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!”

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

Jared and Joe went home, too. As for Rebecca, the Moore family had

to sneak out

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

shoved him back onto the hospital bed. The injuries on his abdomen had been bandaged and were healing well, but I felt my heart ache just looking at them.

down obediently and patted the space next to him on the bed. “Lie here with me, or we’ll

was pretty tired. To his delight, I lowered myself into his bed, trying to put

me and wrapped his arms around my body.

tears I had been holding back started

face wet 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 to get injured because

my chin up and looked deeply at me. “Does your heart

his eyes and leaned up to press a kiss on his lips.

me away lightly and mumbled, “Alright, that’s enough. Don’t

it, I couldn’t possibly stop

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

with kisses, I lay my

at the hospital, you know. If you want to make out, we can do

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

home first, alright? We can make out as much as you want when we get

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

my words. In a deep, restrained voice, he replied, “You’re completely worth it. Everything I