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

Hearing his voice, Tiffany turned to look at him. Her eyes immediately became watery, and tears were about to spill out at any moment.

Ashton was not bothered with their act of being star-crossed lovers. He coolly said, “Speak up now, my dear sister. Besides the obituary, what other good things did you have a hand in?”

There were no warnings or threats, but Ashton emphasized heavily on the words “good things”.

Perhaps she knew that this was the calm before the storm, or maybe she thought back to all the times she nearly died at Ashton’s hands – Tiffany was terrified. In a shaky voice, she said, “I-I was the one who suggested hypnosis to Dad. But I was forced to do so! Dad was too frightening. In these thirty years, he controlled everything I did. Which school I went to, the people I saw, how many assets I have under my name… Everything had to be according to his wishes. Only by doing so would I be considered a child of the Hall family and become an emotionless robot like he was!”

didn’t stop there. He wanted to control not only everything we did but also

Her expression was suddenly full of sadness. “I chose Keith, but Dad ordered for people to break his legs. He threatened me that if I wanted Keith to stay alive,

in his genetic experiment. If you had brought back the children, I would have successfully completed my escape plan. As fate would have it, you were too headstrong. You were even tougher than Nathaniel and me. Hence, you would never bow down before Dad. I was about to give up on this plan until our headquarters was completely submerged in the ocean. The flame of hope in my heart was ignited once again. The explosion on the island dealt a great blow to the Hall family and gave me a chance. I proposed to Dad that we could hypnotize you so that the Hall family could have a perfect puppet. I, on the other hand, would be able to amass resources

her whole life had been tragic and pitiful. “Even so, you had six years to leave,

raised her voice all of a sudden. “It was what I deserved! Do you think my ranking in the Forbes list meant anything? In reality, all those assets were monitored by the Hall family! Besides daily expenses, I didn’t even have the right to take a million for myself. Therefore, I could only turn my attention toward the company. I was