In Love, Never Say Never

Marcus sneered. His voice turned ice-cold as he continued, “He’s gone crazy looking for Scarlett? What do you take us for? Idiots?”

“Marc!” Sally said angrily, “Watch your tongue!”

“My tongue?” Marcus snorted. “The best way to hide a misdeed is not to commit it. Go back and tell Ashton that Scarlett doesn’t need him. And tell him to stay away from her!”

Sally realized there was no way to communicate with Marcus, so she took my hand and said, “Letty, if for some reason you’re not willing to see Ashton, then come back with me. Don’t stay here. Marc is an unmarried man, while you are a married woman. This is K City. People talk. If you’re caught by someone with ill intentions, think of what it’ll do to the Fullers and the White family’s name!”

“Ho!” Marcus scoffed, “Family name? Oh, now you bring it up! Haven’t you done enough damage to the Fullers and the White family? What? Are you here to put the blame on us?”

Those words hit Sally like a hard slap on the face, rendering her speechless.

I was not in a good state of mind. I pushed Sally’s arms away and, unable to answer or add anything to their argument, I ran towards the residential entrance.

Sally called out to me from behind. She wanted to give chase, but Marcus stopped her. “That’s enough. Do you think the Fullers haven’t hurt her enough? Her baby died two months ago, on the night of Ashton and Rebecca’s engagement. He died from suffocation. Where were you all then? Where were all of you when she was locked in a warehouse, struggling to escape? Her baby’s dead. The Scarlett you know is dead too. Now, she wants nothing to do with the Fullers.” Marcus’ booming voice echoed in the night.

I froze in place when my eyes took in the figure standing in front of me. It was Ashton. Under the night sky, his eyes appeared red, while agony crossed his face.

Behind me came Marcus’ angry voice. “You go back and tell Ashton to stay far away from her, or I’ll beat him into a pulp each time I see him.”

eyes locked on me as he approached me, one step at a time. I could

happened to the baby?” He spoke, his voice lowered to

but could not utter

us. When he saw Ashton, his face was overcome by fury. “The baby’s dead. He couldn’t be born in time, so he died from suffocation. Are you

eyes still reddened. He directed his gaze towards me and, with restrained emotions, he uttered, word by word, “Scarlett, tell me,

the whole thing was too painful to be put into words,

deeply and spat out the two words that could potentially cost me my

seeming to have lost his balance. He looked at me with a

knew he

be crying all the time. If we suffer but flesh wounds, there is nothing to cry about. If

he

Realizing that the situation was getting from bad to worse,

off. He promptly carried me into the residence and got me

the bed. He stuck around to console me, “Don’t overthink it. They

speak. Tears began

Life is too hard!