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 journey of
and then he grinned and took
did you pilfer
was asking me about that cheesy line I just said. I looked up and pointed at the
never say never
make your loved one happy so that you would
…
called, and the first thing she
thought for a while before I remembered that yesterday, she had
nodded and said,
the festive season, we must have some decorations. Later, you must go out with me to do some
leaving me with
her
was busy with work, and I could not tag along with him
up
entrance. When she saw me, she started ranting, “It’s not that far. If you didn’t
I took the trolley from her, I took a glance at the supermarket
lips, she nodded and went straight
more like a nagging middle-aged housewife. After shopping for some necessities, she looked back at me and said, “Are you good at making
head. “No, I’m
Year’s Eve. If you are not good at making dough, how can
but then I saw her with a bag of flour, so I guessed she wanted to prepare the dough
did as I thought she would, putting
about to say something but
Oh, fine!
just play by
hours later, we arranged for the delivery staff to send all the stuff back to the villa.
she wanted to reward me for going shopping with
authentic Thai food. This restaurant is really good, though. You shall soon try
said to me, “Before I came to K City, I liked the Thai restaurant 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
words, I could feel
after she turned eighteen, she spent her remaining life in K City, and her memories of home had faded by then. Whenever she tried to reminisce it, only the tastes from her childhood would
had different types of
were gone and I could never see them again, the only thing that remained for me to reminisce was the
dishes, I got up. “Aunt Sally, I need to go and wash
time, we dirtied our hands a little, so she got up and went
I went to the washroom while she returned to our
an old acquaintance seated
have time to visit
others who were strangers to me, most likely
“My dear, you are so good at flattering. I haven’t lost weight or gained any. I’m
am free later
presence would destroy the
Sally said, “Letty, come here. The
Letty?
my close friends and relatives, nobody addresses me
and my eyes met
that
her, I
on my plate, saying, “This place serves the
nodded without saying
not intend to leave, Sally remained smiling while she said, “Ms. Larson, do you want to eat with us? I ordered a lot. If you don’t mind, you
Larson,’ which was
sincere invitation and not just courtesy, but there seemed to be a hidden
was slightly taken aback, but she accepted her offer without hesitation. Then she sat next to Sally and said affectionately, “Aunt Sally, since you like Thai food too, we can come here together when you have time in the future. I like it very much
smiled and served her some food. Then she put down the ladle, and with her slender fingers, she patted Rebecca’s hand gently and said, “My child, it’s my honor if you call me aunt like Ashton
love, never say never chapter
were
have been close like family all these years. Since he calls you aunt, that makes me close to you as well. Addressing you
a lot since those days
pursue the matter any further. “Oh, it’s fine then. If Ashton treats you like a younger sister, you can naturally address me as Aunt Sally. My dear, counting those years, you should be about thirty
relationship between Ashton and her to stress that the two
like a true
wonder how Rebecca is going to deal with this tricky question since we all know what’s
just said that Ashton was like family to her, so it would make
expression stiffened slightly, but she still managed to put on a smile and
we all knew that those words were merely a
married. It doesn’t matter whether you end up getting divorced or living happily ever after. However,
Quinn who takes good care of you. I think he is
Joe Quinn?
won’t pressure me to get married. Since you said that all of us have our own destinies, no one knows how things
My 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 just wishful thinking. Just look at Letty and Ashton. They have been together for seven years, constantly talking
to wish for things that weren’t meant to be hers.
meant, and it was difficult for her to
than thirty years of experience in society,
“Aunt Sally, my friends are still around. I’ll leave you both now and see you
stay, saying, “Sure, please drop by at my place when you
truths and lies between shades of grey, neither friend nor
when there was much fighting and hurting, they would still plaster a smile on
for growing up
at me before chiding, “I really don’t know what Ashton sees
I was rendered speechless.
had to admit that
a while, I replied, “She is Parker’s younger sister. Before Parker died that year, he entrusted Ashton with Rebecca, so he’s responsible for her.
at me with a tinge of exasperation. “But does that mean he has an obligation to take care of her for a lifetime? Even her biological father cannot be responsible for her forever, let alone Parker. So please
years old. She can be independent and live her own life. If she wants the company of a man so badly, she can go ahead
the first time I
what she said was true. I pursed my lips
though Parker had asked Ashton to take care of Rebecca, he was not her parent, so there was no
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