In Love, Never Say Never

In love, never say never chapter 586

Ashton nodded. “It hasn’t been raining for very long. You can try to continue tracking the footprints.”

The policeman shook his head and sighed. “That’s what we thought at first. However, after we found the footprints, we noticed a lot of stray dogs around the area, and it also started to rain. The tracks have basically been washed off. There are mostly farms around here, so it’s not that easy to check thoroughly.”

When we entered the factory, the policeman turned to Louis and said, “Look, it’s here. Take a look and see if it’s something that was with the child when she got lost.”

Naturally, Louis did not recognize Snowfluff. He looked at me and said, “Letty, come over and see.”

I was feeling a little weak in the legs and had been trembling ever since I entered.

Looking at Snowfluff lying lifelessly on the ground, I instantly lost strength in my legs and started to fall to the ground.

Luckily, Ashton acted fast enough and caught me in time, hugging me tightly to himself. He stared at Snowfluff and frowned. “It’s Summer’s dog.”

When he was done speaking, he placed me on a chair and patted me on the arm. He said comfortingly, “Don’t worry. No news is good news. They have found Snowfluff, so they’ll be able to find Summer soon.”

I pressed my lips together as tears constantly flowed down my face. With a choked voice, I asked, “Will they harm Summer?”

He shook his head and looked at me with determination in his eyes. “Trust me, I won’t let anyone hurt Summer.”

He then walked over to look at Snowfluff’s corpse.

The forensic pathologist beside him said, “The dog was poisoned. The time of death was less than twelve hours.”

John glanced at the surroundings, then turned to the policeman who led us in. “Is there any surveillance footage around here?”

“This place has been abandoned for a very long time. It’s impossible that there’s any.”

I looked at Snowfluff and could not help but shut my eyes. Then, I turned to look at Jared.

There was a strange, cold feeling in my heart.

After listening to them discuss the situation for a while, I got up, glanced at Ashton who had been silent the whole time, and left the building.

I sat in the car for a while before John and Louis returned to find me in a daze.

John thought that I was worried about Summer and tried to comfort me. “Don’t worry too much. If the police can find Snowfluff, they’ll find Summer soon enough.”

I pressed my lips together and lifted my head to look at him, then asked, “What if we’re looking in the wrong direction?”

He froze for a while before looking me in the eye. His voice was full of suspicion as he asked, “What do you mean?”

“Snowfluff’s been through training. Although it wasn’t aggressive, it’s very vigilant. When I found out that Summer had gotten lost while in Crest Residence, I initially thought that Snowfluff could have been poisoned while in their house. But now it looks like someone had brought them both out of Crest Residence. There’re so many cameras around the house. How is it possible that nothing was captured at all?”

John raised his eyebrows as if he had realized something. He hesitated for a moment before he asked, “Are you saying that someone from the Crest family, did it?”

I nodded. “Also, that person should have quite a good relationship with Summer. Otherwise, she would never have followed them out of Crest Residence so easily.”

He paused for a while, then frowned. “Do you suspect Jared?”

“Don’t you think that’s possible?” I turned to him and continued, “Back then, Macy didn’t want Summer to stay with the Crest family and didn’t want Jared to know of Summer’s existence. At first, I thought that since he had blood relations with Summer, it was a good thing for her to have one more person who loves her. But now, it seems like Jared just wants to keep Summer in the Crest family. He doesn’t want her to stay with me!”

John looked at me with a hint of disagreement, “Jared’s been doing business for many years. He won’t do such a thing. He might be able to keep Summer for himself temporarily, but she’s bound to grow up. As a granddaughter of the Crest family, she would have to attend many banquets in the future. There’re only so many people in this circle. Sooner or later, Ashton and you are going to find out about this.”

I lowered my eyes and picked at my fingers. Slightly annoyed, I replied, “What if he and Ashton are in on it together?”

Louis looked at me with a slight frown on his face. “Scarlett, let’s go back first.”

They clearly disagreed with my statement. I was getting even more irritated.

I did not speak throughout the ride back.

Back at the hotel, John and Louis were busy with something else, leaving me to stay in the room alone feeling uneasy and irritated.

Ever since we found Snowfluff, I was even more certain that Summer had been taken away by the Crest family.

Once the signs pointed me in a certain direction, it was hard to stop thinking that way.

In the end, I had made up my mind that Jared was the one who was hiding Summer.

I then immediately left the hotel and took a taxi to where Jared was staying.

He did not stay at Crest Residence. Instead, he stayed in a commercial-residential building in the city centre.

The people there said that I required an appointment to enter the building. Thus, I gave Jared a call at the door.

Although he was surprised, he soon got the security guards to let me in.

His door was left unlocked, so I pushed it open to reveal his very tidy house. Jared had heard me enter.

In love, never say never chapter 587

He stood up from the sofa and poured me a glass of water, then said, “Have a seat.”

I looked at him, then glanced around the house. Surprisingly, this place was turned into a three-story high unit and was very luxurious.

After admiring his house for some time, I immediately started to search his rooms.

Jared frowned at my behavior. “Scarlett, what are you trying to do?”

There was no trace of Summer in any of his rooms. Unable to hold back my anger, I took the glass in his hand.

Then, without hesitation, I splashed the water on him. I could not contain my emotions any longer, and said, “Jared, you’d better return Summer to me. Don’t have any weird ideas. I won’t let her live with you.”

He frowned as the water dripped off his face and onto his shirt. Narrowing his eyes, he replied, “What are you trying to say?”

I had no intention to drag this on any further, so I replied straightforwardly, “You took so much effort to do all this just to keep Summer with you, didn’t you? Let me just tell you. It’s impossible for I’ll never let you have my daughter.”

Jared was becoming furious. “Scarlett, what’s your problem? Do you think that I’d really do such a thing to my own child?”

I sneered, not in the mood to show him any mercy. “Why not? There’s nothing that you wouldn’t do. You’re just an unscrupulous businessman. Do you actually think you’re that noble?”

He was dumbfounded and spoke in a cold, low voice. “Scarlett, Ashton may accept you like this, but I won’t. I’m more anxious than you are over Summer missing. But this is no excuse for your unreasonable actions.”

“I’m being unreasonable?” I looked around his house and noticed one of Summer’s favorite toys on his sofa. My blood started to boil. I did not think before I said with a sneer, “Sure. I’ll show you what it means to be unreasonable.”

Before he could react, I had pushed his expensive red wine bottles to the ground.

sounds of glass breaking as red wine spilled on

you crazy?”

I just smashed onto the

difficult to control one’s emotions. When a person became overly

I realized that I had almost completely wrecked Jared’s home,

as he said in anger, “You should send her to the

cold voice, “Just go figure out how to find Summer as

carried me

down by the time we got in the car. I was covered in red wine and my hair was a

not even know what I was

throughout the ride back. When we were back in our room, I showered and lay on

the bedside, looking at me with a troubled gaze. “Scarlett, let’s go to

turned to look at him. At this moment, I was not overwhelmed by

I laughed. “What for?”

me to see the look on his face, so I looked away from

and faced him, my mood unstable. “Ashton, do you not want me to raise Summer too? Are you helping him lie to me? Are

my face. The light was reflecting off of his eyes. With a

nor do you want me. The

in my heart had been held in for a long time.

were getting

pain in Ashton’s eyes, I was suddenly stunned. Why are my thoughts all becoming so extreme

extreme thoughts. I was sure that Summer was being hidden

asleep

day, Ashton was gone. I stared at the

from yesterday were clear, so I knew that I

under the covers. However, the more I tried

for a long time before eventually coming back to my

say never

maybe, that extremely selfish person was exactly who I

up and was getting ready to leave, John

he looked over my pale, sallow

temples, shaking my head. “Is there any

the room in a silent request to continue this conversation

the door behind him, walking over to sit

glass of water for himself, glancing at me. “Are you happy with

you were here to talk about Summer.” I narrowed

you are the most important thing to me right now. Summer has Ashton, the Crest

uneasily under his intense stare, licking my dry lips.

“Just answer me.”

I have

if you were happy, not if your relationship with him

he was just being nit-picky. Irritated, I rolled my eyes. “Tell me, John: what

all a huge, long-winded story. Every story had to have

was the meaning of happiness? If happiness could only be defined by how cheerful you felt in your daily life,

straight, sighing. “Letty, I’m not sure that you understand happiness more than I do. You don’t want to answer my question because your relationship with Ashton is starting to make you feel

in front of me. “What are you trying

with him, or you go to the hospital and receive psychotherapy before restarting your relationship with

Ambiguous?

know what was wrong with myself anymore.

unable to control my temper

ever hidden my scars away and threw my nightmares to the back of my mind, leaving them for the future me to deal with. On the surface, I appeared fine, but one small poke at my wounds and you’d be

a long pause, I spoke up, “I’ll go to the hospital. Just…

nodded, not pressing the topic

looked up at him. “By the way, John, this isn’t the time to be having a heart-to-heart

worried about Summer, and we should go

“So?”

placed the glass down, taking a deep breath before

That sounds so weird…

“So did you

nodded, but his

idea that something might have happened to my daughter

flat, I asked

He

Just tell me what happened

inhaled deeply through his nose, recomposing himself. “You’ll scare Summer if you go to see her like

tell me what

jumped to my feet, pacing restlessly

finally saying, “Summer was taken by Kristina. Right now, the Crest

mouth falling open. “So, technically, you haven’t found Summer

It’s better than blindly looking for a needle in

with him anymore, fishing my phone out to call

picked up after a few rings.

haven’t found Summer. Can you help me investigate Kristina’s

on the other

never say never

“Yeah.”

it immediately, so don’t

up my bag. “You’re heading out?” asked

“Isn’t it obvious?”

for updates from them instead of going about and looking

“Aimlessly?” I shot back.

thinking that I was acting too hostile to provoke any further, he shut up and threw his hands up in

hotel without another word, and Emery texted me several

so I had no choice but to hail a taxi and go

location, Jared called, telling me to visit the

started raining again while on the drive there, the taxi slowing to a stop by the roadside with

It’s way too desolate

a short distance away from where the car had stopped. Hesitating, I told the driver, “Could you wait for a moment while I

phone

“Where are you, Scarlett?”

Why did you ask me

in.

find her, then why didn’t you

Silence.

choose to not come over,

to do, Jared?” My eyebrows knitted together.

cold laugh rang out through the phone, and he reiterated, “If you choose to not come over, I can’t

A threat.

of person is Jared, exactly? Even after so many years, I can’t tell if he’s a good