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

Chapter 533

Grown-ups were conditioned to mask all crumbles and rumbles with insouciance.

When I got back to the bedroom, I went on with my routine—I took a shower, brushed my teeth, blew my hair, and went to bed.

However, I was just tossing and turning.

This very night, Ashton didn’t come to bed.

Both of us had our own emotions to deal with. To talk it out would only cut deeper into our wounds.

As I finally started to zone out a bit in the wee hours of the night, a man opened the door. “Scarlett.” In a deep soft tone, he called out my name.

He walked up to my bedside and murmured my name a few more times but eventually stopped. I wasn’t responding

“I’m sorry.” His voice whispered contrition.

I couldn’t be bothered, and let my self sink deep into my sleep.

By the time I batted my eyelids open, it was already late afternoon.

I got up and went down to Summer’s bedroom. That was when I saw a middle-aged lady in the living room.

Her name was Flora, the new caregiver Ashton hired. She greeted me affably and went back to her task.

Ashton had hired her to take care of Summer.

was playing

decided to let it be, and just as I started to head back to my room, Flora called out. “Madam, lunch

worry about it. I’ll be right down.” And I trod back to my

did I notice how

shoulders. Macy once made a joke about it, saying that I could use my short hair to turn down love

guy would get the message

thought of the past. What might seem silly for that instance had turned into a heart-warming memory that could be

our lives took, what was yours would always fall into your

That must

hair. To my surprise, it wasn’t her but

and everything went

quarrel last

his gentle eyes observing my every braid through the mirror. There wasn’t a tinge of

meet his, and kept on with my business. But there’s a limit to my hair length, meaning I

and

Huh!

my question, Ashton put out his. “We’re going to visit Hannah later. Do you wanna put on

my, it totally slipped my mind! We spoke about this last

to give in since he’d been treated like a

the drawer as I took

have to go to the company?”

I wasn’t really in the mood for it. Plus, it’d take

so pretty!” He tried to butter me up

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