When There Is Nothing Left But Love novel (Ashton and Scarlett ) novel Chapter 1737

Hearing the sounds, I cast my gaze over, only to be greeted by the sight of Ashton walking in expressionlessly.

He wasn’t at all surprised to see me. Instead, he calmly swept a gaze over the room. Upon seeing no signs of Joseph, he looked in our direction and asked placidly, “Where is he?”

“He made off.” Emery shrugged, indicating that everything was as he could see, and there was no need to search anymore.

After hearing that, Ashton lowered his eyes, seemingly in contemplation. In the next moment, he spun on his heels to leave.

“Wait!” I called him back. “Do you know what they did to him?”

Ashton stopped with his back to me, utterly silent.

Perhaps he didn’t know anything, or maybe he didn’t want to admit it, but I wanted him to face it and confront everything he once cared about deeply.

“They broke into his house and caged his wife and children in, blackmailing and threatening him. They injected drugs into him. You’ve seen what an addict looks like. That’s exactly Joseph’s condition right now. He trusts you greatly, but what about you? How did you treat him? You merely watched as Rebecca humiliated him and walked over him, forcing him to pay the price of his dignity for your personal grievance. And now, he’s even tormented by drugs, not even daring to see anyone. This is how you treat a friend who’s even closer to you than a brother!”

Walking up to him, I forced him to look me in the eye. The distance between us remained mere inches.

When I noticed that his ebony eyes were staring back at me, my confidence soared. I looked right at him without backing down in the least. “Actually, you’re only putting on an act. Otherwise, you wouldn’t have come.”

Ashton tilted his head slightly, his gaze darkening a shade. “So?”

His sudden question startled me, and my mind went blank as I stared at his familiar face.

I thought that most bystanders in the world were kind, even toward strangers. When they saw someone in a sorry state, compassion would then well within them. But at that very moment, there wasn’t a hint of sympathy in Ashton’s eyes.

Is he hiding it too well, or am I too sensitive?