In Love, Never Say Never

Argh! I guess I can’t out-talk him, huh?

“Thanks for the ride home!” I decided to keep my mouth shut and boarded the car as instructed.

He nodded and responded with a poker face.

When we were about to reach the villa, I couldn’t suppress the urge to ask him about the thing that had been bothering me. “Joseph, where’s your girlfriend?”

“I don’t have one, Mrs. Fuller!”

I nodded and remarked, “Well, I thought so. Otherwise, your girlfriend will have a hard time dealing with you.”

He took a peek at me for a few seconds before turning around to focus on the road. “Actually, I’m married.”

I was completely speechless and decided to wrap up our conversation because I was pretty sure I would get increasingly infuriated if I were to go on.

Once we were back in the villa, I got out of the car as soon as possible and strode my way into the living room.

I changed into a pair of indoor sandals in the foyer and noticed the light in the living room was switched on. There was a man in the living room, enjoying his cup of tea as he indulged himself in reading a book.

“A**hole!” I blurted out the things I had in my mind almost instantly.

He frowned and stared at me silently, but I ignored him and bounced my way up the stairs without any hesitation.

“Hold it right there, Scarlett!” Ashton broke the silence and raised his volume out of the blue, rendering me incapable of motion while I was on my way up the stairs.

confronted, “What do

chuckling and asked rhetorically, “What do I want? How dare you raise your volume

proven yourself to be right! Is there anything else you want from me?” I glared at him

in a righteous manner, “I’ll turn a blind eye to the incident that has occurred

sake! Marcus was merely drunk!” Halfway through my reply, I avoided his gaze

back his anger anymore. “Scarlett, what does it take to get you to

looked at him in the eyes because he was frustrated for real. “Fine! I’ll try to stay away from him in the future. I’m conscious of the things I’m doing, okay? You have

knew nothing was going on between the duo, but

what makes you think something’s going on

his expression, I knew I had to bring the conversation to a halt. Otherwise, things would spiral out of

sorry, okay? I’ll definitely stay away from Marcus in the future. I promise you I won’t get anywhere near him

my sudden change of attitude. “Scarlett, are you keeping

when I hadn’t done anything wrong? Actually, what does he want? I can’t seem to talk any sense into him at all! I have

“Ashton, I have told you the things I have in

I finished my sentence, I brought myself upstairs because I couldn’t take it anymore-if

surprise, he grasped my

the heck do you want?” I turned around and confronted

as he requested, “Calm down, Scarlett. Let’s head upstairs after we get ourselves something

was my turn to express my discontent. I yelled, “Can’t you

an aggrieved manner while he showed me his hands. “I’ve accidentally hurt

the absurd reply from him. If

must have accidentally hurt himself when he

you no shame at all?” He had the audacity to put on an innocent front when he was the aggressive one who had