When There Is Nothing Left But Love

Ashton’s entire life of pain and suffering had been a direct result of the Hall couple’s actions. It was time for them to reap the consequences of their actions.

But Nathaniel and Tiffany were just byproducts of the twisted, toxic environment cultivated by their parents. They didn’t despise us, and we had no reason to kill each other.

Ashton supported my weight as he helped me walk out the door, merely saying, “Let’s just get it over with.”

I knew the severity and emotions behind that simple sentence and stayed quiet as I let him lead me.

The entrance to the basement was in the garage next to the villa. The mercenaries that John had hired had all changed into casual clothes and were patrolling the area, but that didn’t change the fact that they looked intimidating enough to scare off anyone who might come to rescue the Halls.

Ashton kept one arm firmly around me as we passed them and entered the basement, the floor at our footsteps barely illuminated by the dim overhead lights. After a few turns, we finally saw Nicolas and Simone, locked up in a makeshift jail cell.

his sleep. He stood up straight in the center of the dark cell, stubbornly refusing to let his clothes get dirty as

looking wrinkled and as pale as a ghost without the help of

we walked forward and stood right in front of Simone that her eyes widened suddenly, lunging

peered at us down his nose, still wearing the

Simone, raising his head to stare

The older man rolled his eyes. “What do you mean, I’ve lost? Isn’t losing to my own son further proof

spat

his glasses further up on his nose bridge before holding his hands behind his back. “I have to say, the drastic measures you took came as a surprise. You’ve grown up, Ashton. Now I know that I

and the temperature around us seemed to drop several degrees as he spoke. “Am I supposed to thank you

frowned at his son. “Do you really think that you would have survived until

people blow their own trumpet before, but never to this shameless extent. I wasn’t even a part of the conversation, but I could feel my jaw