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.

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

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

wasn’t friendly on the nose. I looked at

quiet. His slender figure

and saw the same

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

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

upset because I didn’t talk to you about this? Then, blame me.

wrenched around and glared at

say that the

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

as his squinted eyes, brimming with anger,

could feel foulness creeping onto me as

I clenched tight to

this shouldn’t

a

down and bit my lip. It wasn’t that I have anything to hide from him, but

snatched

call was from

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

by his mockery, I gaped at

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

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

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

at him blankly as this dark and bloodthirsty character

moment where I actually thought he

his lips and spoke. “Sever the ties between you and Marcus and stay

just not worth it. It

sudden burst of anger was

and decided to tolerate it. We

quietly left the room. We weren’t kids

to the extent of howling in your heart

never say

all crumbles and rumbles with

got back to the bedroom, I went on with my routine—I took a shower, brushed my

I was just tossing and

night, Ashton didn’t come to

our own emotions to deal with. To talk it out would only cut deeper into our

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

up to my bedside and murmured my name

sorry.” His

bothered, and let my self sink

the time I batted my eyelids open, it was already late

bedroom. That was when I saw a middle-aged lady in the living

She greeted me affably and went

hired her to take care

much better, and was playing with Snowfluff in the

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

right down.” And I trod back to

up, I sat at my dresser, and only then did I

have it cropped to my shoulders. Macy once made a joke about it, saying that I could use my short hair to

would get the message

might seem silly for that

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

That

hair. To my

and everything went half

quarrel last

gentle eyes observing my every braid through the mirror. There

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

silence, and so did

Huh!

out his. “We’re

slipped my mind! We spoke about this

treated like a king his whole life,

as I took out the hairband,

go to the company?” I rubbed

wasn’t really in the mood for it. Plus, it’d take time to remove it. A chapstick would do the

He tried to butter me up

my face as I stood up

At the dining table.

rang when we were few bites into our late

it must’ve been about the company and excused

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

about was that he was

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

ruffled and hung up. “Hey, what’s the matter? Is the food not to

it was her first day at work, and

my head and

grab my purse. I need to stop sandwiching myself between Ashton and Marcus,

I were to put my

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

in K City,

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

I nodded,

a box in my hands

lay a classy new phone with a diamonds

my

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

place was in absolute

yard was a medley of flora. Unfortunately, the deep snow

of Hannah and the

was still in confinement. She came down to the living room

was in her warm puffy pajamas and looked rather pale as if she

some effort to squeeze

bad. But you lost so much weight!” I couldn’t

happens once the

a seat and had

signs of the child. “Where’s the

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

I still felt sorry for

was like that too. But things got better as

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

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 know what it’s

nodded before being