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

Chapter 1628

 

Audrey and Gregory were ecstatic. “I heard that!”

“Me too! Daddy’s the best!”

Everything seemed like it was finally falling in place, and our life would become peaceful once more.

 

My hopes were shattered two days later. That afternoon, Joseph entered our house with an anxious expression on his face, tipping me off that I had been too naive about our situation.

“Go on. What’s wrong?” I was not in the greatest of moods at his arrival. My frustration grew at the problems that never seemed to leave us alone.

Sometimes, I wondered why people preferred havoc and chaos over a peaceful life.

 

“Nora met Shaun alone.”

 

Surprised, I asked, “Alone?”

 

before continuing, “They even made sure

 

sighing at Shaun’s change of

yet three days was all it took for Shaun to

children are

wholly unfounded. Perhaps Shaun had never forgotten how he was abused at the hands of his

through the newspaper in his hand and sent Joseph

lips in thought. Sometime later, I turned to Ashton and stated, “You don’t seem

I experience a meltdown, then?” He looked as unruffled as before. The ghost of a smile appeared on his face as his eyes pored through the financial news as if it was some piece of juicy gossip. “If I were in Nora’s shoes, I wouldn’t let go of

shrugged and offered weakly, “But Shaun said no to them in the beginning.” Frankly,

a deal. The only obstacle is price and timing. Once the stars have aligned,

and I saw no point

ones scheming for profit. Shaun is just a kid, and we’ve given him a home. Things might not turn out as poorly as you

into a cross-legged position and placed the folded newspaper across his

I accepted his bet. “Why not? Still, we can’t really let him pass on news about our family to Nora.

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