In Love, Never Say Never

I shook my head. “I won’t!”

He smiled but remained silent.

For the first time, I realized that John was actually quite talkative, seeing as he’d been babbling away all afternoon. Since the matter with the AI project was settled, I wasn’t in a hurry to leave either.

So, I propped my chin on my palm and listened intently to him. “Letty, all these years, I’ve been thinking about where I belong in the world, but you were always the one who came to my mind. So I don’t think I’ll ever be able to let you go.”

I stared at him, not knowing what to say. In the end, I gave him a terse reply, “Just take things one step at a time.”

I couldn’t give him false promises about his future when my own life had already hit a dead end. If it weren’t for the hatred fueling me, I would never have lived until today. Hence, I never promised anyone anything. I was selfish like that, unwilling to spare him even a sliver of hope.

Noticing the exhaustion lining my features, he asked, “Are you tired? Do you want me to take you home now?”

I nodded and left the restaurant with him.

Along the way, I started to feel drowsy. He stopped talking and played some mellow music for me to ease into slumber.

Leaning against my seat, I closed my eyes and tried to sleep. However, it proved impossible. More often than not, I lay wide awake in bed, so falling asleep in a car was out of the question.

Even though I was sleepy, I just couldn’t drift off. When the car stopped, I instinctively opened my eyes, only to see John getting out with a dark look on his face.

Ashton’s towering figure was planted firmly in front of the car. He looked slightly haggard and seemed to have waited at the entrance of the residential area for a long time.

after getting out of the car, he raised his fist wordlessly and threw

either. I just remained in the car, my heart

Even so, his anger hadn’t yet diminished as he roared furiously, “I’ve never met a b*stard worse than

silent and slowly got to his feet. Although he had been beaten

front of the car, he stared at me with dark eyes. When our eyes locked, I felt no love, only the pressure of bitter memories

long while before I

and said in a clipped tone, “Please step aside. We need to drive the car in!” He was blocking the entrance, and I couldn’t

pain to shoot through my hand. After staring at me for a long time, hurt flashed across his eyes as he forced out

no. It was probably due to

was caught in my throat. My eyes stung with imminent tears, and I flung his hand away with all my might, keeping my emotions

John left the keys behind, so I started the engine and looked at the man standing motionless in front of

he said, “If my death will make you feel better, so be

freezing, billowing so strong that the leaves on the roadside were blown everywhere, like orphans left to fend

the way!” I paused, narrowing my eyes a fraction before continuing, “Because I will run you

was calm, but John

looked at me and warned in a grave tone,

Squinting my eyes, I

stupid at the same time. Stupid because right before the car rammed into Ashton, I jerked the

suicidal act caused my head to buzz. There was a sharp pain in my chest before something

spat a mouthful of blood and slumped weakly