When There Is Nothing Left But Love Chapter 842
Cameron brought some breakfast to the living room, then came back to the dining table and nced at
me. “The Stovalls called this morning and invited us for dinner. Everyone knows that you’re back and
they’re all asking for a gathering.”
I stuffed a pastry into my mouth and spoke in a garbled voice, “Mm, I need to pay Uncle Louis a visit
anyway.”
When she saw the way I was wolfing down the food, she ced a ss of milk in front of me and said
in fond exasperation, “Slow down. What’s the rush? No one’s going to take your food. Now, be honest
with me. What’s going on between you and Ashton?”
I took a sip of milk and feigned cluelessness. “What do you mean what’s going on?”
She clucked her tongue and chided, “Do you take us for blind fools? If there’s nothing wrong, why did
you ignore himpletely ande in here on your own? You two weren’t like this before!”
I pursed my lips and countered, “Oh? How were we before?”
She sighed. “It’s normal for couples to quarrel, but Mr. Fuller treats you well in every way possible and
we can all see that. Don’t do anything foolish. Live a peaceful life with him and stop kicking up a fuss!”
I put my ss down and nodded. After wiping my mouth, I dered, “I’m done eating.”
She released another soft sigh, wanting to persuade me but had no idea how to even begin.
I went to the living room and saw Ashton ying a game of chess with Zachary. Hence, I decided to go
upstairs to wake Summer. Before I could, however, I was unexpectedly stopped by Zachary. “Letty, I
heard Mr. Fuller said that you’re quite skilled at chess. Come here and help me out. I’ve already lost
several games.”
I stood next to them and studied the chessboard. Zachary was White, while Ashton was ck.
Zachary’s queen had already been taken and he only had one miserable knight left. Even his two
bishops were captured. Right then, Ashton’s chess pieces were positioned so that Zachary was caught
at a crossroads.
It was clear who the winner was, but Zachary’s ego wouldn’t allow him to admit defeat. Hence, he
called me over to diffuse the awkward situation. Seeing as there was no way to turn things around, I
shifted my gaze to Ashton but didn’t speak.
After a few days of not seeing him, his face was slightly haggard, but he still looked as handsome as
ever.
Sensing my gaze on him, he raised his brows at me but didn’t speak either. Instead, he looked at
Zachary and stated, “It’s your turn, Mr. Moore.”
Zachary was at a dead-end. Regardless of what move he makes, he was doomed to lose. Thus, he
simply stood up and nced at me. “Letty, help me continue the game. I’m going to go see what your
mother’s prepared for breakfast.”
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With that, he turned and left, rendering me speechless. It was obvious that he was asking me to clean
up his mess.
I sat down, but instead of moving a chess piece, I propped my chin on a hand and asked, “Why did you
come here?”
A small frown appeared between his brows as he answered my question with a question. “Why didn’t
you tell me that you wereing back to K City?”
I looked down at the chessboard and moved one of his chess pieces away before ncing at him with
a helpless expression. “You’re an extremely busy man. I didn’t want to disturb you.”
He pursed his lips, his gazending on the chess piece I just moved away. Sighing softly, he
compromised and removed another chess piece, clearly retreating voluntarily.
“What happened that night was a misunderstanding. Joe was there too. You can ask him if you don’t
believe me.”
Is this his idea of an exnation?
I pressed my lips together and moved myst pawn across the chessboard, saying ndly, “That won’t
be necessary. You’re a prominent and powerful man. Having several women at the same time is
completely understandable.”
His frown deepened and he took my pawn in one move.
I got up, unwilling to continue. “Enjoy your game, Mr. Fuller. I’ll be excusing myself now.”
His hand shot out to pull me back down. Massaging his nose bridge, he put the white pawn he had
captured on the chessboard again and ced his ck rook diagonal to it. Then, he trained his eyes
on me and asked, “Shall we?”
I cocked a brow at him, but nodded and captured his rook with my pawn. He touched his forehead,
slightly exasperated, but there was nothing he could do.
Zachary walked over just then. ncing at the chessboard, he clucked his tongue and remarked, “It
was clearly a dead-end just now. How did it be a draw? My dear, you have some amazing chess
skills, huh!”
My mouth tightened because I was well aware that Ashton had deliberately allowed this to happen.
Ashton arched his eyebrows at me in a teasing manner. “Shall we continue?”
I looked at his remaining chess pieces, then at mine. Although I was at a disadvantage, I nodded curtly
and agreed, “Sure.”
With that, he made his move and lifted a brow at me. “Your turn.”
Cameron came over and ced a te of fruits on the table. Emery, who was sleeping in my room,
made her way downstairs right then. When she saw us ying chess, she scuttled over to join in the
hype. I greeted her briefly before making my move, seizing the opening he had deliberately given me.
Catching the intentional slip on Ashton’s part, Zachary shook his head in exasperation before walking
away while grumbling, “What kind of chess game is this? If everyone were to y like this, the chess
world would be a disaster.”
Emery shoved a piece of fruit into her mouth and curled her lip at him. “What do you know, Zach? Can’t
you see that this isn’t chess, but a married couple settling their differences? And you call yourself a
love expert? Hah, I think you’re just a-”
Zachary red daggers at his sister, effectively shutting her up before she could say thest word.