When There Is Nothing Left But Love

The moment he finished his sentence, the study room fell into an awkward silence.

Armond had revealed his trump card. Now, everyone was aware of his ambition to make a comeback by leveraging on petroleum.

“No,” I replied in a serious tone. “Armond’s reputation is in tatters, but how will we know if he won’t somehow reinvent himself and make a comeback? If he gains control of the oil, that would be equivalent to getting the backing of all the countries within Meudari. By then, the shockwaves he may cause won’t be something that we can handle.”

It doesn’t matter if I die. If my death could guarantee my family’s safety, then it would be well worth the risk. Even if I could somehow survive by a stroke of luck, I still couldn’t bear letting everyone else fall into such a dangerous predicament.

Armond had gone crazy. Since that was the case, he should be imprisoned for life instead of allowing him the opportunity to recover.

Louis and John remained silent. All they did was furrow their brows and looked at Ashton skeptically, waiting for his response.

It was obvious that they were considering Armond’s demands, or else I would not have heard about it. The Stovall family was only concerned about my survival and not about how great the risks were.

him a pleading look and shook my

if we give him the contract, we might still not get

didn’t you tell me about it

did.” Ashton’s expression remained distant. “I told you that you can trust me. And that you won’t die

was true that ever since I knew I had a terminal disease, I was always worried

more solemn. “Don’t tell me you’re considering nobly sacrificing yourself? Thinking that your

didn’t care whether I believed him or not. Instead, he was

like a bottomless lake, ready to

tension in the atmosphere, John quickly eased the situation. “Alright now, since we already have a solution, let’s just ignore Armond. Anyway, it’s getting late. So let’s go down and have

as he scowled. “How can you still have any appetite?

out of the room without even saying goodbye to Louis nor turning back to take

was a long while before everyone