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?”

 

continuing, “They even made sure to

 

I trailed off, sighing at Shaun’s change

at the Hall residence, yet three

guess children are less impervious

forgotten how he was abused at the hands of

of Joseph’s news. Rather expressionlessly, he flipped through the newspaper in his

my lips in thought. Sometime later, I turned

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 this

and offered weakly, “But Shaun said no to them in the beginning.” Frankly, I was curious to understand how Ashton viewed

can lead to a deal. The only obstacle is price and timing. Once the stars have aligned, anything is possible. Don’t you

the logic in his words, and I saw no

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

bet.” Ashton shifted into a cross-legged position and placed the folded newspaper across his knees. “I bet that he’ll

really let him pass on news about our

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