When There Is Nothing Left But Love

No one was ever really ready for death. The nearer the moment loomed, the more chilling it felt.

When he noticed the fear on my face, Ashton took my hand and placed it over his heart.

“I will always be with you, for better or worse. And I promise to get you treated no matter what. Do you trust me, Scarlett?”

Even though he was almost whispering, Ashton’s voice reverberated loudly through my heart.

Ashton was someone who made me feel like I could take on the whole world. With him around, I never needed to fear.

I gripped his hand tight, all my worries vanishing in that instant as I whispered, “I trust you.” Even if it was my last day on earth, I wanted to spend it with no regrets.

Ashton stayed with me at the Stovall residence until the wee hours of the morning. I couldn’t help but feel a sense of helplessness and insecurity as I watched him leave. Without him around, the world seemed a little harsher and colder.

I was starting to space out when I got pulled back into reality by my phone’s ringing.

that anyone would call at two in the morning. But since I couldn’t fall asleep, I picked

Zander. Not quite the call I had expected, I decided to let

the matter, Mr. Hoffman?” I

me, I had lost all

my fault. You were right. I’ve indeed gone

want to make peace because

don’t remember it anymore. But Mr. Hoffman, are you sure it’s appropriate to call your female coworker this late at night? Aren’t you afraid of gossip?” I was on the brink of death and didn’t care if I offended anyone. Besides, after everything Zander had done, he deserved

of words, Zander replied after some

life if you’re really sorry. Oh, by the

phone before

nor Ashton would want me to return to Tinsel Group to fish for information. The work intensity there would be too much

accompany her to a ribbon-cutting ceremony. She didn’t know about my poisoning incident and just wanted to

to buy. Rather than continue being in the employment of her previous company, she decided to start her own, which turned out to be the best investment decision she ever