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?”

you marry him! What’s the big deal

mind, and I lowered my head. In a voice almost inaudible to everyone but myself, I said, “I don’t

as those words left my mouth, the screams

“No!”

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

“Camelia!”

her immediately, no one could make it to

husk of a body and the red

was in the middle of it, wrapped protectively by the cushion like a newborn baby. It was difficult for us to see whether she was hurt or not from our angle. We could only see that she

down. Finally, I could calm down and take in a deeper

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

two people, so it was normal for them

I found them noisy, so I quietly walked

felt. The very moment she stepped off the ledge, I was willing to give up all my principles to keep her in