In Love, Never Say Never

Ashton tends to do things this way too. I hung my head low at the sudden, intrusive thought about him while my nose wrinkled in discomfort.

Marcus did not notice my minute reaction. He merely grinned. “It’s not a waste. See, we’re using it now, aren’t we?”

We took a spin around the house. It didn’t look like we need to buy or replace anything, but the kitchen looked quite empty. Perhaps Marcus, assuming that I was not much of a cook, did not bother too much with the layout.

“Is there anything missing?” He said, changing the house key and fingerprint code to mine.

I nodded in response. “Since you’re free tonight, why don’t we cook at home? I can give Macy and Jackson a call later, invite them to join in. I should let them know I’m safe anyway. Ever since I left, it’s like I’ve been cut off from the outside world.”

Marcus nodded. He did not look too good, but I paid little mind to that.

We left the residence together and headed to the supermarket. There, we stocked up on basic cooking necessities, including rice, cooking oil, sugar, and salt. Marcus turned to me with a look of surprise. “You can cook?”

It was so embarrassing to have that question thrown at me. Impatiently, I rebutted, “Don’t underestimate me, alright? What makes you think I can’t cook?”

I picked a few seasonings and added bluntly, “Just you wait, I’ll show you what I’m capable of tonight!”

Laughter escaped him. He raised a hand, patted me on the head, and said, “Alright then. I’ll wait!”

upon an item on the shelf behind him, so I

looking rather solemn. I froze, faintly wary of an icy glare that seemed to be directed at

around, but Marcus pulled me into his arms and buried

he spoke, it was in a stern tone, “It’s getting

someone forcibly grabbed hold of my wrist and pulled

in a complicated mess. In short, the emotions reflected in his eyes were an impetuous, messy lot. The thoughts in my head crashed to a halt as though my brain had been struck by

at a loss of what to do. My body stiffened, my heart began to ache,

felt my hands and body tremble. In a moment, I broke off eye

him yet. I was not ready to tell him what happened to the baby. I was not

you…” A woman’s dainty voice suddenly rang, and it fell heavily on

begun to show. She was standing next to a shopping cart stacked with

these items before. They were more or less

the brink of emotional collapse. In

at Rebecca. No one expected I would turn

all. The next thing I knew, I tore at her delicately styled hair, yelling in a frenzy, “Rebecca, a life

Rebecca, scared out of her

behind. They had me tightly secured in their arms. A low, gruff voice

maddening red. I broke myself free from his arms