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!”

In love, never say never chapter 532

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.

of that, it was understandable that her emotions got the best of her since she was

her out, I went to Ashton’s study. He was taking a

friendly on the nose. I looked at the clock and stood behind him. “Hey, it’s already

quiet. His slender figure somehow felt alien

eyes wandered onto the table and saw the same acquisition contract

gave Marcus the money. He saved my life, and thus, I owed

didn’t budge. The smoke from the cigarette between his fingers stung every strand

you about this? Then, blame me. It has nothing to do with White Corporation. Ashton, if you’re acquiring White Corporation because

and glared at me. “Tell

that the past is

jealousy that drove him cruel? Was it because he still couldn’t get over the fact that Marcus

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

foulness creeping onto me as he inched closer. “Or

to my phone and took a few

shouldn’t be

brows. “Be a

anything to hide from him, but it was his intimidating

snatched

last call was from

to be ‘best friends’ with her,

mockery, I gaped

never push anyone

thanks to the hell I

slammed the phone on the floor, and it was in bits

years, and never had I saw him exploded with wrath.

blankly as this dark and bloodthirsty

moment where I actually thought he

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

myself hurt for the benefit of others was just not worth it. It was funny how rage could overthrow one’s gentility and

sudden burst of anger was the result of repressed

and decided to tolerate it.

left the room. We weren’t kids

how hysterical it became, even to the extent 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 with

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

was just

Ashton didn’t

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

in the wee hours of the night, a

and murmured my name a

sorry.” His voice whispered

let my self sink deep into my

my eyelids

bedroom. That was when I saw

was Flora, the new caregiver Ashton hired. She greeted me affably and went back to her

her to

gotten much better, and was playing

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

right down.” And I trod

did I

hair to turn down love confessions. All I had

would get the message sooner

the past. What might seem silly for that instance had turned into a heart-warming memory that could

own peculiar 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

tap… That must be

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

I swiveled back, and everything went half

quarrel

gentle eyes observing my every braid

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

chose silence, and

Huh!

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

mind! We

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

opened the drawer as I took out the hairband,

have to go to the company?” I rubbed my

as I wasn’t really in the mood for it. Plus, it’d take time to remove it. A

so pretty!” He tried to butter me

smile across my face as I stood

At the dining table.

first place. Ashton’s phone rang when we were few bites into our late lunch.

must’ve been about the

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

that I was positive about was that he

plate didn’t manage to whet my appetite. Scrape! My chair dragged

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

all, it was

my head and

purse. I need to stop sandwiching myself between Ashton and Marcus, regardless of my intentions. Me handing him the money instead of Ashton would send out

knew what horrendous actions Ashton would take if I were to put my oar in

for the gold bracelet that I bought for Hannah. It was meant for

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

love, never say never

He was in the middle of telling Flora the dos and don’ts around the house and with

I nodded,

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

classy new phone with a diamonds cast gold rim.

he smashed my phone last

the box, gave it a

Hannah’s place was in

yard was a medley of flora. Unfortunately, the deep snow took center

of Hannah and the baby. He wasn’t

still in confinement. She came down to the living room when she heard our

puffy pajamas and looked rather pale as if

her some effort to squeeze

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

is what happens once the baby’s out,”

us to take a seat and had the

saw no signs of

passed me a glass of water. “You know, he’s premature and will need to lounge a bit longer in the

I

that too. But things got better as

a totem pole. He would pick up his drink or

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

and nodded before being led up to the second floor by