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

That was certainly suspicious. Eventually, the elevator stopped at basement level three, so that was where I’d be going, but I used the other elevator in case I bumped into Ashton.

The elevator’s door slid back, revealing a long corridor that was lit by nothing but white fluorescent lamps. The air was filled with the scent of antiseptics too.

I went down the corridor and made two turns before coming across Joseph. He was looking coldly at a room, but he didn’t notice me, since I was walking quietly. I hid behind the wall once I saw him.

I calmed myself down. Something’s up. Only Ashton could get Joseph to escort him. Ashton told me the research for the antidote was done in the very hospital I was in. He looked troubled earlier, and I couldn’t contact him for more than half an hour, so something must have happened here.

“It’s done. All that’s left is the clinical trial, then we can administer it to you.”

“We may start now, Mr. Fuller.”

heard two nights ago, and my heart started to pound with fear, but I clenched my fists. Calm down, I told myself, then

of my heels traveled across the corridor, alerting the bodyguards. A moment later, Joseph

did you come all the way here?” he asked. “I’ll

escort me, but I refused to budge. If looks could kill, they would have

paused halfway through when they noticed the tension in

look of anger.

but he looked troubled. That was more than enough to tell me Ashton was risking his life

me. I turned around by reflex, then the last thing I

thing I saw when I regained consciousness was the chandelier. I’m back home, huh? I was alone in the room, accompanied by nothing but the chirps outside. The blinds were pulled, but the bright sunlight still pierced through

attempt to soothe the pain as