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 to keep Ms. Audrey in the

 

off, sighing

his choice at the Hall residence, yet three days was all it took for Shaun

are less impervious to

Perhaps Shaun had never forgotten how he was abused at the hands of

remained calm in the face of Joseph’s news. Rather expressionlessly, he flipped through the newspaper in his hand and sent Joseph off. “All right. You may leave

later, I turned to Ashton and stated, “You don’t seem surprised

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

in the beginning.” Frankly, I

lead to a deal. The only

logic in his words, and I saw no point in

a laugh and teased half-heartedly, “The people in the village are the ones scheming for profit. Shaun is just a kid, and we’ve given him a home. Things might not turn out as poorly as

the folded newspaper across his knees. “I bet that he’ll

not? Still, we can’t really let him pass on news about our family to Nora. Isn’t there a way for us

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