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?”

couldn’t turn my head away. “What exactly is happening right now? Are you planning to sleep with me before we go our separate ways? Or what else do

he replied, “Go our separate

defiantly, “Or what? I told you before that I didn’t love you, yet here you are forcing me to stay, so isn’t that exactly what you want? I mean, that’s

and tightened his grip on me. “You seem to know a lot about these

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

seemed to have pushed him too far as he suddenly got up, taking a deep breath to calm himself down. He headed

could only stare after him, perplexed at his behavior. I didn’t

emotional nature. It always seems like I’m trying to run away, like some headless chicken running around in circles because I don’t even know what I

Her booming voice came through the receiver. “Scarlett, did you fall

headache worse, and I moved the phone further away from my ear. I replied a while

With whom? Aren’t you living with Mr. Murphy?

What

into a friend

time. Why would we still 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

asked, “Did you ply him with drinks?” She must be

wickedly. “I 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

with her unusual thought process. How does your brain come up with

help but comment, “If you need my help, just let me know. Who knows, maybe I can be your wing-woman. You can always drop by and

sounded ecstatic like she was already imagining

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