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

Chapter 37

Chapter 37

Tears rolled down my cheeks, and my muffled sobs gradually turned into piercing wails of anguish. I couldn’t care less about how Ashton felt at that moment.

He stopped in the end, softening his tone to soothe me. However, the more he comforted me, the louder I cried

In the end, he stopped talking and just held me in his arms since neither gentle coaxing nor harsh threats worked on me.

Once the waterworks started, it was close to impossible to stop it. He was left with no choice but to embrace me and let me cry it all out.

After a long while, I had finally cried myself hoarse. With my tears all dried up now, I started to quiet down.

“Are you done crying?” he asked in a low and hoarse voice.

I wasn’t in the mood to talk to him now. My eyes were so swollen that I could barely open them.

“Four years ago, I brought Grandpa to the southwest border to meet his old comrade-in-arms. On the road, we ran into a group of outlaws.” As he hugged me and spoke, I could hear the melancholy and sorrow in his voice, surprising me quite a bit.

Was

was poor and supplies were scarce there. At that time, several border countries were at war with each other. Those outlaws sought asylum and broke into the home of Grandpa’s comrade, trying to threaten us into taking them in. The

I looked up at him and asked curiously, “Then what happened?” My voice was severely hoarse from all the crying

to ask him, the corners of his mouth rose slightly and he dropped a

girl. They traveled from D City to abroad for business. Grandpa and I had basically lost all our money and identification documents while we were on the run, so we could only borrow money from the brother and sister for our return back home, but we never expected the outlaws

had already made a few guesses of my

and asked, “The pair of siblings were

here to recuperate. He could be cured, but something

so why didn’t Grandpa approve of you and Rebecca?” If Grandpa approved of my marriage to Ashton, why not Rebecca? After

eyes, his lips stretched into a broad smile.

at me. His smile was gentle, angelic even.

hitched and I felt shy all of a sudden, trying to squirm out of his arms. “You haven’t

getting late. We should sleep now!” He pulled me against his chest and pressed my hand to his crotch, rasping out in a deep voice, “Scarlett, you have to

I stared at him with incredulity, and my cheeks flushed crimson red.

I protested in a tiny

His breathing grew heavy.

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