In Love, Never Say Never

Irritated, I was about to turn off my phone when another call came in. I frowned as I answered the call, “Are you still not satisfied with how miserable I am now, Ashton? Do you want to see me die?”

“You know what I actually want, Scarlett. If I could stay by your side…” His voice was hoarse, and I could vaguely hear the sound of rain over the speaker.

Feeling more irked, I had a strong urge to hang up immediately, but he added, “I’m downstairs.”

I was stunned. The next thing I knew, I was walking to the balcony. The moment I looked down, I saw Ashton standing in the rain by the lamppost downstairs.

Instantly, I was infuriated. “Are you crazy, Ashton?” Is he trying to torture himself by standing in the rain in the middle of the night?

But he chuckled. “You’re angry. Does that mean you’re worried about me?”

What the…

He’s crazy!

“You need to see a doctor, Ashton.” I hung up after saying that, a wave of frustration rising in me.

It was still pouring outside, and it wasn’t warm like the rain during summer. I was worried as he would definitely get sick if he stayed out there any longer.

After thinking about it, I gave Jared a call, but it went unanswered, so I called Joe. After some time, he finally picked up.

“What’s wrong, Scarlett?”

himself at the residence near Central Park. You’d better come and get him if you don’t want him to die. And please tell him that if he

good person! You—” I turned off my phone before he could finish his sentence. Joe was known for having a sharp tongue, and I

no sign of the rain stopping anytime soon, but Ashton remained rooted to his spot nonetheless. Joe finally arrived to pick him up after half

they were talking about, but I watched

the bed,

at dawn, I got out of bed and went straight to the company after

he saw that I wasn’t in good

nodded. “Ashton was downstairs. It

He then changed the topic, “Did you read through the document

that I forgot about my work. Without a choice, I replied truthfully,

smile. “There’s a meeting that you have to attend later. You’ll have to think on your feet since you didn’t

Me?

Alright then!

glanced at him.

got up and poured me a glass of water before telling his secretary to hand me my breakfast. “I’ll talk you through

to suspect that he was worried that I would starve to death. That

started to eat after taking a seat on the

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