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.

it was understandable that her emotions

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

nose. I looked at the clock and stood behind him.

kept quiet. His slender figure somehow felt alien to

saw

I owed him one. If he weren’t

smoke from the cigarette between his fingers

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

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

didn’t we say that

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

squinted eyes, brimming with anger,

as he inched closer. “Or did Marcus

natural instinct, I clenched tight to my phone and

shouldn’t be

his brows. “Be a good girl. Give

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

He snatched the phone

last call was

to be ‘best friends’ with her, eh?” He

mockery,

bridges unlike you. I’d never push anyone to a dead end, expose all my fiendish intentions, and execute them

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

was in bits

with wrath. It almost made me believed

stared at him blankly as this dark and bloodthirsty character

one moment where I actually thought he would

Marcus and stay out of anything

others was just not worth it. It was funny how rage could

anger was the result

it came from and decided to tolerate it. We

quietly left the room. We weren’t

to the extent of howling in your heart

love, never say

were conditioned to mask all crumbles and rumbles with

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

just tossing and

Ashton

deal with. To talk it out would only

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

my bedside and murmured my name a few more times but eventually stopped.

His voice whispered

and let my self

time I batted my eyelids open, it was already late

bedroom. That was when

Flora, the new caregiver Ashton hired. She

her to take

better, and was

sight, I decided to let it be, and just as I started to head back to my room, Flora called

about it. I’ll be right down.”

my dresser, and only then did I notice

about it, saying that I could use my short hair to turn down love confessions. All I had to do was tell the person to wait till my hair grew to my waist and never let that

the message sooner

the thought of the past. What might seem silly for

was yours would always fall into your hands. On

tap, tap… That

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

swiveled back, and everything went half the

we quarrel

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

with my business. But there’s a limit to my hair

chose silence, and so

Huh!

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

been treated like

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

the company?” I rubbed my lips

in the mood for it. Plus,

He tried to butter

my face as I stood

At the dining table.

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

it must’ve been about

and turned his back towards the table. His conversation was

was positive about was that

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

up. “Hey, what’s the matter? Is the

was

and said, “I’m not

upstairs to 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 send out

were to put my oar in again? The

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

K City, they’d just celebrate the

never say

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

I nodded, and we headed

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

Inside lay a classy new phone

my phone

it a rough scan,

to Hannah’s place was

South District. It was baroque-inspired, and the yard was

Hannah and

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

pajamas and looked rather pale as

some effort to squeeze out a smile. “Hey,

couldn’t help

once the baby’s

take a seat and had the caregiver

no signs of the child. “Where’s

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

her light-hearted statement, I still felt sorry

too. But things got better as she

would pick up his drink or hang up an incoming call once

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

and nodded before being led