When There Is Nothing Left But Love

Ashton nodded. “Are you hungry?”

I suddenly felt as though he was the one taking care of me instead of the other way round.

I parroted his question back to him. “Are you hungry?”

Cameron stirred in her sleep and woke up. She stared at Ashton and I for a few seconds before looking at the time on her phone.

Seeing that it was already past noon, she got up and poured me a glass of water. “Here, drink something. Your father went home to make lunch. He should be back any minute.”

I froze for a moment before taking the glass of water from her. I turned to Ashton and asked, “How are you feeling? Do you feel any better?”

He nodded. “It doesn’t hurt as much anymore.”

Cameron got up and headed to the toilet. When she came back out, she wiped her hands on a paper towel and asked, “What do the both of you fancy for lunch?”

Ashton shook his head, expressing his indifference. He turned to me and asked, “Do you have anything you want to eat?”

I thought for a while before shrugging. “Anything’s fine!”

Off the top of my head, I couldn’t think of anything I really wanted to eat.

Cameron picked up her bag and left the room. My phone, which I had neglected since coming into the hospital, rang loudly all of a sudden. Emery was calling me.

She sounded rather sharp over the phone. “How are you doing? Are you feeling alright? Which hospital did they send you to?”

of questions, I felt rather confused. After a short pause, I replied, “I’m fine. I’m at a hospital in W City right now. I’ll only

in W City. I was asking

in Medwin Hospital.

to look for you in a short while. Have

rather stunned. Shooting a glance out of the window, I stammered,

Send me the hospital address via text, won’t you?

me and smiled. “Was

put my phone away. “She’s heavily pregnant now. I don’t think we should

with me, he nodded. “Go and pick her

called the nurse over to change his bandages.

would be taking a cab to the hospital and told me not to go and pick her up. However, I still felt a little worried for her. I called a cab for her and personally told the driver where to drop her off, before making arrangements for a

half an hour later

she was wearing maternity clothes that were loose and drab, it was quite obvious

and

injured, so he might have to stay here and recuperate

clothes away and shot me a side glance, looking rather solemn. “The Crest family has been throwing their

really got over the incident with the

mess. What else does he have to live for? Most grudges are best left in the past or resolved—otherwise, you start going crazy and harming everyone

and turns. How could Emery be so sure in her judgment that Jared’s actions were

“What did the

no intention of investigating the situation further. Instead, he passed on the case to the police—Jared will probably be rotting in prison for the next few

in his forties by the time he’s released from prison. Since he’s a