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

in the morning now. Mrs. Eriksen and Sally had returned to the villa. Jared and Joe

remained in the hospital with Ashton. When he tried to sneak out against doctor’s orders, I managed to stop

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

pursed 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

space next to him on the bed. “Lie here with me,

with a sick person. Besides, I was pretty tired. To his delight, I

to me and wrapped his arms around my body. In a low voice, he mumbled,

the tears I had been

around to face him, my face wet with tears. “Ashton, don’t you dare do this for me in the

looked

and leaned up to press a kiss on his lips. Because of my

lightly and mumbled, “Alright, that’s

I couldn’t possibly stop right now. Avoiding

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

face with kisses,

If you want to make out, we can do

chest. Haplessly, he tried to

out as much as you want when we get home. It’s

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

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