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

However, Ashton was an exception. He merely snorted at her, then pushed her away with his leg. He crossed the room toward Nicolas, who couldn’t even open his eyes with the water dripping on him.

Simone, unwilling to give up, wanted to crawl over to him to beg again, but her attempt was halted by the guards standing by. I quickly followed after Ashton once I was sure that the bodyguards had held Simone down.

I feared Ashton wouldn’t get any results since Nicolas had a strong mental fortitude. I thought he would be able to hold out.

However, I had underestimated the fear of having water dripping onto one’s face for a long time. That fear would unconsciously destroy one’s will.

As I neared Nicolas, with a slight bend of my body, the first thing I saw was his wide-open eyes filled with terror.

shut his eyes. Having been soaked in the water for a long time, his face was starting to bloat.

he laid his hands on me and my children, you feigned ignorance. He even killed off the last line of

were directed at Simone despite the sharp gaze

right. Even the law would punish those with omission

at least reminded him of the consequences of his actions, and that could have saved many lives. Yet, she never tried doing anything. She pretended not to know about Nicolas’ merciless torture and allowed him to

be her God. And that exact ugly, twisted perception of considering others’ lives to be nothing had allowed her to accept Nicolas’ actions

an arrogant person, so it will be difficult for him to admit

but despite her parched throat, she had managed to croak out those words. While some of her words were indecipherable, she persisted, hoping