In Love, Never Say Never

“You…”

I pushed her away then headed straight for my office in the hotel.

…

Finally, it was afternoon.

There was no more trouble from Joyce since the morning. It could be that she had left work early due to being in a bad mood.

Deep in thought, I didn’t notice Joseph standing at the entrance to my office until I heard the excited screams from my female colleagues.

“Ms. Stovall, may we speak in private?” inquired Joseph.

I felt the prying glances from all around me, so I nodded uneasily. “Sure!”

We left my office and came to a quiet area. “Mr. Campbell, is there anything I can help you with?”

He pressed his lips into a thin line. “Mr. Fuller wishes to see you.”

I instinctively wanted to reject but nodded after some hesitation. “Where is he?”

“The hotel’s parking lot!”

I nodded. “Okay!”

When he saw me walking back towards my office, he continued, “Ms. Stovall, Mr. Fuller is already waiting for you downstairs.”

I turned to look at him silently before saying, “I know. I need to get my purse.”

he acknowledged, “Then

“Fine by me.”

for many years, so their behaviors

a relieved sigh. He

later, we arrived

Mercedes-Benz was left open, he

got in the car and saw Ashton was reading a document intently

o’clock. I still have

his gaze on me. “After lunch, I’ll send

was small, so there weren’t many good-quality restaurants around. However, Ashton managed to find one and a Chinese one

it was pre-booked, once Ashton and I were seated, the dishes were

window. Time passed by so fast, and it was already July. Soon, summer would end in a

food on my plate. He halted once my plate

said, “Try it.

gaze, looking at the table. Indeed as he said, all of them used to be

So I sat still, staring at him, and said, “Spicy food is bad for health, so I’ve adapted to a light

Summer wasn’t able to eat spicy food, so I stopped eating too. I would even skip garlic and ginger in my cooking because

emotions in check. After a

and asked for all the dishes to be

it wasn’t necessary,

He continued to place food on my plate. “Eat more. You seemed

set in a hard line. I stared at the

passed, and I became more taciturn. In the past, I would have taken the initiative to ask him for my

to talk much,

water in front of me. “Eat slowly. There’s