In Love, Never Say Never

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Ashton reacted swiftly by giving it a kick, which sent it flying onto the ground.

Later, I returned from my shock. As I took a closer look at the attacker, I recognized it was Marcus’s Tibetan mastiff. The last time when I saw it, it was tame and docile, lying beside his master. What’s wrong with the mastiff?

The mastiff was seen lying on the ground, whimpering in pain; maybe it was seriously injured by the kick.

Just then, the people came out of the villa as a result of the commotion. Upon seeing his injured pet, Marcus frowned slightly and then shifted his gaze to Ashton. “Mr. Fuller, why did you hurt my pet?” His anger was clear in his voice.

Holding his gaze, Ashton replied calmly, “Please understand it was not my intention to injure your pet. In fact, I’m trying to protect my wife.”

Hearing that, Marcus shifted his gaze to me. He didn’t utter a word when he saw me hiding behind Ashton, shivering in fear. Being at a loss, I lowered my head to avoid his gaze.

Just then, Sally came running out of the villa in her heels. Being as clever as always, she drew a causal link between the injured dog and my abnormality and immediately figured out what had happened.

Before I had even realized it, she had rushed up to me and held both sides of my arms. “Are you alright? Your hands are shaking. Should we go to the hospital?” she asked worriedly, her voice loud and clear.

behind her was Benjamin, whose wrinkled face was clouded over. Fixing his cloudy eyes on Marcus, he scolded angrily while pointing at the mastiff, “Get rid of this savage beast! Fortunately, Scarlett and the baby are alright. If not, you and your dog

“To you, I’m no different from

could tell he was upset when I caught sight of the emotions hidden at the bottom of his eyes. “Benjamin, I’m fine. Today is your birthday, and we shouldn’t let this spoil the mood.” I tried to introduce a note of levity so that Benjamin would go easy on his

jolly Benjamin along. “That’s right. After all,

are so

all day. Ashton has been feeding me up since I got pregnant. Hopefully, I won’t

hearty laugh. “You’re such a cheeky

Sally concurred with his husband, “Letty is indeed lovable. That must

the atmosphere was reduced in a

the others entered the house, I turned around to check on Marcus, who was standing beside his dog. The

room, Sally was serving us

the gift we prepared, handing it over to Benjamin. “I heard from Aunt Sally that you love collecting antique porcelain. I came across this at the Glenderg Auction and decided to bid it, thinking you might like

porcelain. “That’s very caring of you. I’ve sent my men to look for it at the auction, but I was told that it was bid on by someone else. It turns out it was you.” While carefully holding the porcelain, a smile gradually appeared on

Now that he is going to become a father himself, he has learned to be more considerate toward

almost forgot to bring the gift. Luckily,

bewildered when he suddenly gave me credit. In fact, I had