When There Is Nothing Left But Love

Tessa paused for a moment and cried softly to add to the dismal topic. Her crying noises were low, but it was enough to make the atmosphere gloomy.

Although I couldn’t see Ashton’s expression, he was silent all the time, so I bet he could be paying attention.

Seeing how Tessa was just sobbing and didn’t continue, he took the initiative and asked, “Operating room?”

“Yes.” Tessa sobbed softly, “I didn’t know how to tell you. Everything in the operating room was terrifying, and it’s a total nightmare. They held us captive to make use of our bodies as transporting tools. It was agonizing when we were forced to queue up outside the operating room, waiting for our turn.”

She wiped her tears before continuing, “Scarlett stood up and begged them for mercy, so she got into trouble.”

I listened for a moment before doubting her thought process. Wait… So I got into trouble to save them?

Ashton commanded frostily, “Continue!”

The woman sniffled and said, “Scarlett could leave unscathed initially since she knew the Murphys. When the bad guys found us, they had decided to send her to the Murphys in Marsingfill. However, she didn’t leave, and when she knew they were going to carry out operations on us, she went to beg Abe…”

furrowed my brows because her version of the incident was quite different from what

did nothing and continued listening to their conversation. The woman added, “Abe doesn’t like women and

said was so outrageous that I broke out in a cold sweat.

noticed Scarlett was unwilling to go with you yesterday. She might feel guilty for

presence gave warmth and hope to Scarlett. He even got heavily injured when he saved her. Later on, he took us to Western Europe and recuperated there. From their interactions, they

“If I didn’t run into you guys yesterday, I would have thought Scarlett and Armond are a couple and they will

was at a loss for words

table and saw me smiling coldly. She lowered her voice and asked, “What did you hear? Why

just heard a dramatic story,

me narrowed her eyes slightly and whispered, “Don’t tell

stayed silent. Getting up in my seat directly, I wasn’t

past their table. Widening her eyes in surprise,

saw me, his

or less believed Tessa’s words. From what I knew, Tessa added a lot of dramatic sauce into her version of the incident to make it seem like