When There Is Nothing Left But Love

I nodded, making a few guesses of my own. Indeed, John was brought back to K City by the Stovalls a few years ago. I didn’t ask him anything about what happened after that, so I didn’t know the details. We were still kids back when he came to R Province, and Grandma never told us about the investor who had committed suicide.

For so many years, I’d never asked John about his origins in detail either.

After an entire night of mingling, I leaned against my seat, feeling sleepy. In my drowsy state, I vaguely noted that the car had entered the residential area.

Marcus stopped the car. Seeing me nod off, he got down and came over to my side to open the door for me. “Do you need me to carry you?”

My eyes flew wide open just then, and I hurriedly shook my head. “I can go up on my own!” Sharon was right. If someone were to take such indecent photos of us, things could get ugly for everyone involved.

I wasn’t surprised to see Ashton at the gate, but a frown appeared on my face. Is this his way of convincing me to go back with him?

He was sitting on the doorstep, looking like an abandoned child.

After several days of not seeing him, he had visibly lost weight. His former defiant and overbearing demeanor was nowhere in sight, and I noticed that his eyes were bloodshot.

Marcus frowned slightly as he informed me, “I’ll head inside first.”

I nodded and shifted my gaze to Ashton, who was slowly getting to his feet, catching a glimpse of the white gauze wrapped around his hand.

If I could change the past, I would make sure that I never crossed paths with Ashton in this lifetime. Even though it meant living an impoverished life, I would be more than willing.

I was physically and mentally exhausted. Within three years, I had become completely unrecognizable.

We stared at each other for a long time. I tried to think of something to say, but nothing came to mind.

end, I said curtly, “Go back and don’t come here ever again!” Ignoring

together?” he asked with a hint of fatigue in his

“This is none of your

Then, he continued in a weak and raspy voice, “Is this really how

honestly didn’t know. I had thought about a hundred ways to torture him, but

child, but Scarlett, I can’t accept how things are between us now. If you hate me, you can take your revenge however you want, but… come

heart squeeze in my chest. “Then let’s get a divorce!” I would learn how to let go of my

was being

to love, but wrong to stop loving

to say to him, I swiveled

we’ve been through, you’re going to end it with just a simple sentence?” he said in a voice that was so low I

in my tracks

me off just like that? The best revenge is making the other person’s life a living hell. Is what you’re doing considered revenge or giving

a proud man like Ashton to say something so out of character, I inadvertently looked

I said, “You know provocation won’t work

soul when he urged, “Come home with

that I might wake up in the middle of the night and stab you to death?” I would never have entertained that idea in the past, but things were different now. When you were filled with so much hatred, killing

pressed his lips together as his eyes flickered with a barrage of emotions. “I guess I’ll just have to wait and

already switched on, with Marcus’

the look on his face, but I could make a rough

sight, he frowned in displeasure but didn’t