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.

that, it was 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

at the clock and stood behind him. “Hey, it’s

His slender figure somehow felt alien to

and saw the same acquisition

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

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

recomposed myself 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

wrenched around and glared at me.

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

that drove him cruel? Was it because he still couldn’t get over the fact that Marcus gave me a month of

clammed up as his squinted eyes, brimming with anger, pierced

me as he inched closer.

to my phone and

this shouldn’t

a good girl. Give me

from him, but it was his intimidating stance that made

snatched the

last call was

with her, eh?” He gave a scornful

mockery, I gaped

anyone to a dead end, expose all my fiendish intentions, and execute them

and composed when I uttered those hurtful words, thanks to the hell

was in bits and pieces. His

had I saw him exploded with wrath. It almost made me believed that

I stared at him blankly as this dark and bloodthirsty character simmered inside

I actually thought he

and spoke. “Sever the ties between you and Marcus and stay out of anything that has to do with him. As for

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

of anger was

where it came from and decided to tolerate it. We all needed

left the room. We

howling in your heart and wishing

never say

mask all crumbles

bedroom, I went on with my routine—I took a shower, brushed

just tossing and

night, Ashton didn’t

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

night,

and murmured my name

His

bothered, and let my self sink

the time I batted my eyelids open,

bedroom. That was

new caregiver Ashton hired. She greeted me affably and went back

had hired her to

and was playing with Snowfluff

started to head back to my room, Flora called out. “Madam, lunch is ready. Would you like

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

at my dresser, and only then did I notice how

I could use my short hair to turn down love confessions. All I had to do was tell the person to wait

get the message sooner or

What might seem silly for that instance had turned into a

and turns our lives took, what was yours would

That must be

To

and everything went

quarrel last

his gentle eyes observing my every braid through the mirror. There wasn’t a tinge of

my business. But there’s

chose silence, and

Huh!

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

my, it totally slipped my mind! We spoke about this

been treated like a king his whole life, so I

drawer as I took out the hairband,

have to go to the company?” I rubbed my

on make-up as I wasn’t really in the mood

to butter me up

as I stood

At the dining table.

when we were few bites into our

assumed that it must’ve been about the company and excused

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

about was that

my plate didn’t manage to whet my

about to leave, he ruffled and hung up.

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

my head and said,

to 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 different

what horrendous actions Ashton would take if I were to put my oar in again?

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

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

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the middle of telling Flora the dos and don’ts around the

set?” he asked. I nodded, and

the yard, Ashton carefully placed a

cover. Inside lay a classy new phone with a diamonds cast gold rim. Quite

smashed my phone

the box, gave it a rough scan, and slid it into

journey to Hannah’s place was

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

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

room when she

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

effort to squeeze out a

couldn’t help but noticing how gauntly thin she had

what happens once the baby’s

us to take a seat and had the

but saw no signs of the child.

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

statement, I

got better as

up his drink or hang up an incoming call once

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 when it’s

before being led up