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

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

left my mouth, the screams of others traveled into my

“No!”

Camelia’s figure stepping off

“Camelia!”

one could make it to her side in

was going to see next—an unmoving husk of a body and

me when I peeked over the edge was a gigantic safety air cushion. Camelia was in the middle of it, wrapped protectively by the cushion like a newborn baby. It was difficult for us to

slowed down. Finally, I could calm

small groups of two to three people. All of them were

in two people, so it was normal for them

noisy, so I quietly walked past them

earlier, I finally understood what Camelia felt. The very moment she stepped off the ledge, I was willing to