When There Is Nothing Left But Love
Chapter 1209

Chapter 1209

I realized that those from the Stovall family had a knack for pissing people off. Had Louis not gottenhimself into politics twenty years ago, he probably would’ve ruined the lives of countless young womenlike John.

Louis waited until Ezra had left before asking worriedly, “What did Ezra talk to you about?”

“He wanted me to talk Ashton out of his plans for revenge.”

“Hmph, I knew he was up to no good!” Louis snorted disdainfully before instructing the servants nearby,“If Mr. Grant comes by again, I want you all to send him away on the spot!”

It was rare to see Louis lose his temper at anyone other than John, so I chuckled in amusement as Isaid, “Looks like your grudge against Ezra is a lot stronger than that of Ashton’s!”

Louis let out a huge sigh in response. “I was this close to nabbing Ezra and his men back then, but hemanaged to get away in the very last moment and has been living the high life here in K City eversince. Most of the businesses that he owns are in legal gray areas, so there wasn’t much I could doabout them. Looks like bringing them to justice before my retirement is just wishful thinking now…”

Emery and I didn’t know much about the stuff that took place in the older generations, so we kept quietas we didn’t know what to say.

After a brief moment of silence, Louis shifted his gaze towards Emery and asked, “You’re that girl fromthe Moore family, aren’t you? You’ve just gotten married to Hunter a while back, right?”

“Yes, that’s right,” Emery replied with a shy smile.

I couldn’t help but replace it strange that an official of Louis’ caliber would be so close to someone likeHunter.

“Hmm… Not bad, you two go well together!” Louis nodded with a look of approval on his face as hecontinued, “Hunter is a great man and has huge potential, so make sure to offer him your full supportas his wife!”

Does that mean Hunter is planning on getting into politics? Why hasn’t Emery ever told me about it?

Emery nodded awkwardly with a stiff smile on her face and kept quiet.

“You have an urgent call, Mr. Stovall,” Louis’ assistant said as he came running into the living room witha phone in his hand.

Louis then took the phone over and went into the study upstairs with his assistant.

By the time I turned around, Emery was already packing up her stuff.

“I just remembered I had something to take care of, so I have to get going now. Talk to you later!”

“Huh? Wait…”

Ring! Ring! Ring!

I was about to call out to her when my phone started ringing, but decided to let her go when I saw thatit was Ashton calling.

“Have you had breakfast?” His voice was so hoarse that it sounded like he had been staying up allnight.

“Yeah, just a while ago. You stayed up all night again, didn’t you?”

“Has Ezra left?” Ashton avoided my question by changing the topic.

I was about to pour myself a cup of tea, but set the teapot down when I heard that. “You knew he’dcome?”

“It was a guess,” Ashton said with a chuckle. “Looks like my guess was correct, after all. Things aredifferent now compared to how they were twenty years ago, and they’re the ones that are afraid of menow!”

Ezra’s promotion depended heavily on his performance, and those around him had tried really hard toget him promoted. However, things have changed, and people of higher positions received moreattention from the public. Thanks to the great emphasis placed on transparency, even the tiniest ofmistakes were greatly magnified. As such, Ezra had tried to appease Ashton in hopes of staying out oftrouble.

More importantly, Ashton wasn’t the only enemy Ezra had. Apart from lower-ranking officials like Louis,he had another rival who was also going after the promotion. Despite the rival seemingly have a higherchance at victory, they were both evenly matched and extremely cautious in their approach.

“Ezra is just trying to stall for time right now. Once he gets that promotion and eliminates his rival, I’mthe first person he’ll be coming after. In fact, I think he’s already making his plans on getting rid of meas we speak. You may be my wife, but you are still a member of the Stovall family. The reason Ezracame here in person was to test the water and see if there was a need to go after you as well.” Ashtonsounded really calm as he explained it to me.