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.

it was understandable that her emotions got the best

study. He

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

slender figure somehow felt alien

eyes wandered onto the table and saw the same acquisition contract lying

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

between his fingers stung every strand

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

at me. “Tell me, Scarlett,

we say that the past

because he still couldn’t get

eyes, brimming with anger, pierced through

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

tight to my phone

shouldn’t

“Be a good girl. Give

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

He snatched the phone

call was from

her, eh?” He gave a scornful

by his mockery, I

unlike you. I’d never push anyone to

thanks

in bits and pieces.

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

him blankly as this dark

was one moment where I

between you and Marcus and stay out of anything

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

burst of anger was the result of

where it came from and decided to tolerate it. We all needed to channel our frustrations somewhere somehow,

I quietly left the

to the extent of howling in your heart and wishing to

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to mask all crumbles and

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

just tossing

night, Ashton didn’t

us had our own emotions to deal with. To talk it out would only

the wee hours of the night, a man opened the door. “Scarlett.” In a

name a few more

His

couldn’t be bothered, and let my self sink deep into my

my eyelids open, it was

That was when I saw a middle-aged

Ashton hired. She greeted me affably and

her to take care

had gotten much better, and was playing with Snowfluff

started to head back to my room, Flora called out.

I’ll be right down.”

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

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

the message

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

would always fall into your hands. On

tap… That must

hair. To

I swiveled back, and

quarrel last

I could see his gentle eyes observing my every braid through

my gaze low, refusing to meet his, and kept on with my business. But there’s a limit to my hair length, meaning I had to come to

and so

Huh!

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

my mind! We

since he’d been treated like a

I took out the hairband, and tied

to the company?”

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

tried to butter

face as I stood up and went into

At the dining table.

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

must’ve been about the company and excused

call and turned his back towards the table. His conversation was

was positive about was that

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

hung up. “Hey, what’s the matter? Is

when she heard that. After all, it was her first day at

my head and said,

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

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

the gold bracelet that I bought for Hannah. It was meant

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

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

he asked. I nodded, and we

placed a box in my hands and started the engine.

cover. Inside lay a classy new

my phone last

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

journey to Hannah’s place

the yard was a

and the baby.

in confinement. She came down to the living room

was in her warm puffy pajamas and looked rather

to squeeze out a smile. “Hey,

you lost so much weight!” I couldn’t help but noticing how gauntly thin she

once the baby’s out,” she

take a seat and had the caregiver bring

signs of the

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

light-hearted statement, I still felt sorry

got better as she grew

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

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

nodded before being led up to the second floor by