I walked in closer to the couch and saw a picture frame placed upside down on the ground beside the balcony. There were shards of broken glass everywhere. Ashton cherished all his parents’ belongings. There was no reason for such a thing to happen. Didn’t he call for the maids to clean this up?

Driven by my curiosity, I crouched down and put the broken shards away carefully. The photo frame held a wedding picture of Ashton’s parents.

Only Ashton and I were here recently. He was the culprit who broke the frame because I wasn’t here to do it.

Why?

To avenge them, Ashton never let his guard down. Not even a second. Hatred followed him wherever he went. It was a constant and painful reminder that he had to seek revenge for his parents. This was one of their few photographs left protected by the frame, but he broke it into pieces.

Right when I was lost in a daze with the picture frame in my hands, a series of footsteps came from behind. They were light, but audible for me to notice someone was approaching me slowly.

I had many enemies in this world, but none would follow me here to the family home.

wild thoughts, I

cold as though he didn’t recognize me. A

shiver ran down my spine. He was looking at

blurted out, “Why are

moment they left my mouth. Ashton came to the family home the most, so it wasn’t odd for him to

of staying in my room at the Stovall residence, I was standing in front

finally realized he was looking at

froze for a few seconds. He took

investigation on me.”

him was equivalent

to tell me the truth, I can only look into

anger filled his eyes. “I’ve told you before. You only need to take care

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