When I finally came back to my senses, I realized that everything was just as Ashton had said—there was no small fry in the Hall family.

Nathaniel disregarded Armond, who was still on the floor, and wore a smile as he turned toward us. “Let’s head over to our next stop.”

He walked past Armond and headed toward the door casually as if nothing had happened. His indifferent behavior unsettled me.

Ashton looked at Nathaniel’s back quietly before he took my hand in his and followed after his brother.

Crash!

“You’ll regret this, Nathaniel Hall!”

A loud noise of shattering glasses reached my ears right after we went out of the room. I jumped at the noise and looked back at the mechanical door nervously as a bad feeling ate me up from the inside.

“Don’t worry, Scarlett.” Nathaniel’s voice pulled me back to reality. He still had that calm and reliable look on his face. “He’s just a nobody. I’ll take care of him,” he assured.

a glimpse of his gaze as he walked

how I was refusing to move, he patted me gently on my back. “Don’t worry, Nathaniel will make sure everything is

the elevator. This was the first time I felt

We’re surrounded by the Halls, and Armond is after

step out. “Both

too. If I had not seen with my own eyes how he took Armond down single-handedly, I would have been deceived

Ashton’s hand intensified on my shoulder. He was asking me to get my act together so Nathaniel would not suspect that we had

a smile on my face. “Of course.

and I nodded at each other, and I went out with Ashton holding my hand. We continued our visit looking

seemed to be distracted. We took a cursory look at the facilities and had some

Ashton and I headed back to the castle the

at the nursery, we

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