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.

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

out, I went to Ashton’s study. He was taking a puff on the

the room, and it wasn’t friendly on the nose. I looked at the clock and stood behind him. “Hey, it’s already

quiet. His slender figure somehow felt alien to

and saw the same acquisition contract lying

gave Marcus the money. He saved my life, and thus, I owed him one. If he weren’t desperate, he wouldn’t have accepted it. Now

between his fingers stung every strand of

to you about this? Then, blame me. It has nothing to do

glared at me. “Tell

didn’t we say that the past is the past? What’s

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

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

creeping onto me as he inched

natural instinct, I clenched tight to my phone and took a few

this shouldn’t be

his brows. “Be a good girl. Give

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

He snatched

last call was

with her, eh?” He

his mockery, I gaped at

push anyone to a dead end, expose all my fiendish intentions, and

hurtful words, thanks to the hell I had been

in bits and pieces. His

together for seven years, and never had I saw him exploded with wrath. It almost made

as this dark and bloodthirsty character

where I actually

ties between you and Marcus and stay out of anything

of others was just not worth it.

burst of anger was the result

it came from and decided to tolerate it. We

left the room. We

became, even to the extent of howling in your heart and wishing to part, we couldn’t just smash things, nor should we

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all crumbles and rumbles with

with my routine—I took a shower,

was just tossing

night, Ashton

To talk

started to zone out a bit in the wee hours of the night, a man

name a few more times but eventually stopped.

His voice

be bothered, and let my self

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

That was when I saw a middle-aged lady

the new caregiver Ashton hired. She greeted me affably and went

had hired her to take

much better, and was playing with Snowfluff in the

started to head back to my room,

I’ll be right down.”

I sat at my dresser, and only then did I

I’d always preferred to have it cropped to my shoulders. Macy once made a joke about it, saying that I could use my short hair to turn down love confessions. All I had to do was tell

get the message

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

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

That

turned around while braiding my hair. To my surprise, it wasn’t

back, and everything

we quarrel last

and I could see his gentle eyes observing my every braid through the mirror.

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

and so

Huh!

question, Ashton put out his. “We’re going to visit Hannah later. Do you

slipped my mind! We spoke about this

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

nodded and opened the drawer as I took

you still have to go to the company?” I

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

tried to butter me up in a childlike

a smile across my face as I stood up and went into the

At the dining table.

rang when

must’ve been about

turned his back towards the table.

I was positive about was that he was acquiring White Corporation

to whet my appetite. Scrape! My chair

to leave, he ruffled and hung up. “Hey, what’s the matter? Is the food not

it was her first

and said, “I’m not

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

if I were to put my oar in

for the gold bracelet that I bought for Hannah. It was meant for her baby’s one-month-old

that due to the freezing weather in K City, they’d just celebrate the occasion over a nice dinner with

never say never

in the middle of telling Flora the dos and don’ts around

set?” he asked. I nodded, and we headed

parked in the yard, Ashton carefully placed a box in my

staggered before lifting the cover. Inside lay a classy new phone with a diamonds cast gold rim. Quite fashionable, I’d

my phone last

gave it a rough scan, and slid it into my

to Hannah’s place was in

bought Hannah a villa in South District. It was baroque-inspired, and the yard was a medley of flora. Unfortunately, the deep snow took center stage this

hired two caregivers to take care of Hannah and the

the living room when she heard our car’s

rather pale as if she was just

effort to squeeze out a

I couldn’t help but noticing how gauntly

once the baby’s out,” she

a

no signs of the child.

know, he’s premature and will need

statement, I still felt

things got

up his drink or hang up an incoming

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

bit and nodded before being led up