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

nose. I looked at the clock and stood behind him. “Hey,

quiet. His slender figure somehow felt alien to

onto the table and saw the same acquisition contract

and thus, I owed him one. If he weren’t desperate,

cigarette between his

“If you are upset because I didn’t talk to you about this? Then, blame me. It has nothing to do with White Corporation. Ashton, if you’re acquiring

around and glared at

that the past

Was it because he still couldn’t get over

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

as he

of natural instinct, I clenched tight to my phone and

shouldn’t be

his brows. “Be a good girl. Give

down and bit my 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

snatched the

call

be ‘best friends’ with her, eh?” He

by his mockery,

I don’t burn bridges unlike you. I’d never push anyone to a dead end, expose all

was calm and composed when I uttered those hurtful words, thanks to the hell I had been

in bits and pieces. His pent-up fury got the best of

saw him exploded with wrath.

at him blankly as this dark and bloodthirsty character

moment where I actually thought

lips and spoke. “Sever the ties between you and Marcus and stay out of anything

just not worth it.

was the result of repressed

and decided to tolerate it. We all needed

left the room. We

your

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were conditioned to mask all crumbles and rumbles with

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

was just tossing and

Ashton

to deal with. To

I finally started to zone out a bit in the wee hours of the night, a man opened the door. “Scarlett.” In a deep soft

walked up to my bedside and murmured my name a few more times but eventually

sorry.” His voice whispered

my self sink deep into

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

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

She greeted me affably

hired her to take care of

much better, and was playing

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

it. I’ll be right down.” And I

then did I notice how long my hair had grown. It was

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

guy would get the message

thought of the past. What might seem silly for that instance

matter the twists and turns our lives took, what was yours would always fall into your hands. On

tap… That must

while braiding my hair. To

and everything went

we quarrel last

shoulders, and I could see his gentle eyes observing

his, and kept on with my business. But there’s a

chose silence, and so

Huh!

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

totally slipped my mind! We spoke about this

He never had to give in since he’d been treated like a king his whole life, so I had

as I took out the hairband, and

the company?” I rubbed my lips

I wasn’t really in the mood for it. Plus, it’d take time to remove

to butter me

face as I stood up and

At the dining table.

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

been about the company and excused

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

about was that he was acquiring White Corporation

whet my

he ruffled and hung up. “Hey, what’s

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

head and said, “I’m

need to stop sandwiching myself between Ashton and Marcus, regardless of my

my oar in again? The only way out was

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

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

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up when he saw me coming downstairs. He was in the middle of telling Flora the dos and don’ts

he asked. I

a box in

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

my

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

journey to Hannah’s place

villa in South District. It was baroque-inspired, and the yard was a medley of flora. Unfortunately, the deep snow

care of Hannah and the baby.

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

warm puffy pajamas and looked rather pale as if she was just done with

her some effort to squeeze out a

you lost so much weight!” I couldn’t help but noticing

what happens once the baby’s out,”

to take a seat

looked around but saw no signs of the child. “Where’s

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

her light-hearted statement, I still

that too. But things got better

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

and decided to break that drill. “Ashton, 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 like when it’s you and Scarlett’s

bit and nodded before being led up