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?”

short pause, I replied, “I’m fine. I’m at a hospital in

know you’re in W City. I was asking

Hospital.

coming to look for you in a short

a glance out of the window, I

matter of fact. Let’s talk more later. Send me the hospital address via text, won’t you? I’ll be there very soon.” She hung

looked at me and smiled. “Was that

now. I don’t think we should let her run around the city in her condition—it won’t be

he nodded. “Go and pick her

his bandages. With

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

an hour later and stowed her luggage away

was wearing maternity clothes that were loose and drab, it was quite obvious that her stomach had

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

“We haven’t actually decided yet. Ashton is heavily injured, so

Crest family has been throwing their weight around for years. It’s

He never really got over the incident with the Fullers’ youngest daughter, and Macy leaving

on the sofa and sighed heavily. “Gosh, that guy is a mess. What else does he have to live for? Most grudges are best left in the past

head and mulled over her words. Life was full of twists and turns. How could Emery be so sure in her judgment that Jared’s actions

remain silent, she asked, “What did

actually. Ashton seems to have no intention of investigating the situation further. Instead, he

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