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.

emotions got the best

Ashton’s study. He

it wasn’t friendly on the nose. I looked at the clock and stood behind him. “Hey, it’s already eleven.

figure somehow felt alien

table and saw the

saved my life, and thus, I owed him one. If he weren’t desperate, he wouldn’t have accepted it. Now

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

Then, blame me. It has

glared at me. “Tell me,

didn’t we say that the past is the past?

because he still couldn’t get over the fact that

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

could feel foulness creeping onto me as he inched

clenched tight to my

shouldn’t

raised his brows. “Be a good girl. Give me

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

He snatched the phone

call

‘best friends’ with her, eh?” He gave

his mockery, I gaped at

anyone to a dead end, expose all my fiendish intentions,

uttered those hurtful words, thanks to the hell

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

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

as this dark and bloodthirsty character simmered

where I actually thought he would hit

between you and Marcus and stay out of anything that has to do with him. As for Camelia, stop

hurt for the benefit of others was just not worth it. It was funny

sudden burst of anger was the result of

and decided to tolerate it. We all

why I quietly left the room. We weren’t

how hysterical it became, even to the extent of howling in your heart and wishing to part, we couldn’t just

say never

conditioned to mask all

my routine—I took a shower, brushed my

I was just tossing

night, Ashton

To talk

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

up to my bedside and murmured my name a few

sorry.” His voice

and let my self sink deep into my

my eyelids open,

got up and went down to Summer’s bedroom. That was when I saw a middle-aged lady in

Flora, the new caregiver Ashton hired. She greeted

to take care of

had gotten much better, and was playing

started to head back to my room,

down.” And

did I notice how long my hair had grown. It was

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

get the

the past. What might seem silly for

ways. No matter the twists and turns our lives took, what was yours would always fall into your hands. On the contrary, despite persistent efforts,

tap, tap… That

hair. To

and everything went half

quarrel last

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

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

silence, and so did

Huh!

Ashton put out his. “We’re going to

mind! We spoke about this last

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

drawer as I took

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

in the mood for it. Plus, it’d take time to

He tried to

across my face as

At the dining table.

rang when we were few bites into our late lunch. It was

assumed that it must’ve been about the

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

that I was positive about was that he

to whet my appetite. Scrape! My chair dragged

that I was about to leave, he ruffled and hung up. “Hey, what’s the matter? Is the food not to your

After all, it was her first

shook my head and said, “I’m not

myself between Ashton and Marcus, regardless of

my oar

I bought for Hannah.

mentioned before that due to the freezing weather in 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

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

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

my phone last

gave it a rough scan, and

journey to Hannah’s place was in

baroque-inspired, and the yard was a medley

take care of Hannah and the baby. He wasn’t home when we

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

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

took her some effort to squeeze out a smile. “Hey, how’s

I couldn’t help but noticing how gauntly thin she

happens once the

gestured for us to take a seat and had the caregiver

around but saw no signs of the

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

her light-hearted statement, I still felt sorry

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

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

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 it’s like

nodded before being led up to the second floor