When There Is Nothing Left But Love

“Get to the point.” Ashton’s patience was wearing thin.

Armond clapped his hands, and immediately, two men and a woman came forward at his signal. The woman had a child in her hand, and she was being held hostage by the men on both of her sides.

Her face became clearer as she came closer. “Aunt Sally…?” I mumbled as I scrutinized the woman’s face under the faint light.

The woman made her way into the light and looked up at me. It was really her—the second and last heir of the Fuller family.

I saw Ashton’s grip tighten around the arm of the chair when he saw Sally, but the expression on his face remained unchanged. “What does she have to do with us? She’s already married to Jim, so she’s one of the Murphys.”

“Ha!” A cold smirk played on Armond’s lips. “Kudos to you for remaining as cool as a cucumber under this situation, Ashton Fuller.”

Armond darted his gaze at his men and tilted his

nodded and kicked Sally in the joints. She fell to her knees in pain, causing the baby to start crying at

was to dash over, but Ashton’s hand grabbed me firmly. He sat on the chair unmoved,

hot tin roof. “What do you think you’re doing, Armond Murphy? They’re your uncle’s wife and child, your family! They’re

must be crazy to do something this

question me with a menacing smile that quickly vanished. He soon resumed his cruel and cold face. “I’m innocent too. There are thousands of bloodthirsty evildoers in the world, but your husband purposefully singled me out and wants to hunt me down. I’ll admit that there are unsettled scores between our families, but the truth is that the Murphys are no more than scapegoats of a misunderstanding between your husband and his father. My whole family was torn apart because

was sounded self-possessed and concerted as he spoke,

stopped talking, he sat back in the chair, digging his hands into his pocket. In a blink of an eye, a pistol appeared in his

his pistol around carelessly between

soon as he spoke, a ruffling sound came from somewhere. The sound of footsteps

his calm demeanor, it was apparent that he had been here for a long time.