When There Is Nothing Left But Love
Chapter 1617

Chapter 1617

When Tobias noticed that his mother seemed off, he approached her to tug on her shirt. “Mommy, areyou crying again?”

So that she would not worry her child, Camelia quickly wiped her tears away and took a deep breathbefore turning around to smile at Tobias. “No, I’m fine.”

After embracing her child to assure him that she was okay, Camelia shifted her attention to me.“Scarlett.”

The woman’s tone was so stern that it stunned me for two seconds. “Yes?” I nodded at her to show herthat she had gotten my full attention.

“You saw how Marcus is. Even though he never mentioned it, you and I both know that you’re the onehe wants to see. It has always been you, so I hope you can come to visit him for the next few days. Hemay have the necessary medications to keep him alive, but that’s not all he needs. Marcus needs areason to continue living, and you’re the only one who can give it to him. Will you help?” requestedCamelia somewhat helplessly.

In response to that, I nodded hesitantly. “I should…”

“No,” interrupted Ashton suddenly before I could finish my sentence. Right there at the entrance stoodthe man with a cold visage.

Since he knew that Marcus had feelings for me, there was no way he would ever agree to let me seethe man every day, even though the man only had very little time left.

Worried that Ashton would make a scene, I hurriedly darted over to calm him down. This is not the rightplace to have a heated discussion. Whatever it is that Ashton wants to say, it’ll have to wait until we gethome.

After giving me a reassuring look and placing his hand firmly on my shoulder, Ashton turned to look atCamelia. “You’re almost as crafty as Marcus himself, so I would say that you two are a match made inheaven. If he fails to see that, it’s his loss.”

Somehow, what Ashton said to the woman sounded oddly puzzling, but before long, I realized that hewas belittling Camelia.

The man had always been a gentleman, but when facing someone as unreasonable as Camelia, hewould not hesitate to speak his mind.

“Mind your words,” I reminded Ashton because I did not want him to take his anger out on Cameliawhen Marcus was the one that he had a beef with.

“Tell me. Was I wrong?” Ashton continued to glare at the woman without even blinking. “You’re smart;I’ll give you that. You knew that Letty would never come here with you, so you deliberately requestedthat she meet you at the gate alone. You also knew that she was a softy. That’s why you fed her thesad stories.”

“I don’t know what you’re talking about.” Refusing to meet Ashton’s glare, Camelia quickly turned asideto avoid the man’s hostility.

To that, Ashton scoffed condescendingly before continuing, “Okay, let’s assume that you have no ideawhat the man’s been up to all these years just so I can tell you how unoriginal I replace his schemes to be.That man is either pretending to be sick or purposely going MIA. So, I’m going to be as straightforwardas I can with you. The answer is no.”

Without giving me a chance to say anything, Ashton then grabbed me by the shoulders and forced meto enter the elevator.

“Wait! I’m not done here yet!” I writhed and struggled to go back to Camelia, unwilling to end ourconversation like that. Ashton has a point because Marcus did try many tricks on me, but I saw thecorpse-like man lying almost lifelessly on the bed myself. There’s no way anyone could’ve faked that. Itook a total stranger under my wings just so the child could have a bright future. What makes Ashtonthink I can just turn off my compassion for a dying man?

Still upset, Ashton refused to listen to anything I had to say and continued to hold me so that I could notleave his side, but while waiting for the elevator, the man gave Camelia and her child another coldglance.