In Love, Never Say Never

Without looking at his expression, I straightened and went into my bedroom. In this world, no one would go out of their way to help someone else for no apparent reason. There had to be a motive. I was smart enough to know why Marcus treated me so well.

Sometimes, I wanted to continue feigning ignorance just so that I could stay. However, humans were complex beings. I couldn’t very well put on a facade forever, not to mention the current me couldn’t afford to be ignorant anymore.

“Scarlett!” He paused before asking in a low voice, “Have you ever… felt anything for me?”

His question stunned me, and my mind couldn’t formulate a response for a while. “I’m sorry, Marcus!”

A low laugh came from behind me. “Okay. I understand.”

His simple words carried a sense of heaviness.

Even so, there was nothing I could do about it.

I parted my lips, attempting to say something, but no words could escape.

Back in my bedroom, my chest tightened uncomfortably. Even after a whole night of tossing and turning, I still couldn’t fall asleep.

During the past two months, I never once thought about how I was going to spend the rest of my days.

Besides solving the matters between Ashton and me, there was also Marcus. I had no qualms accepting his meticulous care. In fact, I even enjoyed it. However, I seemed to have forgotten that there was nothing I could give him, and at the end of the day, he was the one who’d get hurt.

I was broken and beyond repair, so I shouldn’t drag him into my mess.

The night passed by so slowly that I thought the sun would never come up.

The next day.

a sleepless night, my head buzzed with a pounding

was already in the living room. Upon sensing my presence, he looked at me with

homey meal comprising of eggs, bacon,

each other., he remained silent and ate his food

circles beneath his eyes, I asked without much thought, “Didn’t sleep

tersely, “Eat more.” With that, he filled my

for a while but

wandered off when my phone rang. When I felt Marcus’ eyes on me, I snapped out of my daze

phone number was flashing across

Marcus raised his brows. “Aren’t you

placed it against my ear and waited for him to

have a lot of stuff? I can go up and help you with them. I’m downstairs

the curtains open. True

flat voice, then added, “I’ll meet

that matched mine.

Marcus looked at me with pursed lips. “You haven’t finished

stared at him and hesitated for a moment, knowing that he was in a bad mood. “Thank

this, I didn’t know what else I could say. Since everything in the bedroom was arranged by

he abruptly grabbed my

him. I hurriedly shoved him away and massaged my neck as anger simmered in me. “Marcus, I

laugh. “You always see the

stared at him, then I said in a

to lecture or