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

Hearing my statement, John inhaled deeply. “It would be easy to end his life. But what about your child? Don’t you want to reunite with your child?” he asked with a dark gaze.

He paused and looked into the distance with a stoic glint in his eyes. “Even when it comes to killing him, you should not dirty your hands. Remember Scarlett, you shouldn’t be the one doing those deeds.”

The act of murder would haunt me for the rest of my life. Naturally, John would not allow me to bear this burden.

Despite his kind words, I shook my head stubbornly and tried to erase the events that had taken place earlier from my memory. “Have you looked into the guard’s background? Were they any clues?” I asked in order to change the subject.

John shook his head and remained silent.

After all, Emery and John had intelligent henchmen working under their command. If there was a solid lead, they would have leaped into action instead of panicking over the killer’s life.

Knock, knock.

“Mr. Stovall, Ms. Stovall, Mr. Grant has arrived,” the maid knocked on the door and called out politely.

I had regained my composure, her words sent me into a haze of frenzy as I leaped to my feet and prepared to run

like

out his hand and stopped me in my

I nodded in agreement after I thought about his

he confirmed that I had regained my composure, John brought me

when he heard our footsteps. A frown graced his forehead as he turned around; he seemed

he acted, one would confuse him as the owner of the

number of reports against Louis were submitted. They accused him of abuse of power and bribery. In the blink of an eye, he was detained in J City. Now that we are all busy with the ongoing investigation, Ezra had turned arrogant due to the absence of Louis. John took a seat opposite Ezra and crossed his legs in a relaxed manner. “Mr. Grant, I can’t believe that you have the audacity to show up here. Uncle Louis had just given the order to ban anyone from the Grant family coming in. Yet, you have barged in

and your uncle seem to enjoy making jokes,” he replied with

gave Ezra a faint smile. Despite the smile,

Ezra seemed unaffected

so many years, I have always admired him greatly. I strongly believe that the investigators will prove