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.

gotten much better, and was playing with Snowfluff in

to my room, Flora called out. “Madam,

it. I’ll be right down.” And I

my dresser, and only then did I notice how long my hair had grown. It

made a joke about it, saying that I could use my short hair

get the message sooner or

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

ways. No matter the twists and turns our lives took, what was yours would always fall into your hands. On the contrary,

tap, tap… That must be

my hair. To my

swiveled back, and everything went half the

we quarrel last

his gentle eyes observing my every braid through the mirror. There

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

silence, and so

Huh!

breath, and right before I could ask my question, Ashton put out his. “We’re going to visit Hannah later. Do

my mind!

give in since he’d been treated like a king his whole life, so I had to

opened the drawer as I took out the hairband, and

to the company?” I rubbed my

the mood for it. Plus,

tried to butter me up in a

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