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

Things always looked a little blurrier when you were staring at them using one eye instead of two.

John stepped into the room and brushed past the nurse, who couldn’t help but gaze admiringly at him. A man with his handsome looks was bound to attract female attention wherever he went.

He was probably used to it as well. He walked into the room and gazed down at me, his eyes full of worry. After glancing up and down my body, his eyes settled on the pinpricks of blood on the back of my hand.

“How did you manage to do that to yourself?”

I replied blithely, “My skin is too fair, I suppose. It was very difficult to find the veins.”

John frowned a little but didn’t say anything more. As he continued to gaze at me, he asked, “Well, how do you feel?”

I evaded his question expertly. “Have you found Summer?”

John nodded and replied, “Yes, we’ve already found him. Ashton suspected Kristina all along, but it wasn’t until he found Summer that he realized something was terribly off. That was when he went to look for you in the factory.”

I pursed my lips. Ashton was a very clever man indeed. Also, that taxi driver had disappointed me greatly! I thought he would at least be kind enough to help me call the police.

I couldn’t help but sigh. Strangers weren’t to be trusted, after all.

John looked at me with a strange expression on his face. “Why aren’t you asking me how Ashton is?”

That was a difficult question. How was I supposed to answer that?

of the sulfuric acid, so his injuries were probably far worse than mine. However, I was still a little hesitant about asking John about his

at John and asked morosely, “John, don’t

has been planning this for a long time. You’re not to blame for this incident, because you couldn’t have predicted his actions. It’s well within your rights to be mad at Ashton, but

put in his very best effort. He was a human being and not a god, after all. He couldn’t have known that

Ashton was the root cause of that grudge in the first

swirling in my eyes, John sighed a little, looking very helpless. “Scarlett, if you don’t let go of your grudge now,

retorted, “What about you, then? Can you disregard Hannah’s family background and live happily with her for the

silent at my question. Looking rather perturbed, he muttered, “We’re talking about

things from my perspective. Sometimes, it’s hard to understand the viewpoint of the other party when you aren’t in their shoes. You might even think I’m making a big fuss over nothing. However, if the same thing happens to you, you might be singing

pursed his lips, probably thinking that I was a lost cause. The

burning feeling gripped my face. I lay in bed, thinking miserably

The moment she saw me, tears fell from Cameron’s eyes like a

chose to remain silent as well. Knowing that Ashton had caused my injury indirectly, their faces were

they found out that Ashton had taken the splash of sulfuric acid for me, their expressions lightened up a

however, didn’t change the fact that I had been injured anyway. They wanted an

of chasing down people, the Crest family would be defenceless regardless of how much influence they commanded in

of causing intentional hurt before long. Everyone had expected this outcome.

very badly injured by the sulfuric acid, and a large part of his skin had been corroded by the chemical. He had to

intensive care unit, his condition