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!”

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

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

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

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

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. “Lie down

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

pretty tired. To his delight, I lowered myself into his bed,

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

tears I had been holding back started flowing down

face him, my 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 of

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

press a kiss on his lips. Because of my

at the hospital, he pushed me away lightly

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

sounded even more ragged now. “Scarlett, stop fooling around.

with kisses, I lay my head against his chest and started

you know. If you

sobbing against his chest. Haplessly, he tried to console

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

him, registering the sharp features of his face. Ashton was so handsome that God was so unfair. In a rather

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