When There Is Nothing Left But Love novel (Ashton and Scarlett ) novel Chapter 1670

Ashton did not answer. Instead, he tugged at my hand forcefully, causing me to lose my balance and topple over into his arms.

“Stop fooling around now. Emery’s waiting for me at the bar!” I struggled to free myself from his grasp.

“Someone else will get her.” He shifted his position and stood up, carrying me to the bed in his arms.

“I was the one who just received the phone call. Who else would be going if not me? Come on, Ashton, just let me go. It’s getting late now, and it’s dangerous for Emery to be alone.”

Completely ignoring my words, he placed me down on the bed and pressed his body on top of mine, his brow tightening into a frown. “You’re hardly an inexperienced woman, so how could you not understand this?”

“What do you mean?” My friend was drunk and needed someone to pick her up. What else was there to understand?

Heaving a deep sigh, he leaned sideways and fell onto the bed beside me. “The bar doesn’t close so early. Just call back in another twenty minutes and go if there’s still no one there. It’s only twenty minutes anyway. It shouldn’t make much difference.”

I still had no idea what he meant by all that. However, since I failed to win that argument, I could only compromise and go with his suggestion.

I waited in agony till twenty minutes finally passed before calling Emery back. The line got through quickly, and a familiar male voice instantly came on the line.

“You must be Scarlett. This is Alexander. Don’t worry, Emery is with me now. Have an early rest and good night!”

“Good… night.”

It took me a few seconds after I hung up to come back to my senses. Then I turned toward Ashton and propped my head up with a hand. “How did you know Alexander was also at that bar?”

“I didn’t.” A smug smile crept onto his lips. He lay there with his eyes shut, looking calm and confident as if he had everything in the palm of his hands.

“You didn’t?” I found that hard to believe. “Then how did you know someone else would surely be there to pick Emery up?”

Only then did Ashton open his eyes. He turned over, gazing at me with his deep, dark eyes. “Because I understand the feeling of missing another person without being able to meet them.”

“Tell me more about it.” His words had just piqued my interest, and I could not wait for him to elaborate on the subject.