In Love, Never Say Never

In love, never say never chapter 531

I pursed my lips and looked down at my fingers. “Give yourself a break.”

He got up, and before heading to his study, he turned towards me. “Actually, there are still some things I need to deal with. I’ll try to get it done asap, and see you in a bit.”

I mellowed as I saw him walked further away. When I finally came back to my senses, I realized I forgot to check if he wanted dinner.

Regardless, I went to the kitchen, made some spaghetti, and brought it upstairs.

The door was left ajar, and I could see him on the phone.

I wasn’t sure what the conversation was about. The fountain pen in his hand landed so heavily on the contract that it pierced through it. The ink spread into quite a sizeable area from the persistent pressure. Something vexatious was brewing.

Those solemn dark eyes of his noticed what’d happened, but his hand was still driving the pen deeper into the table.

“Are you done?” Fury shadowed his face.

The person on the other end of the line seemed to sense the tightness in his voice. Nevertheless, the conversation continued.

“Brothers? Him and I? You don’t know what the market is like,” Ashton growled.

Yup, he is angry.

After he hung up, ferocity lurked in every corner of his narrowed eyes. He glanced at the patch of ink, lifted his hand, and proceeded with signing as if everything was okay.

Splash! The flick of his wrist spilled his coffee.

He maintained his poise, pulled a few sheets of tissue, and pressed his desk dry.

All these years jostling in the market had made him stoic. A poker face was his go-to expression.

After going through certain phases in life, a man would know clearly what he desired and what he’d rather keep his hands off. Those were the means of survival.

Knock, knock!

Ashton looked towards the door and saw me standing outside. “So, what have you brought me?” The gloom that was on his face a second ago vanished. A faint smile supervened.

I smiled back and walked into the room. After putting the spaghetti on his desk, I wiped the remaining coffee off, feigning oblivion.

After that, I scooped the tissues from his hand and chucked them into the bin. “I’ve made some meatball spaghetti. It’s my first time making it though.”

He gave out a warm twinkle, sat himself down, and munched away as if what happened just now was a trivial event.

“By the way, how’s Aunt Sally?” I asked as I tidied the desk.

Sally was Marcus’ stepmother. Thus, it wasn’t wrong to say that Ashton and Marcus are cousins.

“Umph!” He responded with spaghetti still bunged up in his mouth.

My eyes looked towards the documents on the desk. It was the proposal of the acquisition on White Corporation drafted two years ago.

Why was it only signed now?

I scrunched some tissues and dapped on the spread ink.

“It won’t come off!” I whined. “Ink is the hardest thing to remove. Moreover, it’s on paper.” Coming from behind was his low and calming voice.

I curled my lips and put down the document. I couldn’t get myself to ask him about what happened.

Looking at the empty plate, my sense of accomplishment launched me into an attention-seeking puppy. “How was it?”

He nodded. “Invigorating.” Then, he kissed me on my forehead. “Also, Hannah should be discharged soon. Let’s pay her a visit tomorrow.”

It was amazing how he kept track of such paltry matters. “Sure thing!” I bobbed my head, and as I tilted my chin up, I purred, “Ashton, shall we make an appointment to remove the vasclip?”

“Hmm?”

“The past should be left in the past, shouldn’t it? Summer was born to the Crest family. I love her as much as I love you. With Jared visiting her every now and then, she’ll be showered with more love.”

There was a short pause before he laid his eyes on me. “You’ve given Jared the green light to see Summer?”

I nodded. “I’m in no position to oppose as he’s her father after all. Plus, I’d love to have a child of our own.”

His muscles went taut upon hearing those words before his smile grew wider. “Yes, Ma’am!”

He was with me on this.

Finally, something to cheer our day up.

As for the thing between him and Marcus, I guessed it’d be better if I stayed out of it.

After putting the fork and plate onto the tray, I headed back downstairs.

Summer was as active as a hungry squirrel after sleeping for the whole day. She was running around with Snowfluff in the living room.

It was nice to have a dog to keep her company.

Contrary to the tranquil and snowy landscape outside, Ashton was so wrapped up with work that I almost thought he was at the office all the time.

“Mommy, does Mr. Fuller have tons and tons of work to do? It looks like he’s having a hard time.”

“Summer, one has to bite the bullet and endure extreme pain to gain the respect of others. Physical pain is nothing.”

The toughest pain to undergo would be the torment in the deepest corner of the soul.

Camelia appeared in our yard out of the blue. But since she was here, it was only right of me to extend my hospitality.

Her face and ears were crimson red. “Scarlett, I thought you were trying to help Marcus when you gave him all your savings. Now I see your foul intentions! How could you set him up? You and Ashton are the same!”

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I was utterly flustered. “Wait a minute. Tell me what’s going on, and we’ll talk about it.”

I kept my cool.

She followed up with a sneer. “The money you channeled to Marcus for extra cash flow was HiTech’s earnings throughout these years. Has it come to your mind that this illegal loan would crush him? If the media disclosed this, White Corporation’s stocks would plummet and pulverize the White family. You are one cold-blooded cunning b*tch, Scarlett.”

“Illegal loan?” I didn’t get it.

HiTech’s profits had always been under my account, but I’d never used it. If it weren’t for Marcus, it would’ve remained as it was.

“The money loaned was all legal earnings. How on earth would it be illegal?”

“You should ask your husband.” She let out a contemptuous grin. “You couple are so good at playing good cop bad cop and would show no mercy.” Okay, that only made me more flummoxed.

My tongue tied up for a bit but managed to unravel itself eventually. “If this mess was caused by the money I’d loaned, I’ll take full responsibility. Please leave as it’s really late now.”

We were still friends after all. I didn’t think it was nice to be too harsh with my words.

understandable that her emotions got

Ashton’s study.

wasn’t friendly on the nose. I looked at the

kept quiet. His slender figure somehow felt alien

saw the same acquisition contract lying on the

I owed him one. If he weren’t desperate, he wouldn’t have accepted it.

The smoke from the cigarette between his fingers

you are upset because I didn’t talk to you about this? Then, blame me. It has nothing to do with White Corporation. Ashton, if you’re acquiring White Corporation because of this, you’re doing

He wrenched around and glared at me. “Tell me,

irked me. “Ashton, didn’t we say that the past is the past? What’s

because he still couldn’t get over the fact that Marcus gave

clammed up as his squinted eyes, brimming with anger, pierced through mine. “Who

onto me as he inched closer. “Or did

to

this shouldn’t

“Be a good

and bit my lip. It wasn’t that I have anything to hide from him, but it

snatched the

last call was

her,

mockery,

you. I’d never push anyone to a dead

thanks to the

the phone on the floor, and it was in bits and pieces. His pent-up fury got the best

and never had I saw him exploded with wrath.

this dark

moment where I actually thought he would

the ties between you and Marcus and stay out of

not worth it. It was funny how rage

anger was the result of repressed

from and decided to tolerate it. We all needed to channel our frustrations somewhere

quietly left

of howling in your heart and wishing to part, we couldn’t just smash things, nor should we simply

say never

to mask all crumbles and rumbles

went on with my routine—I took a shower, brushed my teeth, blew my hair, and

just tossing and

Ashton didn’t

our own emotions to deal with. To talk it out would only cut deeper into

hours of the night, a man opened the door. “Scarlett.” In a deep soft tone, he called out

and murmured my name a few

His

be bothered, and let my self sink

batted my eyelids open, it was already

Summer’s bedroom. That was when I saw a

She greeted me affably and

had hired her to

had gotten much better, and was playing

I started to head back to my

about it. I’ll be right down.” And I trod back to my

did I notice how long my hair had grown. It was

made a joke about it, saying that I could use my short hair to turn

guy would get the message sooner

might seem silly for that instance had turned into a heart-warming

ways. No matter the twists and turns our lives took, what was yours would always fall into your hands. On the contrary,

tap… That

my hair. To my surprise, it

and everything

quarrel

his gentle eyes observing my

his, and kept on with my business. But there’s a limit to

chose silence, and so

Huh!

could ask my question, Ashton put out his. “We’re going to visit

my, it totally slipped my mind! We spoke about

never had to give in since he’d been treated

and opened the drawer as I took out the hairband, and tied my

the company?”

in the mood for it. Plus, it’d take time to remove it. A chapstick would

to butter me up in

put a smile across my face as

At the dining table.

in the first place. Ashton’s phone rang when we were few bites into

assumed that it must’ve been about the company and excused

his back towards the table. His conversation was a string of technical

was

didn’t manage to whet my appetite. Scrape!

leave, he ruffled and hung up. “Hey, what’s the matter?

was definitely on edge when she heard that. After all, it was her

and

between Ashton and Marcus, regardless of my intentions. Me handing him the money instead of Ashton would send out a different

my oar in again? The only way out was to stay out

that I bought for Hannah. It was meant for her

that due to the freezing weather in K City,

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me coming downstairs. He was in the middle of telling

he asked. I nodded, and

carefully placed a box in my hands and started the engine. “This is HiTech’s

cover. Inside lay a classy new phone with a diamonds

my phone

gave it a rough scan, and slid

Hannah’s place was in absolute

villa in South District. It was baroque-inspired, and the yard was a medley of flora. Unfortunately,

hired two caregivers to take care of Hannah and the baby. He wasn’t home when we

came down to the living room when she heard our car’s rumbling engine

was in her warm puffy pajamas and looked rather pale as if she was just done

to squeeze out a

bad. But you lost so much weight!” I couldn’t help but noticing

once the baby’s

gestured for us to take a seat and had

around but saw no signs of

upstairs.” She then passed me a glass of water. “You know, he’s premature and will need to lounge a bit

her light-hearted statement, I still

things got better as she grew up,”

He would pick up his drink or

it and decided to break that drill. “Ashton, I bet that you’ve never seen a one-month-old baby. Why don’t you go upstairs and check

me for a bit and nodded before being led