When There Is Nothing Left But Love (Ashton And Scarlett)

Chapter 826

Being a scatterbrain, I had walked further than I had originally planned. Soon, the roads began to look foreign to me, so I headed back.

“You ugly devil! You look like an illegal immigrant. You stink like the trash you belong in!” A chorus of jeering voices came from an alley nearby. Curious, I inched forward for a closer look.

I caught sight of a gang of delinquents surrounding a man on the floor. They looked to be dropouts, around fifteen or sixteen years of age.

One of them held up a bucket of unknown contents. “Make way, make way. The main course is here!” he yelled excitedly.

The boys scattered as the bucket-toting boy emptied its contents onto the man on the floor. In an instant, he was drenched from head to toe.

The boys shouted with laughter.

 

I frowned with disapproval. The man on the ground had his head between his knees. He looked to be of a strong build, but his clothes were torn and ripped. His most striking feature was the darkness of his skin.

He looked like a harmless, homeless man to me. The kids appeared to have more plans to drench him, so I yelled out “The cops are coming!”

 

They were children, after all. At the sound of my voice, they bolted.

on the ground slowly looked up. His gaze was cold, but he gave no indication that he had been

in shock when I recognized him. Danny again!

deliberation, I walked in to the

turned to look and froze

as I don’t know what else to

the extra water out of his shirt. “I

a deep breath as I felt some sorrow

wasn’t much, but I gave it all to Danny. I’d even included my

his eyes fixed on me. I placed the money and

Danny had aided me and allowed concessions despite not doing them so openly. Without him and his kindness, I may not even have

back to the villa, where I found Ashton reading in the yard. He ignored

I wandered to the kitchen and

went upstairs to the bedroom. I originally planned to do some light reading but

I woke up and realized groggily that it was already late afternoon. The remnants of

in the villa. I sat for a while in the living room and returned

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