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.

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

study. He was taking a

nose. I looked at the

His slender figure somehow

and saw the same acquisition contract lying on the

and thus, I owed him one. If he weren’t desperate, he

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

then recomposed myself and carried on. “If you are upset because I didn’t talk to you about this? Then, blame me. It has nothing to do with White Corporation. Ashton, if you’re acquiring White Corporation because of this, you’re doing

wrenched around and glared at me. “Tell

we say that the past is the past? What’s bothering

Was it because he still couldn’t get over the fact that

clammed up as his squinted eyes, brimming with

creeping onto me as

instinct, I clenched tight to my phone and

shouldn’t be

brows. “Be a good

hide from him, but it was

He snatched

last call was from

friends’ with her, eh?” He gave a

his mockery, I gaped

you. I’d never push anyone to a dead end, expose all my

thanks to the hell I had been through in the four

the phone on the floor, and it was in bits and pieces.

together for seven years, and never had I saw him exploded with wrath. It almost made me believed that his vehemence could eat

this dark and bloodthirsty character simmered

moment where I actually thought he would

and Marcus and stay out of anything that has to do

just not worth it. It was funny how rage could overthrow one’s gentility and

of anger was the result of

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

I quietly left the room. We

extent of howling in your heart and wishing to part,

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were conditioned to mask all crumbles and rumbles with

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

just tossing and

Ashton didn’t

deal with. To talk it out would only cut

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

name a few more times but eventually stopped. I wasn’t

sorry.” His

let my self sink deep into my

eyelids open, it was

That was when I

caregiver Ashton hired. She

to

better, and was playing with

and just as I started to head back to my room, Flora called out. “Madam,

right down.” And I trod back

then did I

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 the person to wait till my hair grew to my waist and never

would get the message sooner

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

its 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

tap, tap… That must

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

and

we quarrel

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

on with my business. But there’s a

and so did

Huh!

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

mind! We spoke about

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

drawer as I took out the

to go to the company?” I rubbed my

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

to butter me up in

a smile across my face as I stood up and went

At the dining table.

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

been about

answered the call and turned his back towards the table. His

thing that I was positive about was that he

didn’t manage to whet my appetite. Scrape!

I was about to leave, he ruffled and hung up. “Hey, what’s

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

head and said, “I’m

between Ashton and Marcus, regardless of

my oar in

I bought for Hannah. It was meant for

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

never say never

downstairs. He was in the middle of telling Flora

set?” he asked. I nodded, and

car parked in the yard, Ashton carefully placed a box in my hands and started the engine. “This is HiTech’s

the cover. Inside lay a classy new phone with a diamonds cast gold rim.

my phone

it a rough scan, and slid

Hannah’s place was in absolute

was baroque-inspired, and the yard was a medley of flora. Unfortunately, the deep snow took center stage this

caregivers to take care of Hannah and the baby.

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

her warm puffy pajamas and looked rather pale as

took her some effort to squeeze

couldn’t help but noticing

happens once the baby’s out,”

a seat and had the

saw no signs of the child.

“You know, he’s premature and will need to lounge a bit longer in the

her light-hearted statement, I still

like that too. But things got better as

quietly like a totem pole. He would pick up his drink or hang up an incoming call once

to break that drill. “Ashton, I bet that you’ve never seen a one-month-old baby. Why don’t you go

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