When There Is Nothing Left But Love
Chapter 1747

Chapter 1747

Chapter 1747 A Bug

“Have you finally reached your limit?” Supporting himself on his knees, Nathaniel bent down andleaned closer to me. He was smiling, but the smile did not reach his eyes. “Come, tell me—do you stilllove 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 wasdone 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 headrepeatedly reminded me that I was looking at a demon and not a man. The difference between themlay in the fact that a man knew how to show mercy while a demon didn’t, just like how a rat would neverescape 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 isthe 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 metNathaniel’s puzzled gaze as I walked to Ashton’s side. Then, I lifted my heels, threw my arms aroundhis neck, and gave him a kiss.

Ashton was initially caught by surprise as he quickly held his breath. But after regaining his senses, hestruggled 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 glowingwith suppressed rage. Evidently, he was infuriated by my actions.

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

“You’re right. There’s no way people with different values can be together. But compared to Ashton,principles don’t worth a dime. So I have changed my mind and will join both of you. I’ll fork out all mymoney and play this game alongside Ashton. That way, we can continue loving each other again. Isn’tthat right, Nathaniel?”

Worried that my words were not effective enough, I put on an innocent expression and an ambiguoussmirk as I continued, “What’s wrong? Isn’t that what you have been waiting for? Aren’t you planning topull Ashton down from his pedestal and imprison him in this hell of yours? Since I can’t stop you fromdoing it, I’ll fall into it together with him. Now that you have the two of us, isn’t it a pretty sweet deal foryou?”

I knew better than anyone else that Nathaniel didn’t just want to ruin Ashton’s reputation. He wanted todestroy him completely.

Therefore, there was no way he would allow Ashton to have his way in this underground world of his.Once he realized that every one had forsaken Ashton, he would consequently lose interest. By thattime, Nathaniel would make sure that Ashton disappeared from the world.

From Nathaniel’s perspective, there was only room for one of them in this world, and he would naturallybe the last one standing.

Having been with Ashton for so many years, I could clearly recognize it when he hated someone. Withregards to the kiss just now, he neither waited coldly for me to finish nor push me aside from thebeginning. His reaction indicated that he wasn’t on his guard against me. He was worried that hishonest reactions would be exposed in front of Nathaniel.

In the face of an unpredictable foe, one had to use the element of surprise to defeat him.

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, Ineeded 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 wantedme 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 abug in his game in order to frustrate him.