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!”

In love, never say never chapter 532

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.

her emotions got the best of her since she was currently

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

slender figure somehow felt

onto the table and saw the

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

budge. The smoke from the cigarette between his fingers stung every strand of

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

He wrenched around and glared at me.

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

Was it because he still couldn’t get over the fact that Marcus gave me a month of tender

squinted eyes, brimming with anger, pierced through mine.

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

to my phone and took a few steps

shouldn’t

raised his brows. “Be a good girl. Give

hide from him, but it was his intimidating stance

snatched

call was

with her, eh?” He gave a

his mockery, I gaped at

don’t burn bridges unlike you. I’d never push anyone

thanks to the hell I had

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

him exploded with wrath. It almost made me believed that his vehemence could eat

blankly as this dark and bloodthirsty character

I actually thought

you and Marcus and stay out of

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

of anger was the result of repressed

and decided to tolerate it. We all needed

quietly left the room. We weren’t kids

became, even to the extent of howling in your heart and wishing to part, we

say

mask all crumbles and rumbles with

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

just tossing

very night, Ashton

To talk it out would only cut deeper

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

name a few more times but eventually stopped. I wasn’t

His voice

my self sink deep into

batted my eyelids open,

down to Summer’s bedroom. That was when I saw a middle-aged lady in

Flora, the new caregiver Ashton hired. She greeted me affably and went

her to take

much better, and was playing with Snowfluff in the

to my room, Flora called

worry about it. I’ll be right down.” And I

then did I

hair to turn down love confessions. All I had to do was tell the person to wait till my hair grew to

would get the

thought of the past. What might seem silly for that

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

tap… That

my hair. To my surprise, it wasn’t her

swiveled back, and everything went

quarrel

softly caressed my shoulders, and I could see his gentle eyes observing my every braid through the mirror. There wasn’t a tinge of

low, refusing to meet his, and kept on with my business. But

and so did

Huh!

Ashton 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 last

since he’d been treated like a king his whole life,

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

have to go to the company?” I rubbed my lips

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

pretty!” He tried to butter

across my face as

At the dining table.

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

assumed that it must’ve been about the

the table. His conversation was a string of technical terms, which

was

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

I was about to leave, he ruffled and hung up. “Hey,

that. After all, it was her first day

and said, “I’m not particularly

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

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

bracelet that I bought for Hannah. It was meant for her baby’s

the freezing weather in K City, they’d just celebrate the occasion over a

never say never

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

asked. I nodded, and we

parked in the yard, Ashton carefully placed a box

lifting the cover. Inside lay a classy new

he smashed my phone

then took it out from the box, gave it a rough scan, and slid it into my

journey to Hannah’s place was in

bought Hannah a villa in South District. It was baroque-inspired, and the yard was a medley

Hannah and the baby. He wasn’t

down to the living room when she heard our car’s

her warm puffy pajamas and looked rather pale as if

her some effort to squeeze out a smile. “Hey, how’s

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

once the baby’s

for us to take a seat and had the

signs of the child. “Where’s

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

light-hearted statement, I still felt sorry for

got better as she grew

totem pole. He would pick up his

baby. Why don’t

at me for a bit and nodded before being led up to the second floor