In Love, Never Say Never (Ashton Fuller and Scarlett Stovall) novel Chapter 1551

I thought the man was deaf. “T-Tiffany…” He suddenly called out in a fearful voice.

Hearing his voice, Tiffany turned to look at him. Her eyes immediately became watery, and tears were about to spill out at any moment.

Ashton was not bothered with their act of being star-crossed lovers. He coolly said, “Speak up now, my dear sister. Besides the obituary, what other good things did you have a hand in?”

There were no warnings or threats, but Ashton emphasized heavily on the words “good things”.

Perhaps she knew that this was the calm before the storm, or maybe she thought back to all the times she nearly died at Ashton’s hands – Tiffany was terrified. In a shaky voice, she said, “I-I was the one who suggested hypnosis to Dad. But I was forced to do so! Dad was too frightening. In these thirty years, he controlled everything I did. Which school I went to, the people I saw, how many assets I have under my name… Everything had to be according to his wishes. Only by doing so would I be considered a child of the Hall family and become an emotionless robot like he was!”

“But he didn’t stop there. He wanted to control not only everything we did but also how we think!”