In Love, Never Say Never

For a moment, there was a rumbling in my mind. My heart skipped a beat. Eventually, I took a deep breath and asked the unthinkable, “Did something happened to Macy?”

She did not reply me. There was a moment of silence before she stressed again, “Just come here. You’ll see!”

“Fine!”

Right after I hung up the phone, I booked an air ticket to J City. I was lucky because there was still time. There was a flight from K City to J City in an hour.

When that was done, I started the car again. It was then I saw Joe exit the White Corporation office building. He jogged towards me, arms waving.

His appearance surprised me. I stopped the car and peered at him. “What now?”

“Scarlett, Ashton’s booked a table at a Western restaurant in South Metro. Do you want to join us?” He extended an invitation to me with a broad grin on his face.

Wait, South Metro? Where young folks in K City like to go to hang out at night? The most lavish place to enjoy nightlife?

I looked at the time. I could barely make it to the airport in under one hour if I set out now. I did not have time for lunch.

Ashton also walked out of the building to join us, his face still void of emotions.

“Sorry, Mr. Quinn. I won’t be able to join you. I have other things to do

mean? Don’t you know why Ashton booked a table at a Western restaurant in South Metro? He’s making up for

things out. And I appreciate Ashton’s kindness. But, please tell him

off onto the road, feeling extremely

that I refused to ease the relationship between us, but I still had some resistance. Resistance against what, even

J City, where I would take a short break, and perhaps everything would turn out

lot of foot traffic at K City airport every day, in addition to the congestion on the road. Fortunately, I made

air ticket in a hurry and boarded the plane. I found my seat

tray table, buckle your safety belts, and kindly turn off

notified of the dozen of missed calls, all of which were from Ashton. There were also a few text messages, all

off quickly, I merely scanned through them. The first one asked for

for me to reply, so

barely slept last night so, not long after the plane took off,

landed. I turned on my phone and checked the

there to pick me up when I got off the

it already looked like night had fallen. Stacey was wrapped in a thick

and said, “Yes. Take me

was undecipherable. After a pause, she spoke, “Let’s get something to eat first. I’ve booked a restaurant. After