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!”

him, feeling rather stunned. A complicated mix of emotions surged up within me. “Ashton, 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

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

When he tried to sneak out against doctor’s orders, I managed to stop him with

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

my lips and 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

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

use in arguing with a sick person. Besides, I was pretty tired. To his

around my body. In a

the tears I had been holding back started

this for me in the future. I

and looked deeply at

leaned up to press a kiss on his lips. Because of my clumsiness, Ashton looked rather

at the hospital, he pushed me away lightly and mumbled,

started it, I couldn’t possibly stop right now.

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

to him. After plastering his entire face with kisses, I lay my head against his chest

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

his chest. Haplessly, he tried to console me. “Do

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

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 on the

when he heard my words. In a deep, restrained voice, he replied, “You’re