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.

top of that, it was understandable that her emotions

out, I went to Ashton’s study. He

and it wasn’t friendly on the nose. I looked at the clock and stood behind him.

kept quiet. His slender figure somehow

wandered onto the table and saw the same acquisition contract lying on

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

smoke from the cigarette between his fingers stung

didn’t talk to you about this? Then, blame me. It has nothing to do with White Corporation. Ashton, if

wrenched around and glared at

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

that drove him cruel? Was it because he still couldn’t get over the fact that Marcus gave me a month of

eyes, brimming with

feel foulness creeping onto me as he inched closer. “Or

I clenched tight to my phone and took a few

shouldn’t be

a

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

snatched the phone

last call was

with her,

mockery, I gaped at

never push anyone to a dead end, expose all

when I uttered those hurtful words, thanks

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

for seven years, and never had I saw him exploded with

blankly as this

where I actually thought

lips and spoke. “Sever the ties between you and Marcus and stay out of anything that

not worth it. It was funny how

burst of anger was the result

it came from and decided to tolerate it. We

was why I quietly left the room. We

it became, even to the extent of howling in your heart

never say

conditioned to mask all crumbles and rumbles

back to the bedroom, I went on with my routine—I took a shower, brushed my teeth, blew my hair,

just tossing and

Ashton didn’t

emotions to deal with. To talk

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

to my bedside and murmured my name a few

sorry.” His voice whispered

my self sink deep

the time I batted my eyelids open, it was already late

bedroom. That was when

Flora, the new caregiver Ashton hired. She greeted me affably

her to take

better, and was

as I started to head back to my room, Flora called out. “Madam, lunch is ready. Would you like me to send it to your

worry about it. I’ll be right down.”

I sat at my dresser, and only then did I notice how long my hair had grown.

shoulders. Macy once made a joke about it, saying that I could use my short hair to turn down

would get the message

of the past. What might seem silly for that instance had turned into

ways. No matter the twists and turns our lives took, what was yours would always fall into your hands. On the contrary, despite persistent efforts, you’d eventually lose what was meant for someone

That must be

braiding my hair. To my surprise, it wasn’t

and everything went

we quarrel

and I could see his gentle eyes observing my every braid through the mirror. There wasn’t a tinge

meet his, and kept on with my business. But there’s a limit to my hair length, meaning I had to come to a

silence, and so did

Huh!

right before I could ask my question, Ashton put out his. “We’re going to visit Hannah later. Do you

my, it totally slipped my mind! We spoke

his initiative. He never had to give in since he’d been treated like a king his whole life,

nodded and opened the drawer as I took out the

you still have to go to the company?” I rubbed

of putting on make-up as I wasn’t really in the mood for it. Plus, it’d take time to remove

to butter me up in

put a smile across my face as

At the dining table.

the first place. Ashton’s phone rang when we were

been

got on his feet as he answered the call and turned his back towards the table. His conversation was a string of technical terms, which sounded like a foreign language

was

to whet my appetite. Scrape! My

and hung up. “Hey, what’s the matter? Is the

heard that. After all, it was her first day at

my head and

I need to stop sandwiching myself between Ashton and Marcus, regardless of my intentions. Me handing him the

if I were to put my oar in again? The only way out was to stay out

gold bracelet that I bought for Hannah. It was meant for her baby’s

weather in K City, they’d just celebrate the occasion over a

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coming downstairs. He was in the middle of telling Flora the dos

he asked. I

in the yard, Ashton carefully placed a box in my hands and started the engine. “This

a classy new phone with a diamonds cast gold

smashed my

it a

Hannah’s place was

Hannah a villa in South District. It was baroque-inspired, and the yard

hired two caregivers to take care of Hannah and

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

and looked rather pale as

to squeeze out a smile.

But you lost so much weight!” I couldn’t help but noticing how gauntly thin she had

once the baby’s out,” she

us to take a seat and had the caregiver

but saw no signs of

of water. “You know, he’s premature and will need to

her light-hearted statement, I still felt

like that too. But things got better as she grew

He would pick up his

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 it out? At least you’ll know what it’s like

bit and nodded before being led up to the second floor by the