When There Is Nothing Left But Love

A little surprised by his words, I squinted my eyes at him. “A City?”

The corners of his lips quirked up into a smirk. I could see the bloodthirst and fury swimming deep in the depths of his eyes, even if he was doing his best to hide them.

“We can’t let the child’s pain be for nothing, can we?”

Oh. He was finally going to make a move on Armond. After a slight pause of hesitation, I asked, “Can I come with you?”

“Why? Will you miss me too much when I’m gone?”

I nodded, smiling up at him. “I guess. So, how about it? Can I go with you?”

As long as the issue with Armond was left unresolved, we would both have sleepless nights. Although we would have preferred to live a peaceful and mundane life, we knew that we might face even more pain and suffering in the future if we didn’t handle the issue as soon as possible.

So, Ashton agreed to let me accompany him on his trip.

Joe didn’t even stay for the remainder of the meal, merely telling Ashton the date of his and Zelene’s engagement before dragging her away with him. It seemed that their marriage had been confirmed.

my surprise, they exchanged contact details before they left, and even made plans to eat dinner together tonight at the Stovall residence. John later approached Ashton and me to inform us that he wanted to host a

likely to be there because of Kiki. Hannah had also moved on from everything, so what was John’s motive

Ashton handled some work issues before going to the shopping mall with

car. His reasoning was that all children enjoyed driving around tiny vehicles of their own, and the Stovall residence’s yard was large enough for Kiki to do

familiar faces as soon as we left the mall. It was Sally, and with her was the professor that we’d

that, the atmosphere between us wasn’t as awkward anymore. Sally waved at us, politely inquiring, “It’s rare to see Ashton

but said

he stared at the man. I didn’t understand these sorts of non-verbal cues between men, so I chose to ignore

if we should all return to J City and celebrate the new year as a family. Ashton, you know Uncle Charlie and

nodded, simply

Sally told him, sounding slightly apprehensive. “Do you have any opinions about that? We’re both

Murphys agreed to you two being together?” Ashton interrupted, turning

me,” Jim answered, as elegant and self-composed as ever. “The

The Murphys?