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

Her eyes were red from crying, and she stared at me as tears kept falling. It felt like I was staring at a frightened rabbit. “I’d rather die than to go through that again. Tell me your answer now, Scarlett. Do you want us dead or alive?”

Loud white noise exploded in my head. It was as if she had dunked me in an icy lake and froze my brain.

Am I forced to become a killer if I stick to my principles?

The officer behind me urged, “Look at the big picture. Let’s save her first before we talk about anything else.”

The negotiator at the side was even stomping his foot. “Hey, lady. I’m reminding you now that there are legal repercussions if you decide to let her die. You’d better think properly on how you’re going to reply to her!”

“I…”

Before I could say that I agreed to her words, Camelia screamed hysterically again, “I don’t want lies! Scarlett Stovall, I want you to agree to marry Marcus as soon as possible. Otherwise, even if you stop me now, I still have countless ways to die in front of you!”

“Say yes to her! What are you waiting for?”

a divorce even if you marry him! What’s the big deal about this?

mind, and I lowered my head. In a voice almost inaudible to everyone but myself, I said, “I

my mouth, the screams of others

“No!”

head upward only to see Camelia’s figure stepping off the ledge and falling off the

“Camelia!”

toward her immediately, no one could make it to

going to see next—an unmoving husk of

in the middle of it, wrapped protectively by the cushion like a newborn baby. It was difficult for us

I could calm down and

of two to three people. All of them were talking about Camelia’s

was normal for them to think of the

I found them noisy, so I quietly

stepped off the ledge, I