When There Is Nothing Left But Love Chapter 1532


    Thinking that Ashton had left to handle the issue with Nics, I headed downstairs to make a phone


    call.


    It was only when I arrived at the living room that I saw him and the kids all sitting on a sofa, each one of


    them as quiet as a mouse.


    My husband was holding a tablet, probably working. Gregory was having online sses with


    earphones plugged in, while Summer was reading a thick book. Even Audrey was keeping herself


    entertained by sitting down at a table and practicing her handwriting.


    There was something amiss about the entire scene.


    Ashton was the first one to notice my presence, putting his tablet down and walking over to ce a kiss


    on my forehead. “You’re awake.”


    “Mhm,” I nodded. “You guys…?”


    Audrey immediately jumped up at the sound of my voice, loudly announcing, “Mommy! Daddy was


    being mean and didn’t let me talk!”


    Summer quickly reached over to tickle her little sister in an attempt to get her to shut up. “That’s


    because you were being too noisy and woke Daddy up! It would be bad if you woke Mommy up too,


    you tiny monkey.”


    “No, I didn’t!” Audrey argued through a fit of giggles, scrambling away from Summer’s hands. “Uncle


    John said—”


    Realizing that she was about to expose her uncle, she instantly stopped herself short and pursed her


    lips together.


    Of course, I wasn’t that easily fooled by a kid who wore her heart on her sleeve.


    “How long did you sleep for?” I asked Ashton.


    “Daddy woke up early in the morning and helped Audrey wash up,” Summer interrupted before he


    could say anything.


    Doesn’t that mean that he’d taken John’s ce and only slept for three hours?


    That realization tugged at my heartstrings a little. Just then, John walked in from outside, meeting my


    knowing gaze and then taking a look at Audrey.


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    He awkwardly shuffled towards the other side of the living room, mumbling in a small voice, “Don’t


    me me. Audrey’s your biological child, so she ran to find you guys as soon as she woke up. I


    couldn’t have stopped her even if I tried.”


    I hid augh behind my hand. “So you went back to sleep and left Ashton to take care of the kids


    alone?”


    “She’s your daughter,” he shrugged. I couldn’t argue with him on that, and it seemed like he was going


    to stubbornly defend himself to the very end.


    I had no choice but to try and make Ashton go upstairs to rest for a while longer. “Go take a nap or


    something. You haven’t slept well these past few days.”


    Even though the day before had been because of…


    I didn’t let myself finish that thought. Regardless, we were no longer in our young adult life; we’d grown


    old and needed sufficient sleep.


    “I’m used to it,” Ashtonughed. “I’ve been surviving on three or four hours of sleep for the past few


    years. Don’t worry about me.”


    My expression soured. He must have had a rough time while being the Hall family’s cash cow for so


    long.


    Noticing that I was upset, he reached up and gently massaged my stiff shoulders. “I’ll have plenty of


    chances to rest in the future,” he reassured. “But I want to handle all our current problems before


    anything else. Next time, you’ll be free to determine when I sleep and how much I sleep.”


    “You swear on your life?” I couldn’t stop myself from smiling.


    “Of course! I would never dare to lie to my precious wife in front of her brother and our kids.”


    “Bleurgh. I can’t watch this anymore,” John shivered exaggeratedly, causing the kids to sneak nces


    at us and giggle.


    I let out a hopeless sigh at the kids’ amused expressions. What kind of little monsters were they going


    to grow up into with such a drama queen for an uncle?


    “That’s it,” John pped to gain the children’s attention. “A whole morning of being under your fascist


    dad’s strict rules is more than enough. Put down your homework and go out to the garden to y.”


    “Yeah! Uncle John is the best!”


    Audrey instantly jumped to her feet, dragging Gregory along to the side door that led to the garden.


    Laughing excitedly, Summer followed closely behind them.


    A six or seven-year-old child was usually at the peak of their mischievousness, but thankfully, we had


    Summer to help decrease some of the worries we had about the two younger kids.


    As soon as they were out the door, John’s face turned solemn. “Nics and his wife are being held in a


    basement. What are we going to do with the remaining Hall family?”