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

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

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

kept quiet. His slender figure somehow felt

the table and saw the

who 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 we’re

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

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

wrenched around and glared at me. “Tell

me. “Ashton, didn’t we say that the past

him cruel? Was it because he still couldn’t get

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

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

tight to my phone and took a few

shouldn’t

his brows. “Be a good

from him, but it was his intimidating stance that made me held on to my

snatched the phone

call

her, eh?” He

mockery, I

never push anyone to a

I uttered those hurtful words, thanks to the hell I had

in bits

never had I saw him exploded with wrath.

blankly as this dark and

where I actually

and Marcus and stay out of anything that has to do with

benefit of others was just not worth it. It was funny how rage could overthrow one’s

sudden burst of anger was

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

I quietly left the room. We weren’t

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

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mask all crumbles and

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

just tossing

night, Ashton didn’t

of us had our own emotions to deal with. To

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

murmured my name a few more times but eventually stopped. I

His

let my self

I batted my eyelids open, it was

went down to Summer’s bedroom. That was when I saw a

caregiver Ashton hired. She greeted me

had hired her to take care of

and was playing with

to my room, Flora called out. “Madam, lunch

I’ll be right down.” And

I sat at my dresser, and only then did I notice

my short hair to turn down love confessions. All I had to do was

guy would get the message

seem silly for that instance had turned

and turns our lives took, what was yours would

tap… That must

hair. To my

and everything went half

quarrel

and I could see his gentle eyes observing my

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

and so

Huh!

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

slipped my mind!

to give in since he’d been treated like a king his whole life, so I had to say

drawer as I took

still have to go to the company?”

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

to

across my face as I stood up and went into the

At the dining table.

rang when we were few bites into our

assumed that it must’ve been about

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

was positive about was that he was acquiring White Corporation

to whet my appetite. Scrape! My chair dragged the floor

that I was about to leave, he ruffled and hung up. “Hey, what’s the matter? Is

definitely on edge when she heard that. After all, it was her first day at work, and a complaint would send her

and

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

put my oar in again? The only

bracelet that I bought for Hannah. It was meant

freezing weather in K City, they’d just celebrate

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He was in the middle of telling Flora the dos

he asked. I nodded,

parked in the yard, Ashton carefully placed a box in

Inside lay a classy new phone with

he smashed my phone

out from the box, gave it a rough scan, and slid it

Hannah’s place was in absolute

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

to take care of Hannah and the

to the living room when

pajamas and looked rather pale

to squeeze out a

lost so much weight!” I couldn’t help

once the baby’s out,” she

then gestured for us to take a seat and

but saw no signs of the child. “Where’s the

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

her light-hearted statement, I still

too. But things got better as she grew up,” I

his drink

a one-month-old baby. Why don’t you go upstairs and check it out? At least you’ll know what it’s like when it’s

for a bit and nodded before being led up to the second floor