When There Is Nothing Left But Love
Chapter 1286

Chapter 1286

It was normal for keyboard warriors to speculate as they had no idea about the truth. But anyone intheir right mind could see that Ashton treated Thora like an ordinary friend. It was only after the media’sattempt at spicing up the situation that it felt like there was something going on.

If there really was something going on between both of them, it would have to be proven by themregistering their marriage at the Civil Affairs Bureau, instead of some blurry photos from an eye-catching angle.

“Hmm, you have gotten smarter I see. This sounds like what an observant person would say.” Ashtonleaned back languidly in his chair. Squinting his eyes, his face reddened a little from the wine he haddrunk.

“Observant? Perhaps.” I asked, “Just from what happened with Mitchell, it’s obvious that the Zieglerfamily does not harbor good intentions. You’d better be more careful when dealing with Thora.”

“If I had any other choice, I wouldn’t have chosen to sell my body.” Ashton suddenly widened his eyesas he looked at me with a helpless expression. “In the upcoming period, I will likely interact with heroften. Hence, don’t listen to the rumors on the internet. If there is anything out of the ordinary, I willpersonally explain it to you.”

For some unknown reason, Ashton looked exhausted that day.

Smiling at him, I tried to ease his concerns. “Go ahead and do what you think is necessary. Thechildren and I will be fine. Just one thing, even though I’m not by your side, don’t keep pulling latenights for weeks at one go. You need to take care of your health so that you can fulfill your promise ofmaking it up to me.”

“Alright.” Pursing his lips, Ashton nodded in agreement. As if something suddenly occurred to him, heasked, “With regards to Emery’s case, I heard she wants you to represent her?”

“That’s right. It’s her way of supporting my career, I suppose. Both for her sake and my future, I willdefinitely do my best. After preparing for such a long time, it’s time to see how good I am.”

“Get someone else to do it,” Ashton commented.

“Why?” I was puzzled. “Are you doubting my capabilities? Or are you worried that I’m not physically upfor it?”

I could understand the former but there was no reason to worry about the latter. The toxin in my bodywas like a time bomb. Before it explodes, I was no different from any ordinary person. If I had to forgomy life and stay in bed, it would be no different than being dead.

“Neither.” Ashton explained patiently, “Isn’t it obvious to you that Delilah is evil? She dared to hiresomeone to splash acid on Emery. Can you guarantee that she won’t do something similar to threatenyou? Given that you have so many staff at your firm, it isn’t difficult to get someone else to replace you.There’s no need for you to be involved.”

After giving it some thought, Ashton’s concerns did make sense. After all, before Emery got hurt, noone had expected a helpless-looking woman to commit such a heinous act the moment she steeled herheart.

“I understand. When the time comes, I’ll get someone else to replace me so that I can minimize theconflict between the both of us. So, you don’t have to worry about this.”

A few days later, when Emery’s case went to trial, the judge accepted all the evidence that wepresented. As expected, Delilah was sentenced to prison.

On the same day afternoon, upon my return to the law firm, I received an invitation from ZieglerInvestment for their anniversary celebration party.

The invitation wrote: We cordially invite Ms. Scarlett Stovall to attend Ziegler Investment’s 5th-anniversary celebration party.

The invitation made it clear that I would be representing Stovall Law Firm, drawing an obviousdistinction between my relationship with Ashton.

Meanwhile, the rumors about Ashton and Thora continued to spread. Putting aside Ashton’s plan, themedia were likely encouraged to do so by Thora and the Ziegler family. The law firm had only beenoperating for less than a month and yet, Thora was already impatient to see me. The invitation wasundoubtedly a trap.

As John was the one who exposed Mitchell, he wasn’t invited. Hence, I got Brooklyn to come alongwith me. On the way there, I had time to do some research on Thora.

In truth, Thora was considered a capable woman. At twenty-two, she returned to the country aftergraduating with an MBA overseas and joined Ziegler Corporation. In three years’ time, she doubled theZiegler Corporation’s stock price. In another two years, she had a falling out with the Ziegler family andleft to start her own company. Within five years of that, Ziegler Investments had become an industryleader in the building materials segment and was extremely influential.