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 make my way back to K City

“I know you’re in W City. I was asking

Hospital. Is there something

for you in a short while. Have you eaten

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

talk more later. Send me the hospital address via text, won’t you? I’ll be there very soon.”

and smiled.

think we should let her run around the city in her condition—it won’t be safe

me, he nodded. “Go and pick her up,

to change his bandages. With that, I turned

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 room

half an hour

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

“It’s going to be new year’s eve soon, and it has started to

haven’t actually decided yet. Ashton is heavily injured, so he might have to stay

“The Crest family

it—it was Jared Crest himself. He never really got over the incident with the Fullers’ youngest

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 or resolved—otherwise, you start going crazy and harming everyone around

her words. Life was full of twists and

“What did

the situation further. Instead, he passed on the case to the police—Jared will

He’ll be in his forties by the time he’s released from prison. Since he’s a member of the Crest family, there