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.

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

study. He was taking a puff

nose. I looked at the clock

quiet. His slender figure somehow felt alien to

onto the table and saw the same acquisition contract lying on

and thus, I owed him one. If

The smoke from the cigarette between his fingers stung every strand of my olfactory

I didn’t talk to you about this? Then, blame me. It has nothing to do with

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

me. “Ashton, didn’t we say that the past

jealousy that drove him cruel? Was it because he still couldn’t get over the fact that

as his squinted eyes, brimming with anger, pierced through mine. “Who

could feel foulness creeping onto me as he inched

to my

this shouldn’t be

a good

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 phone so

He snatched the

call was

with her,

by his mockery, I gaped

push anyone to a dead end, expose

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

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

for seven years, and never had I saw him exploded with wrath. It

blankly as this dark and bloodthirsty

moment where I actually

stay out of

of others was just not worth it. It was funny how

was the result of

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

why I quietly left the room. We

emotions kicked in, despite how hysterical it became, even to the extent of howling in your heart and

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were conditioned to mask all crumbles and rumbles

my routine—I took a shower, brushed my teeth, blew my

just

very night, Ashton didn’t

deal with. To

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

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

His voice whispered

be bothered, and let my self

I batted my eyelids open, it was already late

That was

new caregiver Ashton hired. She greeted me affably and

had hired her to

was playing with Snowfluff

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

it. I’ll be right down.” And I trod

I notice how long

I’d always preferred to have it cropped 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 grew to my waist

the message sooner

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

was yours would always fall into your hands. On the contrary, despite persistent efforts, you’d eventually lose what was meant for someone

tap… That

while braiding my hair. To my surprise, it wasn’t

swiveled back, and everything went half

we quarrel

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

with my business. But there’s a

and

Huh!

my question, Ashton put out his. “We’re going to visit Hannah later.

my mind! We spoke about this last

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

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

go to the company?” I

I wasn’t really in the mood for

He tried to butter me up

my face as I stood up

At the dining table.

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

that it must’ve been

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

about was

whet my appetite. Scrape! My chair dragged

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

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

shook my head and said, “I’m not

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

horrendous actions Ashton would take if I were to put my oar in again? The only way out was to stay

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

before that due to the freezing weather in K City, they’d just celebrate the occasion over a

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downstairs. He was in the middle of telling

set?” he asked. I nodded, and

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

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

he smashed my phone

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

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

to take care of Hannah and the baby. He

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

looked rather pale as if she was just done with the

to squeeze out a smile. “Hey, how’s

couldn’t help

is what happens once the baby’s out,”

a

looked around but saw no signs of the

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

her light-hearted statement, I still

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

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

I bet that you’ve never seen a one-month-old baby. Why don’t you go upstairs and check

for a bit and nodded before