In Love, Never Say Never

In Love, Never Say Never Chapter 541-542-543-544-545

In love, never say never chapter 541

After all, she was old and had been living a comfortable life, so it was only natural that she suffered backaches after being out in the yard for too long.

She was clutching her waist while sitting limply on the bamboo chair in the yard, frowning in pain.

After clearing away the few weeds left in the yard, I washed my hands and handed her the pain-relieving medicine.

She frowned, unwilling to accept it.

I pursed my lips. “These are painkillers. They are not harmful.”

Having said that, I put the medicine in her hands. Then, I went inside and fetched a cup of warm water for her.

She seemed stunned. Perhaps unable to bear the pain, she accepted the cup of water and took the medicine.

As I kept the rest of the medicine aside, I said, “This medicine has few side effects. If the pain is intolerable, you can take one or two tablets to relieve the pain.”

She glanced at me with her lips pursed and turned her eyes upon the yard, saying, “Your voice sounds so nasal. If you have a cold, please don’t pass it to me.”

I couldn’t help letting out a laugh. She was obviously concerned about me, but she just had to put up a mean front.

Forget it.

She is, after all, an arrogant lady of a privileged upbringing.

Being childless and way past half her life, perhaps she was thinking of spending her twilight years alone in peace.

“Yeah, I’ll go back and take some medicine.” It was commonplace to get the flu during the winter months.

She then got up and went into the house. When she came out, she held a bag of Isatis tinctoria root in her hand. “Make drinks with this using hot water, twice a day. You’ll get better in a couple of days. It’s not bitter.”

Nodding, I took it and smiled, saying, “Thank you, Aunt Sally.”

She grunted in reply without saying anything.

It had stopped snowing in K City. The sun was out, and most of the snow had melted. With the sun high in the sky, it was not very cold.

Besides, Sally had started a fire in the yard, which warmed up the place.

At noon, she looked at me and asked, “Would you like to stay for lunch? It’s been snowing for a few days, so I only have some dry rations.”

I nodded. “Anything would do!”

A person’s life could be refined or simple. Although it was only dry rations, it wasn’t going to stop us from enjoying ourselves.

There was already a fire in the yard, so she brought out some potatoes and sweet potatoes for me to peel. Then we cut up some meat and washed some vegetables.

In no time, we were having a barbeque in the yard.

I always felt that a barbeque for two was too quiet. However, when she brought out some red wine from the cellar, the atmosphere of the meal was elevated.

Silence was the best way of interaction for some people. Although there was not much conversation between Sally and me, some things need not be said as long as we understood each other.

Lately, I had not taken any proper meals, so my tummy felt bloated as I had eaten a lot of snacks today.

When Ashton arrived, fresh charcoal had been put into the fire. Seeing the cutlery, his handsome face displayed a smile as he held my hand, asking, “Did you enjoy the food?”

I let out a faint smile. Truth be told, I did not really like it, but I ate some nonetheless since I was in a good mood.

“Why don’t you try it?” My taste buds were not the same as his, so he might not enjoy what I liked.

With a smile, he took the half-eaten baked potato from my hand. After taking a bite, he raised his eyebrows and said in amazement, “Good cooking skills!”

I laughed. “Aunt Sally barbecued it.”

Sally looked at him and said, “Okay, there is some more. Go home quickly after eating. You guys are causing a racket here.”

When people get old, they tend to keep their true thoughts to themselves.

Both of us understood that.

Exchanging glances, we smiled. Ashton took a chair from the house and sat by my side, holding my hand. Then, he asked Sally about her health.

Sally gave curt replies while passing the barbecued meat to him. While handing over the sauce to him, I explained, “It tastes better with this sauce.”

He smiled and did as he was told., then nodded and appraised, “Yes.”

As dusk approached, Sally asked us to leave, “My home is too small to accommodate the two of you, so please leave when you’re done.”

Ashton merely let out a faint smile and after bidding her goodbye, he led me by my hand to his car.

On the way back to the villa, I stared mindlessly at the passing scenery outside the windscreen.

Before I knew it, I blurted out, “Ashton, thank you.”

As he drove along the dimly lit road, he smiled. “That’s not good enough. Can I have something more affectionate?”

I laughed. As I tilted my head to come up with the right words, my eyes fell on his face, which was illuminated by flashes of light.

I have to come up with something better, or he won’t be satisfied.

Soon, the car stopped at the door of the villa.

After I got out, he turned off the engine and walked toward me. “Got it already?”

I smirked. “No, not yet. I always feel that you’re making things difficult for me. You know I’m not poetic.”

“Just try!”

gaze to him. “In the

for a moment, and then he grinned and took me by the hand into the villa,

you

said. I looked up and pointed at the starry sky

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must do so with all your heart and make your loved one happy so

…

first thing she asked was, “Taken

thought for a while before I remembered that yesterday, she had said I sounded nasal and that I should

nodded and said, “I

Since it’s the festive season, we must have some

domineering, leaving me with no

her that I

was busy with work, and I could not tag along

tidied up a little

was waiting at the entrance. When she saw me, she started ranting, “It’s not that far. If you didn’t want to come, you could have told

the trolley from her, I took a glance at

her lips, she nodded

her in. She was not very ladylike, looking more like a nagging middle-aged housewife. After shopping for some necessities, she

my head. “No,

“We have tacos every year on New Year’s Eve. If you

make the tacos with them,” I replied, but then I saw her with a bag of flour, so I guessed she wanted

I thought she would, putting the bag of

was about to say something but decided

Oh, fine!

play

to send all the stuff back to the villa. Then Sally took

was that she wanted to reward me

authentic Thai food. This restaurant is really

on University Road in J City the most. After I came to K City, I never went back there anymore. I’ve searched the entire K City for so many years, but I

I could feel

life in K City, and her memories of home had faded by then. Whenever she tried to

candy was influenced by my childhood memories. Grandma always had different types of candies in her pocket. Whenever I

never see them again, the only thing that remained for me to reminisce

brought the dishes, I got up. “Aunt Sally, I need to go and wash my

for some time, we dirtied our hands a

went to the washroom while she returned

an old acquaintance seated there whom I had not seen for a long

busy lately. That’s why I didn’t have time to visit you. You seem

two others who were strangers

smiled and replied, “My dear, you are so good at flattering. I haven’t lost weight

free later on,

knew that my presence

Sally said, “Letty, come here. The

Letty?

close friends and relatives, nobody addresses me by

the dining table, and my eyes met Rebecca’s

was evident that she

her, I

serves the

without

Rebecca did not intend to leave, Sally remained smiling while she said, “Ms. Larson, do you want to eat with

words were carefully thought out. She started with ‘Ms. Larson,’ which

and not just courtesy, but there seemed to

affectionately, “Aunt Sally, since

Then she put down the ladle, and with her slender fingers, she patted Rebecca’s hand gently and said, “My child, it’s my

never say

were gentle but

said, “Ashton and I have been close like family all these years. Since he calls you aunt, that makes me close to you as well.

Rebecca seemed to have advanced a lot since those days when she could only bring up her

can naturally address me as Aunt Sally.

was using this sibling-like relationship between Ashton and her to stress that the two cannot be in a romantic

a true

is going to deal with this tricky question since we all

said that Ashton was like family to her, so it would make no sense if she suddenly

still managed to put on a smile and said, “No, I’m

words were merely a lie

end up getting divorced or living happily

who takes good care of you. I

Joe Quinn?

get married. Since you said that all of us have our own destinies, no one knows how things will turn out eventually, especially when it comes to marriage. If there is no chemistry, we can’t force ourselves to love

dear, what do you mean by letting nature take its course?” Sally held Rebecca’s hand as she said in a serious tone, “You are wrong because that would only work if two people are in love. If the love is one-sided, it’s

in fact, reminding Rebecca not to wish for things that weren’t meant to be hers. After all, they would not belong to her no matter how

Rebecca understood what she meant, and it was difficult for

with more than thirty years of experience in

Sally, my friends are still around. I’ll leave you

stay, saying, “Sure, please drop by at my

between adults was complicated with truths and lies between shades

much fighting and hurting, they would still plaster

for growing up

me before chiding, “I really don’t know what Ashton sees in you. It’s been seven years, but you

I was rendered speechless.

had to admit that she was

is Parker’s younger sister. Before Parker died that year, he entrusted Ashton with Rebecca, so he’s responsible for

to take care of her for a lifetime? Even her biological father cannot be responsible for her forever, let

If she wants the company of a man so badly, she can

first time I heard Sally speaking so

said was true. I pursed my lips

take care of Rebecca, he was not her parent, so there was no obligation for him to be

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