed to be directed at both himself and me.

I opened my mouth and replied breathily, “Ashton, I—”

“Shush, I don’t want to hear a single word!” He placed a finger on my lips.

I scrunched my lips and frowned at him. “Ashton, you jerk!”

Silently, he lifted me and strode towards the huge bed in the room.

He loomed over me on the bed. I turned my head away to avoid his gaze.

He turned my head back to face him. Staring intently at me, he sneered, “Trying to hide somewhere?”

at him since I couldn’t turn my head away. “What exactly is happening right now? Are you planning to sleep with me before we go our

voice hardened as he replied,

and said defiantly, “Or what? I told you before that I didn’t love you, yet here you are forcing me to stay, so

scoffed and tightened his grip on me. “You seem

and refused to meet his stare. “I can’t help if I

pushed him too far as he suddenly got up, taking a deep breath to calm himself down. He headed straight for the bathroom without a

perplexed at his behavior. I didn’t know what

with exhaustion, though it was of an emotional nature. It always seems like I’m trying to run away, like

from Nora. Her booming voice came through the receiver. “Scarlett, did you fall into the toilet bowl or

the phone further away from my ear. I replied a while later, “I’m already home. Something cropped up so I decided to leave earlier. Sorry, I forgot to let

as she asked, “You went home? With whom? Aren’t you living with Mr. Murphy? If you left without him, who are

Ugh! What

paused for a moment to come up with a suitable excuse. “I bumped into a friend of mine from K City. Oh right, are you all still in the private

be there? Plus, it’s hard to last the night at my age. Oh right, I just wanted to let you know that Mr. Murphy’s pretty drunk tonight. Take care of yourself, and make sure you lock

him with drinks?” She must be trying to make a move

wasn’t planning to get him drunk at first. But then, how often does a rich, handsome man drop in one’s lap, am I right? If I missed this chance, I wouldn’t have anything to boast about to my kid when I’m married to some mediocre man in the future. If I could bag myself a relationship with someone

in my brain appeared to be jammed when faced with her unusual thought process. How does your brain come up

need my help, just let me know. Who knows, maybe I can be your wing-woman. You can always drop by and pretend you’re visiting me

ecstatic like

about I drop by for a