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

They might have something they wished to say, but I did not prompt them and focused my attention on Summer instead.

When Cameron finally had enough of the inertness, she looked to me. “I heard from Nick that you are getting a divorce from Mr. Fuller.”

I nodded to that but merely grunted under my breath.

She was stunned and did not know how to respond.

It was Zachary who got a little agitated. “Good riddance to him. Having a scheming man like him around will sooner or later lead to our ruin.”

Cameron frowned slightly, momentarily at a loss. She looked at me and exhaled. “Where will you go from here?”

I pursed my lips. “If you have something to say to me, just get to it.”

They were dumbstruck. “Have you found out about the swapping of your DNA samples, Scarlett?”

“I have. I was brought up by Grandma and never needed my birth parents for so many years. When you abandoned me back then, you should have been mentally prepared that I’m not likely to acknowledge you.”

moment before I continued, “After everything that happened in the last year, the most I could do is not to

she looked at me. “My dear, I understand if you are upset. But you can’t possibly not acknowledge us as you are our flesh and blood. How would I have harmed

I were Rebecca and not your own child, you would harm me without restraint? Where in the world are there people without enmity? But if enmity justifies murder, then what would become of

lot about the path I’ve gone down recently and realized how wrong I was. In the end, I was punished for

his arms and comforted

if you don’t want to return with us, but as parents, we can’t

retrieved a black card from his suit pocket. “Hang on to this. You will always be the young lady of the Moore family, no matter where you are. There’s no spending limit on this card. I won’t try to dictate the future that you choose. I only

eyes widened. “What do you think you are doing? Now she can only depend on us as she’s divorced from Ashton. Where do you expect her to go? I can take care of her if she comes

“It would be better if she doesn’t get embroiled in our troubles. I’m sure she has her own plans

take care of yourself outside, and come back

Though I may not be well off, I’ve enough savings over the

I got to my feet. “It’s getting late and Summer is hungry, so I must excuse

room, we bumped into Jackson at the door. He blinked before he eked out

from the bedroom before I closed the door behind him and tended to

before Jackson knocked upon the door. “Are you done, Scarlett? Can