When There Is Nothing Left But Love

“He knows your son is important to you and that you will risk your life for him. The bodyguard successfully held you hostage and brought you here because it was all part of Ashton’s plan! He doesn’t care about you as long as he gets to take revenge!”

“Shut up!” I trembled in rage.

“The truth is cruel, huh?” He flashed an evil grin. “Ashton pretended to adore you, but he exposed you to risks again and again. His love is nothing but talk. He’s selfish, just like me!”

I furrowed my brows and retorted, “You’re wrong about Ashton!”

“It doesn’t matter. Women are great at deceiving themselves,” concluded Marcus.

He glared at me and left the dining room.

I slumped into the chair and heaved a sigh. My energy was drained after that argument with Marcus.

After his footsteps faded away, I whipped out the phone to give Ashton a call. It wasn’t until then that I realized the phone had turned into a fake phone.

changed the phone to this fake one when I was asleep so I

was a light sleeper, so someone must’ve done it deftly when I was asleep. I wondered who that could

of it, perhaps Camelia’s disappearance was part of

appeared next

spotted a

clad in a turtleneck wool sweater, jeans, and boots. Her hair fell on her shoulders, creating

remember seeing her in the

like you had an unpleasant

immediately

who came to pick the bodyguard up yesterday. She had a different outfit

stairs to the dining room. I immediately deduced that it was her

like to wear casual clothes when I’m not out on a mission. My name’s Helga,” she uttered. After asking

figure out how special you are. I hope Boss didn’t

I entered the car, she kept talking about her so-called “Boss.” I was curious who her boss was as he