When There Is Nothing Left But Love novel (Ashton and Scarlett ) novel Chapter 1747

“Have you finally reached your limit?” Supporting himself on his knees, Nathaniel bent down and leaned closer to me. He was smiling, but the smile did not reach his eyes. “Come, tell me—do you still love Ashton now?”

I swore I wanted to give it all up then, just as he wished. I wanted to scream to the world that I was done playing games and I could no longer care if Ashton insisted on walking toward his own doom.

However, the look in Nathaniel’s eyes sparked uncontrollable defiance within me. A voice in my head repeatedly reminded me that I was looking at a demon and not a man. The difference between them lay in the fact that a man knew how to show mercy while a demon didn’t, just like how a rat would never escape from the grasp of a cat.

Once the cat got tired of toying with it, certain death was the only fate that awaited the rat.

My gut feeling told me that if I admitted defeat now, none of us would survive.

At that moment, the call finally got through. A lady’s gentle voice rang out over the line. “Hello, this is the emergency services. How may I help you?”

With my phone in hand, I took a deep breath and ended the call. I got up to my feet and met Nathaniel’s puzzled gaze as I walked to Ashton’s side. Then, I lifted my heels, threw my arms around his neck, and gave him a kiss.

Ashton was initially caught by surprise as he quickly held his breath. But after regaining his senses, he struggled and pushed me away.

I stumbled backward but steadied myself again. I was unable to hold back the ecstasy I felt.

Given how honest the reactions of our bodies were, I finally found the answer I had been searching for.

Thereafter, I looked in Nathaniel’s direction. I saw him purse his lips and that his eyes were glowing with suppressed rage. Evidently, he was infuriated by my actions.

Well then, let me just add fuel to the fire.

This time, Ashton had no reason to accuse me of not being smart enough anymore.

Nonetheless, this was still an assumption on my part. To either assist Ashton or plan my next move, I needed him to give me a clear sign of confirmation.

After all, joining them was just a smokescreen I was using.

Nathaniel had gone to great lengths to destroy the beautiful image of Ashton in my heart. He wanted me to be so disappointed in Ashton that I would stop loving him.

Since he regarded love as a video game, where it can be withdrawn at will, I would turn myself into a bug in his game in order to frustrate him.