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

Bewildered, I asked, “Are you being held captive here, too?”

“Ha! How naive,” the woman mocked before telling the bodyguard. “Head in. The doctor is waiting for you.”

“We’ll leave her with you.” With that, the woman followed the bodyguard upstairs.

Once they left, we were left alone in the hall. The maid had already shut the door. It was much quiet without the howling wind.

“Come with me,” said Marcus. He walked up another flight of stairs.

Curious, I went after him obediently.

There were many rooms on the second floor. Marcus led me down the hallway and came to a stop when we reached the end. He opened the door on the right and stepped aside. “This is your room. Have a good rest tonight.”

I stepped in and studied the surroundings. There were candles lighting up the huge room. I immediately spotted a laptop beside the bed which seemed out of place in this castle.

Hearing the footsteps behind me, I turned and called out, “Wait a minute!”

his shadow

to say?” I looked

above me icily. “What do you want me

pissed me off. He knew what I meant, but pretended to be clueless. I didn’t know why he was acting this way. Right

and tried to stay calm. “Why are you so familiar with the others?

see your son’s current condition there. If you stay here obediently,

glance at the laptop. It was clear that Marcus knew everything

of frustration

for my son’s sake, but I also did

muttered, “Why did you do

heavy silence hung in the air, safe for

spoke. “You’re

I uttered frantically, but I couldn’t make

reached the other end of the hallway. Without looking back, he entered the

trying to draw a line

dashed back into my room and switched