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!”

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?

and Sally had returned to the villa. Jared and Joe

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

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

I felt my heart ache just looking at them. “Lie down on your back,” I ordered. “We’ll leave the

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

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

and wrapped his arms around my body. In a low voice,

been holding back started flowing down my cheeks

for me

tilted my chin up and looked deeply at me. “Does

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

the hospital, he pushed me away lightly and mumbled, “Alright, that’s enough.

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

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

with kisses, I lay my head against his chest

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

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

a pause, he continued, “Let’s go home first, alright? We can make out as much as you want when we get home. It’s a little inconvenient to do that in the

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

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