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.

only sounds of glass breaking as red wine

crazy?”

smashed onto the ground. All the while, I shouted, “Give

When a person became

had almost completely wrecked

on a dark expression as he said in anger, “You

arms. He frowned and replied in a cold voice, “Just

me out

in the car. I was covered in red wine and

terrible. I did not even know what I was

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

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

I was not overwhelmed by thoughts and didn’t feel panic now. In fact, I

I laughed. “What for?”

a pained expression. It hurt me to see

you not want me to raise Summer too? Are you

face. The light was reflecting off of his

do

held in for a long time. He opened his mouth to speak but was heartbroken and could not make

getting

I was suddenly stunned. Why are my thoughts all

thoughts. I was sure that Summer was being

asleep

day, Ashton was gone. I stared at the

from yesterday were clear, so I knew

to hurt, so I hid under the covers. However, the more I tried not to think about yesterday, the

for a long time before eventually coming back

say

that extremely selfish person

no longer at the hotel. After I had washed up and

pale, sallow complexion, he asked, “You didn’t

my temples, shaking my head. “Is there any news about

sound, gesturing towards the room in

door behind him,

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

thought you were here to talk about Summer.” I narrowed my eyes, a little upset at

But you are the most important thing

uneasily under his intense stare, licking my dry

“Just answer me.”

have always been

not if your

just being nit-picky. Irritated, I rolled my eyes. “Tell me,

a huge, long-winded story. Every story had

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

sat up 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 burdened and depressed. Deep in your heart, you still hold a grudge against him and resent him, don’t

in

receive psychotherapy before restarting your relationship with him. This ambiguous situation between you two is not

Ambiguous?

didn’t even know what was wrong with myself anymore. All I knew was there was

to

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

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

not pressing the

this isn’t

Summer, and we should go look for

“So?”

Letty. Alright?” He placed the glass down, taking a deep breath before turning to me. “Can

That sounds so weird…

“So did you guys find

his

might have happened to my daughter abruptly dawned upon

I asked

to stay calm.” He

How could you tell me to ‘stay calm’? Just tell me

scare Summer if

won’t you tell me what happened to

jumped to my feet,

saying, “Summer was taken by Kristina.

open.

than blindly looking for a needle in

I didn’t want to talk with him anymore, fishing my phone out

up after a few rings. “What’s

help me investigate Kristina’s recent movements

was a surprised pause on the other end.

never say

“Yeah.”

it

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

“Isn’t it obvious?”

mean— it would be better to wait for updates from them instead of going about and looking aimlessly for new

“Aimlessly?” I shot back.

to provoke any further, he shut up and threw his hands

hotel without another word, and Emery texted me several addresses in W City

no choice but to hail a taxi

visiting each location, Jared called, telling me to visit the suburbs

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

way too desolate out here! Maybe you should

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

my phone and

“Where are you, Scarlett?”

you ask me to

in. I’ve found

did find her, then why didn’t

Silence.

choose

My eyebrows knitted together. “Summer is your

to not come over, I can’t

A threat.

person is Jared, exactly? Even after so many years, I can’t