When There Is Nothing Left But Love novel (Ashton and Scarlett ) novel Chapter 1751

Seeing that his attempt was futile, John slumped onto the couch and crossed his legs. “Then I’ll just follow my own will. I’ll go out when I want to go out and come back when I want to come back.”

I folded my arms, unfazed by his threats. “You’d better not try that with me. I don’t mind taking turns with Emma to monitor you round the clock. If it doesn’t bother you, then please go ahead and behave recklessly.”

John’s face instantly turned sullen as he complained, “You only do this to me. If you’re so good at it, why don’t you keep Ashton in check instead?”

At the mention of Ashton, I subconsciously knitted my brows. After pondering for a moment, I replied, “I’ll keep him in line as I have always done.”

I knew that Ashton didn’t change. It was just that he couldn’t express it for the time being.

Thinking that he had triggered me, John quickly cleared his throat and rephrased, “I’m not blaming you. I just want you to think about the matter from my perspective. You can’t let go of Ashton, and there’s no way I can allow Emma to manage such a huge company by herself. Her family… I’m a man too, Letty. You are my family, and so is she. I have to be fair. I can’t support you unconditionally while enjoying the results of her efforts and then back out like a coward at a time when she needs me the most, can I?”

“What? Did something happen to her family?” His words brought a sinking feeling to my stomach, but I expected it to be not as bad as I imagined.

Unfortunately, John gave me a heavy nod. “Someone has manipulated the stock exchange and trapped all of the Lyons family assets.”

“Was it… Nathaniel?” The look on John’s face confirmed my suspicions. My teeth began to chatter in disbelief as the matter caught me by surprise.

How is this possible? I acted as if I didn’t care about any of it, yet he still proceeded to destroy them. Did he see through my ruse?

I felt as if I had missed a step and fallen into a deep abyss.