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

I smiled faintly and kept the note.

Feeling a little worried at the sight of Summer’s flushed face, I took out my phone and called Jared.

“Hello, Scarlett,” the man sounded cold and distant.

But I did not mind. I was silent for a second before saying, “Dr. Crest, can you come over to the villa? Summer is having a fever. I don’t want to bring her to the hospital because I’m afraid of cross-infection.”

It was an excuse. But there must be a starting point for everything, otherwise, things wouldn’t be done.

There was a moment of silence from the other end of the phone. Then, he replied, “Alright.”

With that said, he ended the call.

About twenty minutes later, he arrived at the doorstep. I was a little surprised when I opened the door.

“Were you somewhere nearby when I called?” It would take him at least forty minutes to get here from where he lived. For him to be here so soon, it had to mean that he was nearby.

He pursed his lips and ignored my question. He asked, “How’s Summer?”

“She’s still running a high fever.” I stepped out of the way and let him in.

Without removing his shoes, he came in with a doctor’s bag in his hand. I watched him come in and thought that Jared was quite caring towards Summer.

Well, blood is thicker than water.

him into Summer’s bedroom. He took her temperature before turning to look at me and said, “Do you have some ice cubes at

and

a towel and sponge her. Bring me

said that, he started to rummage through

and she’s running a fever. Will she

head to look

into the kitchen to gather some ice cubes. I did as he asked by turning off the heater and brought

I had everything prepared, he looked at me with a frown and said, “Leave it to me to tend to her. Go and wait in

that he didn’t want me to be in the

Ashton had arranged for the part-time maid to light up the stove every morning. The

his bag on the table in the living room

for the next two days. Fix her something light

it once a day. Don’t give her any more than that. It’s not good for children to take

was standing beside him, and I could see the dark circles under his eyes. It was obvious that he had not

giving it some thought, I said, “It’s snowing again. It’ll be noon soon. Why

I didn’t want to see him.

that Ashton would break ties with him. That way, no one else would take Summer away from

I couldn’t be

water. He wiped his hands on a hand towel and looked at me sideways.

I…

a while and nodded. After thinking about it, I said, “I’ll be cooking shortly. Please do me a favour and keep

frowned. Then, he nodded in

of relief. Instead of staying in the