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.

glass breaking as red wine spilled

you crazy?”

hands on, I just smashed onto the ground. All the while, I shouted, “Give my

to control one’s emotions. When a person became overly agitated, they were no different from a

I had almost completely wrecked Jared’s home, Ashton

“You should

frowned and replied in a cold voice, “Just go figure out how to find Summer as soon as

me out of Jared’s

the car. I was

know what I was thinking when I wrecked Jared’s

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

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

him. At this moment, I was not overwhelmed by thoughts and didn’t feel panic now. In fact, I felt

I laughed. “What for?”

a pained expression. It hurt me to see the

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

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

right?” I interrupted, then continued with more force, “You don’t want Summer, nor do you want me. The truth is none of you wants me. Everyone

head and started to cry. The sadness in my heart had been held in for a long time. He opened his mouth to speak but was heartbroken and could not make

were getting out of

suddenly stunned. Why are my thoughts all becoming so extreme and negative? Is

suppress my extreme thoughts. I was sure that Summer was

I fell asleep

Ashton was gone. I stared at the drizzle through the window and

clear, so I knew that I had made

under the covers. However, the more I tried not to think

for a long time before eventually

say

gone crazy. Or maybe, just maybe, that extremely

After I had washed up

eyebrows as he looked over my pale, sallow complexion, he asked, “You

my head. “Is

room in a silent

door behind him, walking over to sit

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

were here to talk about Summer.” I narrowed my eyes, a

came here to talk about Summer. But you are the most important thing to me right now. Summer has Ashton, the Crest family, and the Stovall family. So, let’s talk

licking

“Just answer me.”

and I have always been

if your

rolled my

Every story had to have its ups

meaning of happiness? If happiness could only be defined by how cheerful you felt in your daily life, wasn’t that

than I do. You don’t want to answer my question because your relationship with Ashton is starting to make you feel burdened and depressed. Deep in your heart, you still

the glass of water in front of me. “What are you

off all contact with him, or you go to the hospital and receive psychotherapy before restarting your relationship with him. This ambiguous situation between you two is

Ambiguous?

anymore. All I knew was there was

unable to

healed properly. I’d only 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

a long pause, I spoke up, “I’ll go to

pressing the

him. “By the way, John, this isn’t the time to be having a

about Summer, and we

“So?”

Alright?” He placed the glass down, taking a

That sounds so weird…

asked, “So did you guys find Summer? Did

but his expression

that something might have happened to my daughter abruptly dawned upon

flat, I asked again,

told you to stay calm.” He kept his gaze fixed on me,

you tell me to ‘stay calm’? Just tell

“You’ll scare Summer if you go to

you tell me what

jumped to my feet, pacing

for a while before finally saying, “Summer was taken by

at him, my mouth falling open. “So, technically, you

blindly looking for a needle in a

with him anymore, fishing my phone out to

picked up after a few

found Summer. Can you help me investigate Kristina’s recent movements in

a surprised pause on the other

love, never say

“Yeah.”

it

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

“Isn’t it obvious?”

from them instead of going about and looking

“Aimlessly?” I shot back.

I was acting too hostile to provoke any further, he shut

word, and Emery texted me several addresses in W City where she thought Kristina

all, so I had no choice but to

visiting each location, Jared called, telling me to visit the suburbs we’d went

again while on the drive there, the taxi slowing to a stop by the roadside with seemingly no one around for

your friend told you to go? It’s way too desolate out here! Maybe

what seemed like an abandoned factory a short distance away from where the car had stopped. Hesitating, I told the driver, “Could you wait for a

phone

“Where are you, Scarlett?”

did you ask

in. I’ve

you did find her, then

Silence.

“You could also choose

are you trying to do, Jared?” My eyebrows knitted

to not come over, I can’t guarantee if

A threat.

after so many years, I can’t tell if he’s a good