When There Is Nothing Left But Love novel (Ashton and Scarlett ) novel Chapter 1620

The woman’s rhetorical question left me completely stunned. Who the heck is this woman? Not only did she seem to know Ashton, but she also sounded like she knew me well. Besides the face, there’s nothing about her that looked familiar to me. No matter how hard I try, I just can’t figure out who she is.

“Who the heck are you?” There was no way I could keep my cool any longer at that moment, so Ashton patted me on the shoulder to assure me that he had got the situation under control before chiming in, “You’ll have to excuse my wife; Letty has always been a hothead. Please forgive her straightforwardness.”

“You saw how rude she was, so how can you simply ask me to forgive her? Does that sound reasonable to you?” Obviously, the woman got a little upset because of what we said, but Nathaniel quickly pinched her back to remind her to watch her manners.

“I’m going to have to ask you to do the same for Nora’s bluntness. She’s been abroad for quite a while, so I guess that’s where she picked up the character. She doesn’t mean to offend you, of course. Actually, I planned to introduce her to you the next time I visit, so imagine my surprise when I bumped into you here,” explained Nathaniel disingenuously.

There was only one person that I knew named Nora, and that was Nora Oberick. I thought she was killed in the explosion, wasn’t she?

Even though I was looking straight at the woman’s face, I could not confirm if she was the Nora I knew.

Suddenly, the storekeeper brought a well-designed box over to Nathaniel. “Here’s your order, Mr. Hall.”

Instead of taking the box, Nathaniel turned to smile at us. “You should take the cake. My treat.”

Because of the man’s offer, the storekeeper, too, turned to us with the box. “Here’s your cake, sir.”

“You don’t have to do that. I did nothing to deserve this.” With that, Ashton unceremoniously turned down Nathaniel’s generosity.

Still stuck with the box, the storekeeper found herself in an awkward position.

“You worry too much. It’s just a cake,” reminded Nathaniel nonchalantly.

“We should’ve tried to find out who that woman is. We left too soon,” I stated while fiddling with my fingers anxiously.

Even though bumping into my doppelganger saved me a lot of trouble, it also meant that I would face plenty more in the future, so I had to be vigilant.

“You already know who she is. She’s exactly who you think she is,” informed Ashton confidently.

Shocked, I stared at Ashton for a few seconds before finally breaking the silence. “Nora Oberick? Could it really be her?”

“You’d rather she be someone else?” asked Ashton rhetorically.

“No, of course not. But you and I both know that she was at the center of the explosion that day. There was no way she could’ve survived.”