When There Is Nothing Left But Love

“Remember this. Even though Marcus had done a lot for Letty, the man also tried to hurt our family, so I would say that we’re even now. We don’t owe him anything. Come anywhere near us again, and I’ll make sure you pay for it.”

Ding!

When the elevator door opened, Ashton almost lifted me off my feet to carry me inside.

Only after the elevator started going down did the man loosen his grip. Angry at Ashton for what he did to me, I distanced myself as far away as the space allowed me to.

Ashton had his reasons for being so jealous, and I could understand what he was going through. After all, Marcus had made a move on me on more than one occasion.

However, I knew I could not live with myself if I pretended like I had no idea that Marcus was dying.

With both my hands on the elevator handrail, I suddenly thought of an idea to get the best of both worlds. With it, not only would I be able to sneak behind Ashton’s back, but I could also reignite Marcus’ will to live.

even think about it.” Suddenly, Ashton’s

through me, I bit my lower lips defiantly before

his eyes at me and made a strange suggestion. “Why don’t you

I hesitantly did as Ashton said, only to find absolutely nothing behind me. All I could see was my own reflection on the metallic

“I don’t get it.”

he walked over to stand beside me. “You think that I’m incapable of being rational when it comes to anything related to Marcus, but what about you? Think about

so objectively that it immediately cleared things up for me. He’s right. I’ve been so wrong all this time, and I never realized it. Marcus and Rebecca are practically the same kinds of people. If I could treat Marcus the way Ashton treated Rebecca, Ashton wouldn’t even have to worry about me that much. I just couldn’t help myself.

“I understand that you can’t act like nothing had happened, and I’m not trying to force you to, but I

was well aware that there was nothing I could do to change his

me to fight back, I was restrained from doing so by reason. Ever since

till I confirm his condition. If the man really is dying, I won’t stop you from going to him.

already turned to face the elevator door. The man’s deadpan expression made