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

The man in the video’s thumbnail image was none other than Joseph, whom I had parted ways with a short time ago. However, he seemed to be in a bad way with his eyes sunken and dark eye bags below them, a world of difference from the strong man in my memories.

Trembling, I tapped on the first voice message, and the others played sequentially.

“Come over and help me figure out how to deal with this. I found him in the alley behind The Jade. There are no other wounds on him apart from a few prick marks. He has probably been injected with a high dosage of drugs, and the other party is determined to have him addicted at a single go. They’re really ruthless.”

And so it went.

A buzzing started in my mind. So, Ashton still didn’t protect him in the end?

I rushed over to The Jade, only to see Emery waiting anxiously at the door. From the looks of it, she had been waiting for quite some time.

While leading me in, she murmured, “This way. I have someone watching over him.”

“Are you sure it’s drugs?” I asked softly, harboring a final shred of hope within me. Like Ashton, Joseph was an outstanding man, so he shouldn’t be tainted with such a nasty substance.

“In all likelihood, it is.” Emery sighed regretfully, saying nothing further.

room door on the right, one on either side. Their

a moment at the door and questioned one of

been normal,”

response, Emery nodded. “Okay. Open the

Then he took out a key and unfastened the safety lock hanging on the door before pushing the

when we walked in, the huge room

reckoning that Joseph must have hidden away. “Perhaps

that, I pushed open the bathroom door but still saw no one there. However, the exhaust fan on the ceiling had been pried open, and the hole was just the perfect size for a

day that he had already

morose. “Why did he hightail it out of here when I

there was a chair to boost him up, it would’ve certainly taken quite some effort to climb up. Emery said he’s already doped up, so he’s likely weak and lethargic. Still, he climbed up with

on the phone earlier. “He didn’t

possibly tolerate showing others the most pathetic side of him? Even as a bystander, I feel as though

All of a sudden, something occurred to me. If he has been reduced to

address. No matter what, I had to go and take a look at things