When There Is Nothing Left But Love

As both of them locked their gazes, not the slightest bit of surprise was traceable from their eyes. They knew of each other’s existence long ago.

At the moment, Christopher was even greeting Ashton smilingly and gestured to him by raising his wineglass slightly.

Infuriated by Christopher’s casualness, Ashton’s face fell as he clenched his fists furiously.

There were armed security personnel at every corner of the hall in order to secure the guests’ safety. Anyone who stirred up trouble would be arrested as a terrorist.

I knew Ashton too well. The veins protruding on his forehead was indication that he was seconds away from unleashing his fury. I trotted toward him without any hesitation.

“Ashton, stop!” I made it in time to hold his fists when he was about to stride toward Christopher.

Eventually, he cooled his head off and let out a deep breath after a good twenty seconds. All this while, I never loosened my grip on his fists.

His tension vanished when he caught a glimpse of my anxiety. After throwing another glance at Christopher, he held my hand and led me out through the side door.

onto a long bench and let out a

acting weird lately,” he said evenly. Somehow, I could sense the helplessness and despair in

years ago. If I did not see the

for words, still overwhelmed

the bench, Ashton stared into the distance. Even before I

by chance when I was investigating Bill Young. My men who were trailing Armond Murphy were suspicious of him. They bribed his subordinates and took pictures of his private residence. Among the pictures, I spotted one of Bill Young playing golf with

now. Looks like he’s really aged and can’t make the right judgement now. How foolish of him to be on the same stance with Bill

years, he has fooled me! What a

He was feeling dejected, like

me about what he had asked me days ago. Something about losing the

nothing to him. Time would

in my arms, like how we did in J City the

despair, there was an incredible power within us. For our loved ones, we harnessed that power as a motivation to help us

the importance to stay rational and alert. After