In Love, Never Say Never

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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.

of that, it was understandable that her emotions got the

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

nose. I looked at the clock

kept quiet. His slender figure

wandered onto the table and saw the same acquisition contract

was the one who gave Marcus the money. He saved my life, and thus, I owed him one. If he weren’t desperate,

budge. The smoke from the cigarette between his

carried on. “If you are upset because I didn’t talk to you about this? Then, blame me. It has nothing to

wrenched around and glared at me. “Tell me, Scarlett, what’s

we say that the past is the

still couldn’t get over the fact that Marcus gave me a

clammed up as his squinted eyes, brimming with anger, pierced through

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

natural instinct, I clenched tight to my

this shouldn’t

a good

I have anything to hide from him, but it was his intimidating stance

He snatched

last call was from

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

his mockery, I gaped

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

was calm and composed when I uttered those hurtful words, thanks to the hell I had been through in the four

on the floor, and it was in bits

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

blankly as this dark and bloodthirsty character simmered

moment where I actually

his lips and spoke. “Sever the ties between you and Marcus and stay out of anything that has to do with him. As for

others was just not worth it. It

of anger was the result of repressed

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

I quietly left the room.

it became, even to the extent of howling in your heart and wishing

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conditioned to mask all crumbles and

bedroom, I went on with my routine—I took

was just

night, Ashton didn’t come to

with. To talk it out would only cut deeper

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

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

sorry.” His voice whispered

let my self

time I batted my eyelids open, it was

That was

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

had hired her to take

gotten much better, and was playing with Snowfluff in

my room, Flora called out. “Madam, lunch is ready. Would

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

at my dresser, and only then did I notice how long my hair had grown. It was around

use my short hair to turn down love confessions. All I had to do was tell the person to

get the message sooner

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

in its own peculiar ways. No matter the twists and turns our lives took, what was yours would always fall

That must be

hair. To my

back, and everything went half the

quarrel last

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

on with my business. But there’s a limit to my hair length, meaning I had to come to a stop

and so did

Huh!

out his. “We’re going to visit Hannah later. Do you

my, it totally slipped my mind! We spoke about

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

as I took out the hairband, and tied my

still have to go to the

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

to butter me

smile across my face as I stood up and

At the dining table.

the first place. Ashton’s phone rang when we were few bites into our late lunch.

it must’ve been

back towards the table. His conversation was a string of technical terms, which sounded

positive about was that he was acquiring White

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

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

that. After all, it was her

shook my head and said, “I’m not particularly

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

were to put my oar in again? The only way out was to

the gold bracelet that I bought for Hannah. It

City, they’d just celebrate the occasion over a nice dinner

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saw me coming downstairs. He was in the middle of telling Flora the dos and don’ts around

set?” he asked. I nodded, and

Ashton carefully placed a box in my hands and started the

a classy new phone

he smashed my

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

to 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

hired two 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

her some effort to squeeze out a

I couldn’t help but noticing how gauntly

what happens once the

us to take a

signs of the

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

her light-hearted statement, I

too. But things got better

He would pick up his drink or hang

“Ashton, I bet that you’ve never seen a one-month-old baby. Why don’t you go upstairs and check it out? At

bit and nodded before being led up to the second