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?”

I felt rather confused. After a short pause, I replied, “I’m fine. I’m at a hospital in

loudly before saying, “I know you’re in W City. I was asking which hospital

Hospital. Is there

to look for you in a

stunned. Shooting a glance out of the window, I stammered, “When did you arrive

a matter of fact. Let’s talk more later. Send me the hospital address via text, won’t you? I’ll be

at me and smiled. “Was

away. “She’s heavily pregnant now. I don’t think we should let her run around the

he nodded. “Go and pick her

his bandages. With that, I

and told me not to go and pick her up. However, I still felt a little

wasn’t far from the airport. Emery arrived half an hour later and

maternity clothes that were loose and drab, it

be new year’s eve soon, and it has started to snow heavily in K City. Are the both of you going to celebrate the new

yet. Ashton is heavily injured, so he might have to stay here

rather solemn. “The Crest family has been throwing their weight around for years. It’s

it—it was Jared Crest himself. He never really got over the incident with the Fullers’ youngest daughter, and Macy leaving him proved

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

words. Life was full of twists and turns. How could Emery be so sure in her judgment

remain silent, she asked, “What did the Crest family say about

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

correctly, he should be about thirty-five or six now. He’ll be in his forties by the time he’s released from prison. Since he’s a member of the Crest family, there will be