When There Is Nothing Left But Love

I was still recovering from the shock of what had just happened. My entire body felt completely numb.

Jared continued chattering next to me, but I didn’t register a single word he said. When Cameron and Zachary arrived in the room, Jared turned to look at me with a rather complicated expression on his face.

Cameron was the first to open his mouth. “Are you alright?”

I looked up at them and said in a dull tone, “If the both of you want to file a lawsuit against me, please go ahead.”

Cameron shook her head frantically. “No, we’re here to take a look at you! Ms. Stovall, you…”

Zachary interrupted her impatiently. “Alright, you’ve seen her. Let’s go and visit Rebecca now! This matter is over as far as I’m concerned.”

Jared helped me to bandage my wounds. As he gazed darkly after their retreating backs, he said with a frown, “I suppose the Moore family won’t be filing a lawsuit against you, then.”

Truthfully, I wasn’t afraid of what they might do to me. I bowed my head and stared at the wound on my arm.

Looking up at Jared again, I asked, “Nothing will happen to Ashton, right?”

He burst into laughter. “He didn’t sustain injuries to his lungs, so he’s fine. He’ll be alright after a few stitches, don’t worry about it.”

I nodded, still feeling a little uncertain.

Ashton jumped down from his hospital bed after the stitching and said to me, “Come on, let’s go home!”

head!” I exclaimed. “You’ve just come out of the operating room,

Sally had returned to the villa. Jared and Joe went home, too. As for Rebecca,

Ashton. When he tried to sneak out against doctor’s

stunned. With a frown, he demanded, “Aren’t you tired of being cooped

bed. The injuries on his abdomen had been bandaged and were healing well, but I felt

lay back down obediently and patted the space next to him on the bed. “Lie here with me,

person. Besides, I was pretty tired. To his delight, I lowered myself into his bed, trying

Ashton snuggled closer to me and wrapped his arms around

been holding

with tears. “Ashton, don’t you dare do this for me in the future. I don’t need it, and I don’t want you

tilted my chin up and looked deeply at

gazed into his eyes and leaned up to press a kiss

we were still at the hospital, he pushed me away lightly and mumbled, “Alright, that’s enough. Don’t you

started it, I couldn’t possibly stop right now. Avoiding his injury, I buried

“Scarlett,

face with kisses, I lay my head against

little helpless. “We’re still at the hospital, you know. If you want to make out, we can do that when

continued sobbing against his chest. Haplessly, he tried to console me. “Do you really

as you want

looked up at him, registering the sharp features of his face. Ashton was so handsome that God was so unfair. In a rather hoarse voice, I said, “Ashton, don’t do this again in the future, alright? I’m n—not worth putting your life

voice, he replied, “You’re completely worth it. Everything I do for you