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.

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

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

smoke fogged the room, and it wasn’t friendly on the nose. I looked at the clock and stood

quiet. His slender figure somehow felt alien

table and saw the

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

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

Then, blame me. It has nothing to do with White Corporation. Ashton, if

at me.

we say that the past is the

get over the fact that Marcus gave me

eyes, brimming with anger,

me as he inched

instinct, I clenched tight to my phone and took a few

shouldn’t

raised his brows. “Be a good girl. Give

him, but it was his intimidating stance

He snatched the phone

last call

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

mockery, I

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

and composed when I uttered those hurtful words, thanks to

and it was in bits and pieces. His

him exploded with

him blankly as this dark and bloodthirsty character simmered

moment where I actually thought he would

you and Marcus and stay out of anything that

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

was

decided to tolerate it. We all needed to channel

quietly left the room. We

your heart and wishing to part, we couldn’t just smash

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were conditioned to mask all crumbles

the bedroom, I went on with my routine—I took a shower, brushed my teeth, blew my hair,

I was just tossing

night, Ashton didn’t come to

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

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

my name

sorry.” His voice

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

the time I batted my eyelids open,

was when I

the new caregiver Ashton hired. She greeted

her to take care of

and was playing with

be, and just as I started to head back to my room, Flora called out. “Madam, lunch is ready. Would you like me to send

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

sat at my dresser, and only then did I notice how long my hair had

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

guy would get the message sooner

for that instance had turned

the twists and turns our lives took, what was yours would always

tap, tap… That

my hair. To

back, and everything went half

quarrel last

gentle eyes observing my every braid through the mirror. There wasn’t

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 a stop

silence, and so did

Huh!

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

it totally slipped my mind! We

since he’d been treated like a king his whole life, so I had to say

and opened the drawer as I took out the hairband, and tied my

to the company?” I

mood for it. Plus, it’d take time

to butter

put a smile across my face as

At the dining table.

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

assumed that it must’ve been about

feet as he answered the call and turned his back towards the table. His conversation was a string of technical

thing that I was positive about was that he was acquiring White

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

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

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

shook my head and said,

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

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

gold bracelet that I bought for Hannah.

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

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the middle of telling Flora the dos and don’ts

asked. I nodded, and

yard, Ashton carefully placed a box in my hands

staggered before lifting the cover. Inside lay a classy new phone with a diamonds cast gold rim. Quite fashionable,

he smashed my phone last

it a

Hannah’s place was

villa in South District. It was baroque-inspired, and the yard

Hannah and the baby. He

to the living room when she heard our

and looked rather pale as if she was just done

some effort to squeeze out

I couldn’t help

what happens once the baby’s out,” she

to take a seat and had the caregiver bring us

saw no signs of the child. “Where’s the

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

statement, I still

got better

totem pole. He would pick up his drink or hang up an incoming call once in

seen a one-month-old baby. Why don’t you

me for a bit and nodded before being led