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

I gulped. Summoning all the courage I had left within me, I reached out and tugged Ashton’s sleeve gingerly. “Ash… Ashton?” I stammered.

A brief shudder ran through Ashton. With a start, he released Tiffany.

Tiffany crumpled to the floor like a rag doll.

The maid ran forward anxiously and helped Tiffany over to the sofa. All other eyes in the room, including that of Nicolas’, were fixed on Ashton simultaneously. Nicolas slammed his newspaper onto the table, jolting the already-frayed nerves of everyone present. “Are you trying to rebel against me?” he roared.

Ashton glanced at me, then down at Gregory, apparently unaffected by Nicolas’ outburst. He then looked over to Tiffany’s inert body with undisguised contempt.

He strolled over to where she lay feebly, then sneered, “Will you say it, or shall I make you?”

“I’ll admit it, I’ll confess to everything! Just have mercy on me. I was wrong, Ashton,” Tiffany babbled. She was almost incoherent with fear. Clenching the pillow she’d picked up from the sofa, Tiffany hid her face behind it as if she could thus avoid Ashton’s wrath.

Scarlett’s obituary. She didn’t betray you. Audrey’s also your daughter… Dad was the one who arranged for the hypnosis. We sealed your memories for your own good! I was wrong, but surely it doesn’t merit a

and knelt at Ashton’s feet, clutching at him wildly. Tears

Gregory’s eyes, but Tiffany’s sheer despair permeated any refuge I could offer him from this nightmarish

back, partly to comfort and partly

every desire had been accommodated to since she was young. Everything she ate or wore had to be of luxurious quality. Tiffany could get anything she

about her. She could not even begin to comprehend the bitter

Ashton had declared, Tiffany got what she

the fury within Ashton. Narrowing his eyes, Ashton looked at

explain?” Ashton snarled. The grimace he wore looked

daughter’s disgrace without flinching. I thought I’d even seen a glimmer of

Nicolas replied smoothly, “I’d initially thought that you showed the most promise and was the one most set to

of the room. He immediately fished out a