When There Is Nothing Left But Love

When There Is Nothing Left But Love Chapter 1384

As I spoke, I strode over to the stairs. Shouldering Tiffany brusquely aside, I said as I ascended, “I need to discuss some urgent matters with Ashton. Please go ahead without us.”

Tiffany had been raised in a life of luxury and pampering. She was thus unused to the subtle emotions that undergirded every social interaction. She was unable to recognize the extent of our loathing for her from my simple, placid expression.

It was undeniably rude of Ashton and I to evade our guests in this manner. However, I believed our behavior was not entirely unwarranted. The guests had to be deserving of our respect as well.

The bedroom door was left open, so I entered cautiously, hearing the sound of water running in the bathroom as I walked in.

I closed the door softly behind me as I entered, then tiptoed towards the bathroom. At the door, however, I found my eyes locked with Ashton’s.

His eyes were wild and bloodshot, and his entire face was dripping with water. He looked both embarrassed and intimidating at the same time. Water was still gushing in torrents from the tap. I looked up to see that a huge crack had split the bathroom mirror. A few shards littered the floor.

I looked down and was horrified to see that Ashton’s hand had suffered a few gashes that were bleeding profusely.

my heartstrings. I whirled around and hurried

the entire process. Ashton merely bowed his head. With his

cotton

in the act of bandaging. I lowered them, then said slowly, “It doesn’t matter to me whether you’re a useless castoff or the epitome of perfection. You’re Ashton. You’re

tremble in mine. He suddenly seized me and dragged me

me down on the bed, then walked over to the closet. He pulled out a small

ill. He’d reassured me that nothing was wrong with him, and they’d since been relegated to the back of my

so no one, including me, really took it seriously. Recently, however, I compared my medical records to the Hall family’s and realized that

fact, but I could detect a hint of self-degradation in his

but I felt a bitter wave of outrage rising within me

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