When There Is Nothing Left But Love Chapter 1143


    Three days after Ashton and Joseph had left, the Facebook ount of a news channel in Dartan


    announced that the country’s homegrown air-conditioner manufacturingpany was in the final stage


    of acquiring Eisen Corporation. Ashton sounded enervated when he gave me a call in the evening.


    “I supposed it wasn’t smooth sailing?” I asked.


    “Yeah…” He let out a deep sigh. “I’m working things out on the other side. There might be a chance of


    turning the tables.”


    “And what would that be?”


    “You’ll get the detailster on. It’s not the right time to talk about it yet. How are you feeling these


    couple of days? Any pregnancy sickness?” He curtly changed the topic.


    Perhaps he needed some good news to counterbnce the bad ones that had been troubling the


    company recently. I was stunned momentarily before telling him that I had been fairly well and things


    were as usual. I felt sorry for him, though.


    “Fine.” was how he responded to feign indifference. “I thought your life would be upside down without


    me by your side. It seems like I’m overthinking.”


    “Yes, Mr. Fuller. You’ve overestimated yourself.” I went with the flow and trifled with his ego.


    It seemed like my swagger had made him chuckle.


    It was odd, but at least he’s chuckling, meaning things weren’t that bad. The acquisition of Eisen


    Corporation would bring in almost ten billion. Without it, it’d be an uphill climb for Fuller Corporation to


    launch other massive projects due to restricted cash flow.


    Ashton then went on with what he wanted to say. “I’ll be back in a week the most. Before I get back,


    stay at home and the babyes first, understood?”


    Professor Zidd had been reminding me about the same thing again and again. Of course, I’d never


    forget that. “I know, I know. And how about you? Are you nning to bring back a few prettydies from


    Dartan?”


    “Haha. I can smell jealousy, Scarlett. Hahaha…” he teased andughed hard.


    “You’re overthinking again. It’s the prettydies that I care about, not you. Bye!”


    I guessed I was slightly vexed. After hanging up, I threw the phone aside. My peripheral vision caught


    sun rays peeking through the curtains. I got up and drew them open.


    I looked down and noticed that the number of bodyguards around the vi had doubled. The


    surveince was watertight to the extent where every possible point of entry was guarded.


    As I recalled what Ashton said on the phone, chills started to crawl down my spine. I could sense that a


    storm was brewing.


    This very night, I went to bed early. As I rocked in and out of sleep, I heard the sound of furniture


    knocked down onto the floor. I quickly put on my robe and went downstairs.


    When I got to the stairs, all the noise just now had turned into mors of men. There was a man


    caught in the middle of more than ten bodyguards.


    Creak… Mrs. Eriksen came out from the room with sleepy-eyed Summer after hearing themotion.


    “Mrs. Eriksen, there’s nothing to see. Get Summer back in bed.” I stopped them just in time.


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    It wasn’t a scene suitable for an elderly and a child.


    After making sure that Summer had gone back in, I turned my head towards the floor below. The man


    who stood out from the bodyguards looked drained and was being sandbagged before five guards


    jumped on top of him and held him on the ground.


    Phew! I let out a sigh of relief. I remained where I was as things might take a turnst minute. “What’s


    going on?” I held on to the railing and gazed down.