In Love, Never Say Never (Ashton Fuller and Scarlett Stovall) novel Chapter 1622

I remembered how emotional and irrational I got when my children were kidnapped. Back then, I would rather the kidnappers took me as their hostage instead despite what Ashton and John said.

With the love of her life dead, her child missing, and her face modeled to look like someone else, it was enough to fill Nora with hate and change her completely.

I knew Ashton would have disarmed the bomb if he could, but that was just not possible. This is probably what Armond wanted. Even in death, the man continues to haunt our lives, and there’s nothing we can do about it.

Feeling helpless, I sighed before asking Ashton to take us home. Nothing much we can do for now. What’s bound to happen will eventually happen, whether we like it or not.

On the way home, I could not stop thinking about how I could make up for Nora’s losses. Her child was still an infant when Armond’s men took him away. Maybe he’s still alive somewhere. But even Nathaniel couldn’t find him; what chance do we have now that it’s been six years?

As much as I wanted to help Nora, I could not come up with a practical solution.

Because of how sudden our meeting was, I forgot to confirm with Nathaniel if he had really dealt with Marcus, who personally told me that he gave his life in exchange for mine. If that was true, then I owed Marcus my life.

Even though I met Ashton after the six-year coma, Marcus could have taken me somewhere far away and had me all to himself, but he did not do that. I wonder if Marcus hesitated to keep me to himself because he knew that he was going to die soon. Even the kindest man sins sometimes, so it’s not that hard to believe even the evilest man is capable of kindness, and Marcus is definitely not the evilest man I know.

I was so caught up in my own thoughts that I did not even notice that we had reached home.

Leaning in, Ashton unfastened my seatbelt for me before giving me a comforting smile. “We’re home. If you continue to frown that, I’m afraid that our daughter will have no choice but to smother you with love.”

I could not help but chuckle when I thought of how Audrey would always put her arms around my head to comfort me. “There’s no better way to die,” I remarked jokingly before getting out of the car.