In Love, Never Say Never

In love, never say never chapter 536

Taking a closer look, I realized that it was indeed Yvonne and I furrowed my eyebrows. Even now, she’s still pestering John?

Emery noticed my confusion, she shrugged as she explained, “It’s normal for a playboy like John to have a random woman on his arm at all times and happily welcome any girl who comes onto him. Don’t worry too much about it. He’ll dump her as soon as he gets tired of her.”

I didn’t care about John and Yvonne’s relationship. I was concerned about Hannah, who had given birth barely a month ago and had grown scarily frail when I went to visit her today.

Does she know what John was doing?

I tried to get up from my seat, but Emery stopped me. “Where are you going, Scarlett? Even if you kill him, his ghost will still come back to try and hook up with these women. Just let him do what he wants.”

“I don’t want him to regret his actions.” I stared at the couple on the first floor who were already exchanging heated kisses.

Emery pursed her lips. “I think you just feel bothered because of Hannah. Back then, you thought about leaving Ashton because of his feelings for Rebecca, and then left without another word when you learned that Ashton had set you up.

“Hannah is also a woman. Once her patience hits its limit, she’ll likely leave and take her child with her too. If that happens, John won’t be the one panicking, but Louis. After all, the child is a Stovall.”

I nodded. “That’s why I wanted to remind John to do everything in moderation.”

“What for?” scoffed Emery. “Are you trying to get close to Hannah because you want to help her when she eventually leaves? You already know that her kid will be staying with her. Just let the guy get estranged from her and his child for a few years so he can suffer,” she growled out through gritted teeth, as if she was the one getting hurt in this situation.

I turned to look at her, my eyes narrowing. “Are you thinking of doing that too?”

She raised an eyebrow. “If Hunter dares to upset me, I’ll leave with the baby in me. After all. I have the money to raise him by myself anyway!”

I huffed in amusement and gave her a big thumbs up. The couple below looked like they were going to leave.

We quickly got up from our seats and went downstairs so as to not lose them.

“Wanna stay with me tonight, Johnny?” What a waste of the good looks she has.

Only men would ever fall for her saccharine-sweet voice, while women would only feel sick at the sound of it.

I walked forward and pulled them apart, linking my arm into John’s.

“Who the…” Yvonne started to screech, but instantly turned her angry expression into a polite smile as soon as she recognized me. “Oh! It’s you, Ms. Stovall!”

Nodding, I lifted my chin to look at John. “Mind having a drink with me, brother dearest?”

He pursed his lips and grunted in affirmation, letting himself be dragged upstairs by me.

Noticing that Yvonne was still following behind us, I turned back to glance at her. “Where do you live, Ms. Wilde? I’ll call a taxi for you.”

She did a double-take, seemingly upset as she looked towards John. “Mr. Stovall…”

“Go home. I have business to attend to with Scarlett,” he responded coldly.

“I…”

“Do you plan to listen in on secrets shared between the two of us?” I hummed, stopping her short.

“No, Ms. Stovall, of course not.”

“Then, please go. I need to talk about some familial matters with my brother. As you know, my sister-in-law just gave birth, and my brother will have to head home soon to accompany his wife and son. If you have anything more to say to him, I’d suggest you do it at the office rather than here of all places.”

Yvonne’s cheeks flushed red.

Ignoring her, I continued to pull John up the stairs.

Emery was leaning against a wall, snorting at the sight of us. “If she knew that you’re not John’s real sister, she’d be pulling your hair out by now.”

I looked over my shoulder at Yvonne, whose expression was dark as she fled with her tail between her legs.

On the second floor, I shoved John onto a chair and stared him down, cutting to the chase. “Are you only going to stop being a playboy after your wife and son both abandon you?”

He raised an eyebrow, meeting my glare head-on. “Since when have I become a ‘playboy’?”

“Hannah is still in the middle of receiving postnatal care! She just gave birth to your child! Wooing other women while she was pregnant was bad enough, but now you’re drinking with girls at a bar while she’s recuperating. If you really enjoy being a piece of trash that much, then I’m cutting off all contact with you. It’ll save me the annoyance.”

John massaged one side of his temple, one leg crossing over the other. “Did Hannah send you here?”

I felt rage flare up within me, along with the violent impulse to punch him in the face. Spotting a bottle of wine out of the corner of my eye, I picked it up and dumped the dark liquid over his head. “If she’d sent me here, I wouldn’t have come so late. She’s had to endure so much indignance and disappointment, and you still think it serves her right? You deserve to die alone,” I spat out.

Suddenly, emotion flashed across his face, his dark eyes narrowing as he spoke slowly in a low tone. “So you also think that I should die alone?”

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The abrupt change in attitude took me aback for a second before I remembered. John’s deepest, darkest fear was to live alone for the rest of his life, with no one to rely on.

“This is all consequences of your own actions,” I scolded him. “You say that you’re afraid of being left alone, but think about Hannah. She has stayed with you for more than ten years without any complaint because she knows you’re scared to be alone. She even took the risk and gave birth to a child for you knowing that her body might not be able to handle a pregnancy.

“She might not come from a good family and or have high social standing, but with her personality and looks, it wouldn’t be hard for her to find someone who treasures and cares for her genuinely. If she didn’t love you so much and didn’t insist on staying with you, could you imagine what a better life she could be living right now? Which woman doesn’t dream of marrying a man who loves her with all his heart? Who the hell do you think she’s torturing herself for?”

John seemed to be rendered speechless, so I continued on, “You can go on and continue fooling around with other women for all I care. When Hannah has had enough and wakes up from her daze one day, she will realize that she deserves more than this crappy life. She will leave with her child and start a new and better chapter of her life. But what about you? Do you think that you’ll be able to meet another woman who’s willing to sacrifice her own dignity for your sake, just like Hannah? That’d be impossible! You will only ever meet women who are after your wealth and influence. Do you think that Yvonne girl truly likes you for who you are? Are you really so stupid to think that she would even bat an eyelash in your direction if she didn’t know that you were a son of the Stovall family?”

John’s face had turned a sickly shade of green by the time my tirade was over. I didn’t want to deal with this any longer, so I tugged Emery along as I left.

Emery tsked at me as we exited the nightclub. “I always thought you are slow-witted and meek. Who knew that you could go off like that?”

“He’s my brother,” I sighed. “I can’t let him continue like this. Hannah is a kind girl and she deserves better.”

Emery nodded in agreement. “Well, to be honest, Hannah is quite a nice lady If she were born in the country, Louis wouldn’t mind as much regardless of whatever background she came from. But she hails from Southeast Asia; once she marries John and becomes a part of the Stovall family, her true identity is more than enough to make Louis renounce his position. John’s concern isn’t without reason.”

I already knew of all of this. “But she’s already given birth to his child. John just can’t abandon her now of all times. Even if they can’t get married legally, he is responsible for taking care of her and the child. What does he think he’s doing, hanging out at bars and flirting with other women?” I lamented.

She shrugged. “You have a point.”

There was a brief pause before she reached into her bag and took out a sandalwood box, handing it to me. “Here. Cameron asked me to give this to you. It’s only been opened once, and the key is with Ashton. So, if you want to look at its contents, you’ll have to ask Ashton for it.”

I sighed at the familiar sight of the box, holding it up. When looking closely at it, I realized that the design of the keyhole was strange. “This keyhole looks unique.”

“I heard from Cameron that the box isn’t unlocked with a normal key,” explained Emery. “Ashton might know more about it. The box does have quite a fascinating design.”

It was getting late. I had no time to be standing around studying the box any further.

Slipping it into my bag, I asked her, “It’s nearly midnight. Aren’t you going to head home?”

want to.”

is normal for newly-married couples,” I said. “You’re already married. You love Hunter, and that’s all

annoying. She thinks the world of herself for raising Hunter to become a professor of a reputable school, and

in their children’s marriage was truly a recipe for disaster. No matter how strong the couple’s

“Do you want to come over to my

she were crying. “I refuse to see Ashton’s stone-cold face for a

Hunter and ask

go back to the Moore Residence and stay with my brother,” she answered after a while, shaking her

brief pause. “Do you want to come

was my turn to shake my head, laughing. “Ashton will get mad if I arrive home too

me, Emery dug out her car keys and waved at me,

“Goodnight!”

getting into my own, sighing. It looked

could do was try our best to turn those lemons into sweet, thirst-relieving lemonade. Sometimes, by some stroke of luck or maybe fate, someone would offer you their own

as I drove towards the villa. There weren’t many cars on the road, and it was a

I noticed that the lights were still on inside the building. It seemed that Ashton had waited up

love, never say never

the villa parked a sapphire blue Tesla

of a soldier was engraved into Ashton’s DNA. As a result, his garage was filled with mostly off-road vehicles, such as SUVs, and he

to drive into the villa premises when the

saw a man getting

black suit that complemented his tall, slender frame. If he were to walk

front of my car, his dark eyes

to have gotten

locked

got

was my

he said, “Ashton was right. It doesn’t matter if a stolen fruit is sweet or not. What matters is that it quenches

he pulled me into his arms, the foreign smell

all my might, but he tightened his grip around me. “There is a long life ahead of me. Why should I give up anything to anyone? Whatever love Ashton can give to you, I’ll shower you with twice that amount. I’m

escape his hold. “Why do you insist on making every one

love is never returned? Why does it have to be me who places someone else’s needs above my own? Why can’t I just take

He’s gone mad!

obtain the things that you want. But I’m telling you right now, I’m not an item. I’m

me? Do I not deserve your love? What does Ashton have that I don’t? He’s abusive, toxic, and bloodthirsty! What in the world do you

right now, he was acting like a demon, foaming at the mouth while trying desperately to crawl his way out of

terrified

seven years. I’m not sure how I fell in love with him, nor how I grew to rely on him, but I know now that he

scoffing coldly, “I’m not giving up. As long as I’m alive, I’ll never let go of you. I don’t believe in ‘the early bird

corners of his lips twisted up into an evil smirk before he pressed his mouth to

action gave way to a wave of disgust and hate

gust of wind, and Marcus was pushed away from

embrace, the familiar tobacco smell calmed my nerves

me, an undertone of anger

head, meeting his stern gaze. He was obviously

walked towards Marcus and threw a punch at him without saying

wasn’t long before I heard Summer calling for me from inside

did Marcus. They narrowed their eyes, both doing nothing to hide the venomous wrath they

taking Scarlett, Ashton,”

let out a low, dangerous

With that, Marcus got into

the villa and located Summer through

sobs grew louder as soon as she spotted me, clinging onto me when I entered

I bent down to look her in the eye, reassuring, “Oh,

cried herself to the point of fatigue, eventually

bedroom. Ashton was sitting in the living room with a dark, gloomy expression on his

He was furious.

he was aware that I hadn’t consented or done it on purpose, the sight had undoubtedly left a bitter taste

more than if

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while, I

Some things could be discussed civilly, but there were some

shower, the

did Ashton and I start walking on eggshells caring for each other’s

the content on the USB drive that Camelia had given me. I had been emotionally unstable and mentally weak during that one month, and had spent every day with Marcus. Developing a physically

scenes in the USB drive that looked unfamiliar even to me when I watched them, so I couldn’t imagine how they must have made Ashton felt. His suppressed anger for the past few days must have been because

told Ashton

harboring resentment towards me. Resentment that he

drained of all energy after my shower, leaning my weight against the

would all go away with a good

guessed that he didn’t want to affect me with his negative emotions, and the last thing he wanted was to start another argument with

argument was more

The next day.

the staircase. Summer had been sent to school, so

came downstairs. “Mrs. Fuller, Mr. Fuller left not too long ago. He told me

as she gave me a note. “Mr. Fuller didn’t want to wake you, so he asked me to pass this

you eat your meals. Wait for me to get home tonight so we can

perfectly fine. Except we both knew the truth: we were lost, blindly stumbling

her for the food as

was starting

down, but ended up throwing up in a toilet half an hour

City was always freezingly cold during this time of the year,

headed for the study to take a proper look at the sandalwood box that Grandma had left me. If Emery said that it couldn’t be unlocked with a key, then what could it be unlocked

of modern work. It

while but to no avail, resorting to picking

had seen them a few times before;

table and picked the documents up, flipping

this case was going to end, I could

slightly, I closed the file and was about to keep it in the drawer when an

a little stunned. I’d thought that Ashton had kept all our pictures from the past in his villa

wouldn’t hurt to take a look

out of the drawer, noticing that

me. Even though I had never seen what he looked like right after birth, I had

his forehead, caused

eyes and his skin was red and wrinkly, but his features looked extremely similar

does Ashton have these photos? When Marcus had asked me if I wanted to see the baby, I had refused. I was scared that if I saw him,

a knife had been stabbed through my chest, slowly twisting