When There Is Nothing Left But Love
Chapter 303

Chapter 303

I pried her fingers off my arm and went to the supermarket. My chest lightened uncomfortably atSally's claims. Indeed, there seemed to be a cloud hanging over Marcus lately, but this didn’t meanthat he hated Sally to the point of wanting to kill her.

After buying a bottle of water, I was about to go back when I spotted a black Maybach speedingtoward the place where Sally was seated.

Everything happened so quickly that I couldn't react fast enough. All of a sudden, Ashton came outof nowhere to protect Sally.

My breath caught in my throat and I dropped the bottle of water before running toward Ashton,instinctively shielding him.

Glimpsing the person at the driver's seat, my eyes widened in terror. Marcus? Why is he...

Perhaps he didn't expect that I would rush over at the very last second, he abruptly spun thesteering wheel and swerved sharply to avoid me, ramming his car directly into the traffic light at ajunction.

Seeing the car coming to a halt, 1 released a sigh of relief and turned back to look at Sally who wasparalyzed with fear. = =

“I told you he wants to kill me-"

Bang! A loud crash assaulted my ears, interrupting Sally's quaking voice.

My entire body froze and devastation tore through my chest.

Somehow, I managed to muster the courage to look back at Marcus who had supposedly stoppedhis car safely.

At that moment, he was lying on the ground drenched in blood that was quickly pooling all aroundhim.

Why did he come out of the car?

My knees buckled and my body was drained of all strength. I fell to my knees and stared at him, Iwanted to crawl over to him but I don't have the strength to do so.

How could this happen?He was clearly safe just now. Why did he get down?Why did he cross theroad? Why... Why is this happening?

"Ahhh..." With tears welling in her eyes, Sally shrieked in horror when she saw Marcus lying on theground.

Ashton picked me up from the ground, but I tugged on his shirt, using every fiber in my body toforce words through the lump in my throat. “Send him to the hospital!”

Ashton placed me on the bench while a crowd surrounded Marcus whose blood had already staineda large section of the ground.

As I stared at him, I noticed he was looking at me while moving his mouth, but I. didn’t know whathe was saying. All I could feel was the stabbing pain in my chest that was so palpable I could barelybreathe through it.

Ashton approached him and reached out to check his breathing, then turned to look at me with agrave expression.

I got up and walked toward him with what remaining strength I possessed. Marcus lifted his handweakly to grab mine. The moment he opened his mouth, blood poured out from the corners of hislips.

I shook my head and looked at him through my tears. “Don't talk, Marcus. You'll be fine. Help is onthe way.”

He struggled to force a smile onto his lips that had turned bloodless along with his face. “Scarlett,everything's over now. In our next lives, I'll meet you first, and you'll. fall in love with me first.”

I couldn't seem to replace my voice. My chest felt congested and there was a buzzing sound in my ears.I forced myself to choke out, “I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I shouldn't have been so selfish. I'm sorry. It's myfault. I shouldn't have...”

I shouldn't have set him aside when he lost both his parents almost at the same time. I shouldn'thave disregarded his feelings and deliberately kept a distance from him. I shouldn't have ignored hisemotions and the faith that kept him going. I was wrong.

He smiled again as more blood trickled down the sides of his mouth. “It's okay. I know things havebeen tough on you, so live... well.”

Watching his eyes flutter shut, despair crashed into me. I had already lost count of how many times Iwatched my loved ones leave my side one by one.

And I was always the culprit who either directly or indirectly caused their deaths. I was clearly theone who deserved to get hurt, who deserved to be punished, and who deserved to die. But in theend, it was always someone else who took my place

I stared at Marcus’ lifeless body, then turned to see Ashton’s impassive expression before glancingat Sally who had a disdainful look on her face. Lastly, I swept my gaze over the passersby that hadgathered around and were engaged in heated discussions.

Never before had I felt that the world was such an unsympathetic and cruel place. My heart felt likeit had been stabbed by a hundred knives and it hurt to even breathe.

Why do people die so quickly?l haven't even digested his last words or recalled what happened justbefore this, and he’s already gone?

When the medical staff carried Marcus’ body from the ground, I abruptly shoved Ashton away andheld tightly onto Marcus’ hand, preventing them from taking him away. However, Ashton easilyoverpowered me and enveloped me in his arms before saying in a crisp voice, “Calm down, Scarlett.He's already dead.”

As I stared at the pool of blood on the ground, heavy resentment grew in my heart. I looked at anashen-faced Sally and articulated my words, “The person who should've died is you, isn't it, Sally?”She was so shocked she staggered backward. With a pale complexion, she looked at me in disbelief."What did you say, Scarlett?”

“The person who should've died is you, isn't it? But why are you still alive? You're the one whopushed Sharon to her death. You're the one who used Benjamin and Sharon's deaths to kill Marcus.It's all you, from the beginning until the end. You're the real murderer and the one who deserves todie the most.”