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

It was quite far away, in a neighborhood near the north. Once I got off the car, I called Nora.

The phone rang for quite a while before she picked up. “Babe! Are you here?”

“I’m right downstairs.”

“Okay, give me a second.”

Five minutes later, I saw her limping down the stairs. She seemed rather unkempt in just her pyjamas with her hair simply tied in a messy bun.

She opened the door, and her face broke into a wide grin at the sight of the chrysanthemums in my hands. As she reached out to take them, she asked, “How did you know I liked chrysanthemums?”

What?

I had no idea. If it wasn’t for Armond, I wouldn’t even have thought of it.

At the sight of her happy smile, I couldn’t help but admit, “Armond asked me to buy them. I thought they would be a bit of a bad omen at first, but I saw these pretty pink ones at a flower shop on my way here and bought them.”

She chuckled. “I guess Mr. Murphy is still on his toes when it comes to this stuff. I only mentioned it once, and yet, he remembered. Looks like I might be likely to be marrying Mr. Bachelor in the future, huh?”

After that, she invited me in, and I followed her upstairs. Her house was incredibly messy, which left me a bit speechless. “Quick question – how do you live in a mess like this?”

She stuck the flowers into a random vase and gathered large bunches of messy clothes off the sofa and onto the bed. “I can’t sleep if it’s too tidy.”

struck speechless

maybe eight hundred square feet with two bedrooms, a living room,

you living alone?”

of water. “I used to live with another

she spoke, she scrutinized me with narrowed eyes. “Why don’t you move in with

need to keep the place much tidier. I might go insane if it’s

be this messy all the time. I don’t feel like tidying things up when

as if she wasn’t doing well financially. She had no

chuckled and said, “I need my freedom as an adult, okay? We all need a little

“How’s your injury?” I couldn’t help but look at

to me and replied, “It’s nothing serious. I was wearing heels when I fought with Tessa, so I sprained my ankle. Anyway,

she asked that, the doorbell rang,

can grab lunch

used to the state of the place

gestured for the woman to do what she had to do. “So, what do

particular, so I went with something random. “What about fish? I’ve

great!” She went into her bedroom and bustled around a bit. Luckily, she didn’t waste too

was a mall near her place, so we found a restaurant that served fish and chips and ordered what we wanted before sitting down by

we sat down. “Babe, tell

looked at her as I coughed. “We were just another arranged marriage. Mr. Bauman was the one behind our relationship,

her chin in her hand and looked as if she were actually thinking about it. “Are you two planning to go back to