When There Is Nothing Left But Love

“And it was all because I came to K City that I got to know Jared and Joe. Naomi got to know them as well. She became interested in Jared and I didn’t expect it at all. She always had a weird personality since she was young but she was never a scheming person. Besides, Jared was interested in someone else back then, he wasn’t interested in her at all. Naomi shamelessly pursued him for two whole years, and for some reason, Jared finally agreed to date her. Nonetheless, she took the initiative and broke up with him not too long after that. She probably found out that Jared likes someone else, so…”

“Why did she commit suicide then?” Naomi was an optimistic person. Even if her heart was broken, it shouldn’t have been the reason she chose to end her life.”

Ashton kept silent but I noticed that there was something wrong with his hand. It was the first time I saw him so anxious and uneasy.

He was trembling!

I reached out to take his hand but he managed to hold mine first. He looked up at me and I noticed that his eyes were getting watery. His voice choked as if he couldn’t get his words out all of a sudden.

“You don’t have to say it, Ashton. It’s okay,” I said and didn’t try to pursue the matter anymore.

A moment later, he sucked in a deep breath and he grew noticeably calmer. “I was the one who lost her that night. She called me so many times but I didn’t pick up. I didn’t do it on purpose. I just thought that it was one of her usual tantrums but I didn’t expect her to go to a nightclub herself. K City ten years ago is so different from the K City now. Naomi was destroyed that night.”

My heart skipped a beat when I recalled his conversation with Zachary at the hospital.

I stared at him and asked uncertainly, “Did Zachary’s men do it?”

been left in the alley

up and locked eyes with me. His eyes were icy cold as he said, “Those ten men ruined her face after they did such a disgusting

my skin as my body trembled. The fear I was

she had been

hurt me. He wouldn’t stoop so low as to use the same way to hurt me, he just wanted to

had done it for revenge, just what kind of grudge did they hold that they had to do something

who were under him because he wanted to clear his guilty conscience as soon as possible. These people wanted to taint the Moore family. And when they found out that Zachary’s daughter who had been missing for years was about twenty

unreasonable and I spat in anger, “How could they do

comes to searching for his daughter now. He would inquire

Jared blames Ashton for not answering Naomi’s

they were fortunate enough to survive, wouldn’t

she chose to commit suicide. To

it became a suffering that

arrived, the doctor gave him a check-up and told