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

“Not necessarily. We have no idea what Nathaniel is thinking, or how far he is willing to go with this game. Coming from another perspective, he still wants to see how much you are willing to sacrifice for Ashton. Or else, we wouldn’t be testing your threshold repeatedly.”

According to John, Nathaniel still refused to believe that I was willing to give up everything for Ashton. As a consequence, he wanted me to feel that the Lyons family was still in danger despite being under John’s protection.

Fortunately, my first reaction was to call John to understand what had happened instead of rushing off to question Ashton or Nathaniel. If I had done that, everything we did would have been for naught, as I would have exposed my own weakness.

Evidently, Ashton wasn’t the only one Nathaniel understood well. Nathaniel easily saw through me too.

Since I had passed the test, I decided to continue with my act. “What time is the meeting tonight?”

“It’s at seven.”

“I’ll see you at The Jade, then.”

Since I would be heading to Emery’s turf, I thought it would be appropriate to give her advance notice. Hence, I headed directly to her home upon ending the call.

during the day, and John’s family

she had gone out in the morning and didn’t

who was dressed in casual clothing

the passage of time. Coupled

of the past

way he looked, I wondered if he had

each other? But

“Xavier hasn’t been feeling well lately, and Emery is bogged down at work, so I came over for a few days to take care of him. I’m staying in the guest room by

short explanation bordered between drawing a line and indirectly showing off. He sounded as if he would

still didn’t know how I should interact with him. In the end, I replied with a smile, “That’s between you

message?” Hunter was considerate in the way he did things. He would

just give