In Love, Never Say Never

I was still recovering from the shock of what had just happened. My entire body felt completely numb.

Jared continued chattering next to me, but I didn’t register a single word he said. When Cameron and Zachary arrived in the room, Jared turned to look at me with a rather complicated expression on his face.

Cameron was the first to open his mouth. “Are you alright?”

I looked up at them and said in a dull tone, “If the both of you want to file a lawsuit against me, please go ahead.”

Cameron shook her head frantically. “No, we’re here to take a look at you! Ms. Stovall, you…”

Zachary interrupted her impatiently. “Alright, you’ve seen her. Let’s go and visit Rebecca now! This matter is over as far as I’m concerned.”

Jared helped me to bandage my wounds. As he gazed darkly after their retreating backs, he said with a frown, “I suppose the Moore family won’t be filing a lawsuit against you, then.”

Truthfully, I wasn’t afraid of what they might do to me. I bowed my head and stared at the wound on my arm.

Looking up at Jared again, I asked, “Nothing will happen to Ashton, right?”

He burst into laughter. “He didn’t sustain injuries to his lungs, so he’s fine. He’ll be alright after a few stitches, don’t worry about it.”

I nodded, still feeling a little uncertain.

Ashton jumped down from his hospital bed after the stitching and said to me, “Come on, let’s go home!”

mix of emotions surged up within me. “Ashton, you must be knocked in the head!” I exclaimed. “You’ve just come out of

and Joe went home, too.

to sneak out against doctor’s orders, I managed

he demanded, “Aren’t you tired

had been bandaged and were healing well, but I felt my heart ache just looking at them. “Lie down on your back,” I ordered. “We’ll leave the hospital only when the

him on the bed. “Lie here with me, or we’ll

was pretty tired. To his delight, I lowered myself into his bed, trying to put as much

wrapped his arms around my body. In a

voice, the tears I had been holding back started

don’t you dare do this for me in the future. I don’t need it, and I don’t want you to get injured because of

chin up and looked deeply at

to press a kiss on his

he pushed me away lightly and mumbled, “Alright, that’s enough. Don’t you

emotion. Since I had started it, I couldn’t possibly

now. “Scarlett, stop fooling around. We’re

refused to listen to him. After plastering his entire face with kisses, I lay my head against his chest and

the hospital, you know. If you want to make out, we can do

Haplessly, he tried to console me. “Do you really want to do it right

as much as you want when we get home. It’s a little inconvenient to do

was so unfair. In a rather hoarse voice, I said, “Ashton, don’t do this again in the future, alright?

words. In a deep, restrained voice, he replied, “You’re completely worth it. Everything