When There Is Nothing Left But Love
Chapter 1777

Chapter 1777

Chapter 1777 Another Slap

There was no use crying over spilled milk, but I could not help but glance at the silent Ashton. All of asudden, a thought popped into my head. The moment Nathaniel closed his eyes, I raised my hand toswing it downward again, leaving a clear palm print on his face.

Finally, Nathaniel was infuriated. He immediately grabbed my neck and hissed, “You’re pushing yourluck!”

“Mrs. Fuller!” Joseph tried to rush over to rescue me, but after a loud bang, he collapsed onto hisknees.

At some point in time, Nathaniel had fished out a gun and shot Joseph’s calf.

By the time I came back to my senses, the warm muzzle of the gun was already pressed against myforehead.

He won’t pull the trigger. That was what I guessed.

However, at the same time, I realized that Nathaniel’s choices were always different from an ordinaryperson’s choices. That bullet was something I would not be able to avoid.

Bang!

“Ah!”

Before I could think about what I should do next, Nathaniel swung his gun to the side and shot theother leg of Joseph, who was trying to clamber to his feet again. Blood pooled underneath him, and hecould only support himself to a partially upright position with his hands.

Perhaps he was afraid that he would infuriate Nathaniel. Joseph bit down hard on his lip as he shookfrom the pain, forcing down the whimpers that threatened to escape past his lips. He endured it to thepoint where even the veins on his temples popped.

Meanwhile, Nathaniel was bloodthirsty. He slowly shifted the gun to point it at Ashton, who was alreadyinjured.

I have to stop this.

Before anything else passed through my mind, I fixed my eyes on the gun in Nathaniel’s hand.

In the next second, I grabbed his hand and pulled to make the muzzle point at my left shoulder instead.Then, I pressed down on Nathaniel’s index finger and pulled the trigger.

Bang!

It was too late for Nathaniel to stop me. The bullet buried itself into my flesh, and it felt like I had fallenon a pit of spikes. The agonizing pain nearly rendered me unconscious.

Forcing the pain to rest at the back of my mind used up all my strength. I could not gain control over mybody anymore, and I gradually lost balance and consciousness.

Even though I knew that the bullet had not hit anything vital, I could not help but look toward Ashtonlongingly as my vision blurred.

He’s looking at me.

Upon registering that, I let go of everything and fell.

The last bit of memory I had before passing out was a tug on my waist.

My eyes rolled in their socket, and I realized that I was alive. Instantly, I opened them.

From the decor of the space around me and the scent of disinfectants in the air, I deduced that I was inthe hospital.

I then moved my fingers and pinched my thigh. The pain told me that I was not in a dream—that I wasstill alive. Soon, the sharp pain on my shoulder sobered me up for good.

I won. What about Ashton?

In a rush to replace out the answer to that, I pulled away from the blanket and struggled upright on the beddespite the pain. Just as I stuck on a foot and before I could put it onto the floor, a familiar low voiceabove my head said, “Are you that eager to die with Ashton?”

Ashton’s dead? No. He must be lying. If he killed Ashton, then he wouldn’t let me alive either.

“Of course.” I lifted my head to glare daggers at him. “I live only for him. If he dies, there’s no meaningfor me to keep living. You can save me once, but you won’t be able to be there in time forever. As longas the opportunity comes to me, I’ll definitely follow in Ashton’s footsteps.”

“Do you think I care?” Nathaniel questioned, his voice devoid of emotions. The icy and prideful look onhis face made him seem like a grim reaper who just came from hell.

Of course you do, I thought. Otherwise, you wouldn’t do all these to keep me alive. Soon, you will knowhow terrifying one person’s intense emotions can be.

“I know you don’t care, so…” Halfway through my sentence, my eyes flickered toward the televisionstand. A second later, I jerked upright and slammed my head at it.

Although I managed to avoid its sharp corner, the force of the collision made the world spin around me.I slumped against the stand and collapsed.