When There Is Nothing Left But Love Chapter 551


    I wasn’t really hungry to begin with, and seeing him here made me lose my appetitepletely.


    The weather was already chilly during the winter, and the heavy rain outside just made it even colder.


    Damn it… I just had to forget my umbre, huh? Well, my car isn’t too far away, so maybe I could just


    run through the rain…


    But the moment I stood outside the entrance of the restaurant, the biting cold discouraged me.


    Suddenly, a man held an umbre over my head, and I didn’t have to turn around to know it was


    Marcus.


    “Did you drive here or take a cab?” His voice sounded as cold as the weather.


    I looked up at the heavy downpour and said, “I drove here.”


    Marcus nodded. “I’ll give you a lift.”


    “No, thank you,” I declined his offer immediately.


    “Haha… I know you hate me and all, but you don’t have to avoid me like that! I’m not going to kidnap


    you or anything!” he said with a wry, self-mockingugh.


    I pursed my lips as I looked at my shoes that werepletely drenched by the rain. “I didn’t mean to


    give you that money, you know? You and Ashton are both amazing men! You shouldn’t be hurting each


    other over a nobody like me!”


    A mutually beneficial oue is always the best one when ites to business, after all.


    “Who are you worried about? Me or Ashton?” he asked with a sneer.


    Marcus sure is a stubborn one…


    “I just think it isn’t worth it, that’s all.”


    “That’s not for you to decide. We all have to fight for what we believe in. I chose to go all in, and I


    epted my defeat.” His tone sounded really harsh when he said that.


    I let out a helpless sigh and decided to keep quiet because there was nothing I could do about his


    stubbornness.


    Seeing as the rain had let up a little, I tried making a run for it. “Come on, I’ll give you a lift!” he called


    out to me again.


    “No, thanks!” I declined his offer in a much firmer tone, but he refused to take the hint.


    “Even so, you could at least take the umbre with you, right?” He reached out and offered me the


    umbre.


    When I refused to take it, he grabbed me by the arm and shoved it into my hand.


    I paused and shot him a cold re. “If the pictures get uploaded online, Ashton will onlye down


    harder on you. You might even end up in prison after the fall of White Corporation.”


    He sneered. “So what? That’s just how it is when ites to business. I’ll admit that I can’t beat him,


    but I won’t give up on you, Scarlett!”


    I tensed up and got a little angry when I heard that. “I know you have things that you want in life, but so


    do I. I too will fight hard for what I want. Although I’m not sure what it is that you want, I know exactly


    what I want.”


    “And what is it that you want?” he asked while staring right into my eyes.


    “A family with Ashton!” I replied without any hesitation.


    At that moment, we were hit by a strong gust of wind, and the umbre was blown away.


    He let out a wry chuckle, seemingly in pain from the biting cold of the wind. “Scarlett… Do you know


    what heartache feels like?”


    I kept quiet and began walking toward my car.


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    Our fates have all been decided from the moment of our birth. I’m not a greedy person. All I want is to


    be with Ashton for the rest of my life.


    When I saw Ashton’s ck Maybach at the intersection in the city center, I pulled over by the side of


    the road. It felt like he had intentionallye looking for me.


    Ashton got slightly wet from the rain as he came out of his car and got into mine.


    I handed him a tissue and asked, “You came all the way here just to pick me up?”


    The bodyguards that Ashton had assigned to me did what they could to avoid making it too obvious,


    but I knew they were following me around the whole time. Although bumping into Marcus was purely


    coincidental, I figured the bodyguards had already reported it to Ashton. Well, not that it made any


    difference since I wasn’t trying to keep it a secret from him to begin with. Besides, knowing how nosy


    the media can be, pictures of our encounter were bound to reach Ashton anyway.


    “Would you believe me if I told you I just happened to be passing by?” he asked while wiping himself


    dry.


    I shook my head. “Nope!”


    He chuckled. “Where are you headed next?”


    “Hannah’s child had a fever, and since I wouldn’t be of much help even if I visited her, I was nning


    on heading back to the vi at first. But then I remembered that it’s New Year’s Eve tomorrow, so I


    figured I’d do a little grocery shopping on my way home. What about you? Are you done with work?”


    He reached out and pulled me into his arms. “We can do the grocery shoppingter in the evening. It’s


    freezing cold and raining right now, so how about you go to the office with me instead?”


    I figured it was pointless to refuse, so I nodded and drove straight to the basement parking lot at Fuller


    Corporation.


    Had Ashton not been with me, I would never have parked my car here, especially after what happened


    before.


    Fuller Corporation was a really hugepany with lots of employees, but we were able to avoid the


    crowd by taking Ashton’s private elevator to his office.


    As he had a meeting to attend, I could only wait for him inside his office.