In Love, Never Say Never

It was still early when I got home. Bored out of my mind, I called Macy.

To my dismay, her phone was still switched off. It’s already been three months. She should’ve been done with her confinement by now, but why is her phone still turned off?

Helpless, I called Jackson instead. The call rang for a long time before it connected, and he sounded quite busy when he spoke. “Scarlett, I’m taking care of the baby now. What about you? What are you doing?”

I blinked in surprise. It must be quite difficult for a grown man to take care of a baby.

“Are you still with Macy in the countryside?” I asked while making myself comfortable on the sofa.

There was a momentary pause on the other end of the line before he answered, “Yeah. And you? How are you doing? Good?”

I nodded even though he couldn’t see me. “Yeah. I’ll return to J City around the end of the year. Are you two planning to come back to celebrate the new year? Or are you going to stay in the countryside?”

“We’re not too sure yet!” He seemed busy, so I quickly asked, “Where’s Macy? Is her phone broken? Why isn’t she answering her phone? I haven’t been able to get through to her for quite some time already.”

“Yeah! She’s quite busy. Anyway, I gotta go now. Let’s talk again some other time.” With that, he hung up the call.

I froze for a moment before putting my phone away.

…

At C Hotel, an international five-star hotel.

walked to the front passenger side and opened the door for

long. When I got out of the car, I couldn’t help but express my concern, “To be honest, this is my first time wearing a

faintly. “Then you’ll have to follow me

other

hotel. There was already someone standing by the Roman columns at the hotel’s

It was Sharon.

her for quite some time, she seemed to have aged quite a bit. Today, she was wearing a burgundy

an elegance that was accumulated over the years as time had the ability to polish off the rough edges of women, giving them a gentle

you’re finally here! The guests should be arriving soon. Your grandparents are already here. Hurry up and go say

who might this

couldn’t recognize me, I was at a loss

“Mom, you’ve met her

froze, her eyes dipping down to look at my stomach. After a transient moment, she exclaimed, “It’s you!” She frowned and

said that no matter who I brought today, you wouldn’t

to their children. Sharon obviously hated Sally and looked down on the

was willing to put up with me, the daughter-in-law of the Fuller family,

soft sigh, she glanced at me and

lopsidedly before leading me into

yet. Refreshments were arranged on both sides, and the two Bauman elderlies were chatting with