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

hardened as he replied, “Go our separate

here you are forcing me to stay, so isn’t

me. “You seem to know a lot

refused to meet his stare. “I

have 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 single

only stare after him, perplexed at his

emotional nature. It always seems like I’m trying to run away, like some headless chicken running around in circles

phone call from Nora. Her booming voice came through the receiver. “Scarlett, did you

a while later, “I’m already home. Something cropped up so I

Aren’t you living

What a

paused for a moment to come up with a suitable excuse. “I bumped into a

at the 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.

“Did you ply him with drinks?” She must be trying to make

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 like that, that’d make for some

be jammed when faced with her unusual thought process. How

couldn’t help but comment, “If you need my help, just let me know. Who knows, maybe I can

her booming laughter. She sounded ecstatic like

about I drop by