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.

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

went to Ashton’s study. He was taking

at the clock and stood behind him. “Hey, it’s already eleven. Wanna call

quiet. His slender figure somehow

saw the

money. He saved my life, and thus, I owed him one. If he weren’t

smoke from the cigarette between his

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

glared at

“Ashton, didn’t we say that the past is the

it because he still couldn’t get over the fact that Marcus gave me a month of tender love and

clammed up as his squinted eyes, brimming

creeping onto me as he inched closer. “Or did Marcus

clenched tight to my phone

this shouldn’t

his brows. “Be a good girl. Give

lip. It wasn’t that I have anything to hide from him, but it was his intimidating stance that made me held on to my

He snatched

call was from

friends’ with her,

by his mockery,

push anyone

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

it was in bits and pieces. His pent-up fury got the best

and never had I saw him exploded with wrath. It almost made me believed that

stared at him blankly as this

one moment where I actually thought

and spoke. “Sever the ties between you and Marcus and stay

worth

anger was

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

left the room. We weren’t

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

love, never say

were conditioned to mask all crumbles and rumbles with

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

was just tossing and

night, Ashton didn’t

To talk it out would only cut deeper into

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

bedside and murmured my name a few more times but eventually

His

my self sink deep into

batted my eyelids open, it

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

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

her to

gotten much better, and was playing with

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

it. I’ll be right down.” And I trod back to my

freshening up, I sat at my dresser, and only then did I notice how long my hair had grown. It

Macy once made a joke about it, saying that I could use my short hair to turn down love confessions. All I had to

guy would get the

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

would always fall into your hands. On the

That

my hair. To my surprise,

back, and everything

we quarrel last

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

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

chose silence, and so

Huh!

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

slipped my mind! We

been treated

drawer as I took out the hairband, and tied my

still have to go to the company?” I rubbed my lips

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

tried to butter me up in a childlike

face as I stood up and went into the

At the dining table.

Ashton’s phone rang when we were few bites into our late

been about the company and excused

turned his back towards the table. His conversation was a string of technical

was that he

to whet my appetite. Scrape! My chair dragged

and hung up. “Hey, what’s the matter?

was definitely on edge when she heard that. After all, it was her first day

my head and said, “I’m

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

my oar in again? The only way out was to stay out

for

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

love, never say

the middle of

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

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

lifting the cover. Inside lay a classy new phone with a

smashed my phone

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

Hannah’s place was

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

to take care of Hannah and the baby. He

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

pajamas and looked rather pale as if she was just done with the

squeeze out a smile. “Hey, how’s it

weight!” I couldn’t help but noticing how

once the baby’s

then gestured for us to take a seat and had the caregiver bring us

around but saw no signs of the

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

statement, I still felt

got

sat quietly like a totem pole. He would pick up his drink or hang up

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 what

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