When There Is Nothing Left But Love

When I finally came back to my senses, I realized that everything was just as Ashton had said—there was no small fry in the Hall family.

Nathaniel disregarded Armond, who was still on the floor, and wore a smile as he turned toward us. “Let’s head over to our next stop.”

He walked past Armond and headed toward the door casually as if nothing had happened. His indifferent behavior unsettled me.

Ashton looked at Nathaniel’s back quietly before he took my hand in his and followed after his brother.

Crash!

“You’ll regret this, Nathaniel Hall!”

A loud noise of shattering glasses reached my ears right after we went out of the room. I jumped at the noise and looked back at the mechanical door nervously as a bad feeling ate me up from the inside.

“Don’t worry, Scarlett.” Nathaniel’s voice pulled me back to reality. He still had that calm and reliable look on his face. “He’s just a nobody. I’ll take care of him,” he assured.

elevator door opened, Nathaniel led the way and went out. I caught a glimpse of his gaze

was refusing to move, he patted me gently on my

enigmatic man waiting for us outside the elevator. This was the first time I felt so unsure ever since I set foot

anything happen to us? Will our children be safe? We’re surrounded by the Halls, and Armond is after us.

right,” Nathaniel tried convincing me to step out. “Both of you can trust

honest, and he looked so too. If I had not seen with my own eyes how he took Armond

Ashton’s hand intensified on my shoulder. He was asking me to get my act together so Nathaniel would not suspect that

forced a smile on my face. “Of course.

holding my hand. We

the morning, everyone seemed to be distracted. We took a cursory look

about the children, so Ashton and I headed back

arrived at the