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!”

you must be knocked in the head!” I exclaimed. “You’ve just come out of the operating room, and you’re looking for death again? Don’t you think your injuries are bad enough as

morning now. Mrs. Eriksen and Sally had returned to the villa. Jared and Joe went home, too. As for Rebecca, the Moore family had

out against doctor’s orders, I managed to

stunned. With a frown, he demanded, “Aren’t you

his abdomen had been bandaged and were healing well, but I felt

him on the bed. “Lie here with me, or we’ll

my lips together in exasperation. There was no use in arguing with a sick person. Besides, I was pretty tired. To his delight, I lowered myself into his bed, trying to put as much distance

closer to me and wrapped his arms around my

had been holding back started

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

my chin up and looked deeply at

up to press a kiss on his

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

by emotion. Since I had started it, I couldn’t possibly stop right now. Avoiding his

sounded even more ragged now. “Scarlett, stop fooling around. We’re at the

refused to listen to him. After plastering his entire face with kisses, I lay my head

hospital, you know. If you want to make out, we can do that when we

he tried to console me. “Do

first, alright? We can make out as much as you want when we get home. It’s a little inconvenient

Ashton was so handsome that God was so unfair. In a rather hoarse voice, I said, “Ashton, don’t do this again

froze when he heard my words. In a deep, restrained voice, he replied,