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.

straight in the center of the dark cell, stubbornly refusing to let his clothes get

wrinkled and as pale as a

the room. It was only when we walked forward and stood right in front of Simone that her eyes widened suddenly, lunging forwards to get closer to us. “Ashton! You’re finally here! Let us go, we can’t stay here a second

down his nose, still wearing the same expression of

his head to stare straight at Nicolas. “You’ve

do you mean, I’ve lost? Isn’t losing to my own

wish!” spat

have to say, the drastic measures you took came

that so…?” Ashton’s gaze grew sharp, and the temperature around us seemed to drop several degrees as he spoke. “Am I supposed to thank

voice, strangely confident in his own convictions as he frowned at his son. “Do you

I wasn’t even a part of the conversation,