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.”

“Then

“Fine by me.”

many years, so their behaviors

a relieved sigh. He acted as if I

we arrived at

the door to the black Mercedes-Benz was left

saw Ashton was reading

two o’clock. I still have to

and focused his gaze on me.

many good-quality restaurants around. However, Ashton managed to find one and a Chinese one

Ashton and I were seated, the dishes were

so fast, and it was already July.

silent and placed some food on my plate. He halted once my plate

“Try it. These are all your

at the table. Indeed as he said, all of them

changed, my taste changed after I had left J City. So I sat still, staring at him,

able to eat spicy food, so I stopped eating too. I would even skip garlic and ginger in my cooking because

After a while, he nodded and said gently, “I’ll change the

for all the

that it wasn’t necessary, so

new dishes and changed the plates. He continued to place food on my plate. “Eat more.

stared at the mountain of food on my plate

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

talk much, so I ate in

in front of me. “Eat slowly.