When There Is Nothing Left But Love
Chapter 458

Sparks fly whenever love rivals meet, I guess. I pursed my lips in silence.

Rebecca threw her phone into her purse and looked at me with her arms crossed. “Since both ofyou are divorced, why are you back now?”

How straightforward of her! Indeed, she has changed a lot in the last four years. Averting my gazefrom the bodyguards, I replied monotonously, “It's none of your business, Ms. Larson.”

She snickered in response. “How is it not my business? For four years, I've worked hard and changedmyself for the better. All I ever wanted was to be the one to stand by his side. But your suddenappearance just made all my effort go down the drain.”

Ashton had arranged a lot of bodyguards at the villa. They were now gathered at the gate, staringcoldly at the men from the cars.

I looked back toward Rebecca and replied, “If you're really meant to be with him, you wouldn't needfour years to try and get together with him. A year would have been more than enough.”

Her expression immediately turned cold. “Scarlett, you've ruined my love and my family relationship.Do you think that I'll let it slide? If I can’t be with him, I would never let you and Ashton have an easylife either.”

Her words did not upset me. Standing from her point of view, I could understand her obsession andlove. In fact, it was quite inspirational how she had fought to get what she wanted.

I nodded in response and saw a black Bentley coming to a stop at the roadside. “I couldn't care lessabout what you want to do with your grudge against me. But I'd like to remind you to cherish whatyou have now. After so many years, you should know better than I do that's it's impossible for youto be with Ashton. Do you plan to continue spending the next four years for your futile love? Youcould do everything for love when you're a youngster. But at the age of thirty, you should know thatlife is more important than love. Rebecca, you're pretty and talented. Even if you can't replace someonelike Ashton, you should have many good men around you. It's okay to settle for the next bestthing.”

What I said was the truth, but I was not the suitable person to speak those words to her. Any proudwoman would not like to be humiliated. Naturally, Rebecca became infuriated.

When she raised her hand to slap me, Marcus hurriedly strode forward and stopped her. After sucha long time, his expression was still as sullen as ever, and his hostility became even morefrightening.

“This shall be the first and the last time I see you doing this. If you do it again, I'm not sure if thishand of yours would still be attached to your arm.” He spoke in a hushed tone, but his words werefull of menace.

With that, he flung her hand away.

Cradling her reddened wrist, she sneered. “What a fickle woman you are, Scarlett. You're even morerepulsive than I thought. You have another man other than Ashton. You're disgusting!”

Pursing my lips, I said nothing to her accusation.

Marcus, however, opened his mouth and responded frostily, “Disgusting? What's disgusting? Doyou feel disgusted just because you can't get what you want? She is worthy to be loved by severalpeople. What does that have to do with you?”

As always, Marcus was able to say the cruelest words.

His words had affirmed his feelings for me. Rebecca's upper lip curled in disdain, but the jealousy inher eyes was crystal clear.

Looking at Marcus and me, she snorted and said sarcastically, “Does your fiancée know about yourlove for Scarlett?”

He frowned. “That's none of your business.”

She went silent for a while, but she refused to admit defeat. “Indeed, it has nothing to do with me.But I'd like to give you a piece of advice. Scarlett, you should know that there are things youshouldn't do. If your relationship with Ashton and Mr. White is accidentally exposed to the public,what kind of consequence would you face?”

I could tell that she was trying to threaten me, and I admired her courage. But it doesn’t matter. Themoment her threat reached Ashton or Marcus, she would just be digging her own grave. Marcushad heard it now and Joseph would eventually pass every word of hers to Ashton as well. I wasinitially a tad bit envious of Rebecca, but I guess I was wrong; there's nothing about her for me tobe envious about.

Marcus was downright furious. Grabbing Rebecca's wrist, he said sinisterly, “You should be thankfulthat I'm not a man who hit women, otherwise...” He then shoved her, causing her to staggeredbackward and bumped into her car.

Rebecca immediately went pale and winced in pain as she held onto the car to support herself. Shewas a girl after all and being treated this way was physically and mentally distressing.

Marcus was not a gentleman. He looked at her indifferently and warned, “You'd better stay awayfrom Scarlett. You're not qualified to even talk about taking revenge on her.”

She seemed to be in a state of shock as she remained quiet and entered her car.

After Rebecca was gone, I turned toward Marcus. Seeing him after four years, I did not feelparticularly touched or sentimental. I just felt that time had flown so fast. Now that he was in frontof me, I did not know what to say.

After a moment, he broke the silence first. “You're divorced. So why are you still living with him? Youcan live outside. I bought a house for you. It's decorated with everything that you liked before.”