When There Is Nothing Left But Love novel (Ashton and Scarlett ) novel Chapter 1748

By putting myself out there, I could force Ashton into revealing his true intentions.

I didn’t want to be in his way, but I couldn’t tolerate the world turning its back on him either. Hence, I had no choice but to elicit a response this way.

In the midst of the long silence, Joseph had lost consciousness due to the overwhelming effects of the drug. As the cold breeze filtered through the building, tension started to build up in the surrounding atmosphere.

Nathaniel’s gaze was constantly trained on me, like an eagle eyeing a rabbit.

Just like Ashton, he was good at seeing through people. I reckoned he was hoping to read something from my facial expressions. Luckily, I had picked up a thing or two from John’s nonchalant attitude as Nathaniel drew a blank in his search.

Just as expected, he averted his gaze in defeat after a two-minute staring contest. Closing his eyes, he lost himself in his own thoughts.

As the seconds ticked by, Joseph’s chances of survival grew increasingly slim.

Sneaking a glance at him from the corner of my eye, I clenched my fists and decided to negotiate the terms under false pretenses.

“Hey,” I called out to Nathaniel as if I was the wife of a mafia boss. Then I went straight to the point as I continued, “Don’t think that I will work for you for nothing in return. If you want to leverage the resources of the Fullers and Stovall Corporation to expand your business, you have to agree to my two conditions.”

“There’s no place for you to interfere in men’s affairs.” Ashton tried to stop me. His expression was as icy as ever.

I tilted my head and looked at him with a mischievous smile. “What else can I do? I wish to stay by your side forever. In fact, both my body and soul desire it. Didn’t you feel it from the kiss just now?”