When There Is Nothing Left But Love
Chapter 1009

Chapter 1009

She was rowdy as usual. “Why did you keep putting your phone in silent mode? I’ve been calling youthe whole morning. How are you recently? Do you feel exhausted? You only woke up after ten.”

I glanced at my phone in shock. Indeed, it was already half-past ten. “Have you been here for a longtime?”

She nodded. “I’ve waited for a long time. If I hadn’t called Ashton who told me you are still living here, Iwould’ve thought you moved away. By the way, who is this girl?”

She walked toward the villa and asked about Amy. I helped her with her stuff and answered, “She’sAmy, my adopted daughter. I haven’t given her a proper name as of now.” I asked her, “I thought youwent to K City? Why are you back here?”

“It’s all Armond’s fault!” she complained. “It took me some time to replace him in K City, but he told me tocome to A City instead. He must be crazy! Is it fun to fool me?”

She opened a box of durians. The smell was too much for her, so she immediately complained, “I can’tbelieve you like durian. It’s so smelly.”

I was quite surprised. “How did you know I like durian?”

She pouted. “Armond told me you are pregnant, and I was to come to spend time with you. I didn’tknow what you like, so I asked him. He said you might like durian, so I brought some along.”

“Didn’t Armond come to A City, too?” I was taken aback.

Nora’s lips thinned. “He’s here. He said so himself, but the house next to yours is empty. I don’t knowwhere he is. Is he that busy? Did something happen to him?”

It was clear that Nora had no clue what was going on. I didn’t press on and brought Amy to thebathroom to teach her how to wash herself up. I washed up and sat down to enjoy my breakfast.

Nora must’ve been bored as she extended an invitation to me. “Are you busy later? If you have time,wanna come shopping with me?”

I shook my head. “I need to go to the hospital. My parents brought Summer here as she needed to beoperated on. I’m too busy to go shopping with you.”

“Oh, I see,” came her disappointed reply. “Alright. We’ll see. By the way, have you seen Haileyrecently? She won’t pick up my calls. What happened to her?”

Shaking my head, I said nothing. Nora differed from me as she was used to leading a comfortable life.She had neither faced any difficulties nor wanted something really bad in life. Perhaps it would be agood idea to be as heartless as her.

As Nora was free, she followed me to the hospital. I had decided to carry on with the surgery eventhough I would bear the guilt of hurting Amy for my entire life.

Cameron and Zachary were elated to replace out that Amy could donate her bone marrow legally. Thesurgery’s date was set for a week later. Amy was too weak, so the doctor wanted her to rest for a fewdays in advance. Afraid I would be too exhausted, Cameron hired a caregiver to take care of Amy.

There was nothing for me to worry for they would take care of the children well.

On a Sunday midnight, I received a call from Nora.

The background music was deafening, so I guessed she was in a club or something. Her voice cameover the line. “Scarlett, can you come to pick me up? I can’t drive. My whole body has gone limp.”

I hurriedly agreed. “Where are you? Send me your address. I’ll be there soon.”

She mumbled in response. I hastily got changed and drove out. It took her some time to send me theaddress— the famous Imperial Hotel in A City.

Nora liked to have fun, so it was normal for her to be in a nightclub. She was usually alert, so Iwondered how someone managed to drug her tonight.

When I arrived at Imperial Hotel, Nora was lying in the club’s lobby. There were a few attendants by herside. It seemed that someone had ordered them to keep watch on her.

One of the attendants recognized me and hurried over. “Ms. Stovall, you’re finally here. Ms. Oberick isabout to tear the place down.”

After racking my brains, I still couldn’t figure out who this woman was. I asked hesitantly, “Do you knowme?”

The woman nodded with a polite smile. “Mr. Murphy showed me your photo and told me to wait for youhere.”

Huh? My confusion deepened. Armond’s here? Then why didn’t he send her back himself and askedme to come instead? What is he up to?