In Love, Never Say Never

In love, never say never chapter 591

He picked up the bottle of sulfuric acid, slowly swivelling his head to face me. An eyebrow raised, he asked in an annoyed tone, “Want me to do it for you?”

My face scrunched up out of fear, instinctively taking a step back and increasing the distance between us. “Jared, listen. There’s still a way out for you if you stop now.”

His lips pulled back in an ugly sneer. “Scared, Scarlett?”

No sh*t, Sherlock. Anyone would be.

He took slow, lazy steps towards me, and I unconsciously kept backing away from him. “Jared, you can’t bring back people from the dead, but you can still treasure the living while they’re still alive,” I tried to convince him.

He merely jeered at me, refusing to listen to anything I said as he twisted open the bottle cap.

Waving the bottle in the air menacingly, he went on to say, “You look so much like Naomi right now. She was this scared and vulnerable when she died, too. I remember thinking: she must have wanted to continue living, but she couldn’t find a good reason to do so anymore. Why couldn’t I have been her reason? Why couldn’t she have continued living for me?”

I felt my back hit a wall. I’m cornered.

Delighted by my new predicament, a wide grin spread across his face as he splashed the contents of the bottle in my direction.

I reflexively reached up and tried to cover my face with my hands, but only managed to block some of the liquid.

In the blink of an eye, I was aggressively pulled into someone’s embrace at the exact moment that I heard the blood-curdling sound of something dissolving, as well as caught a whiff of the rancid odor of rotting flesh.

A man’s voice hissed into my ear in pain as a group of people suddenly barged into the building.

When I’d finally snapped awake from my daze, I realized that it was Ashton. He’d used his own body to shield me from the sulfuric acid.

Out of the corner of my eye, I could somewhat see that all the blood was drained from Jared’s face as he stared at Ashton, dumbfounded while Ashton’s men wrestled him to the ground.

I tried to open my mouth to speak, but no words came out.

Ashton instantly fell to his knees in front of me. There was a constant ringing in my brain as I stood there blankly, watching someone else carry Ashton away.

At the hospital, I silently watched the doctors and nurses as they moved around me. It was only then that my brain finally registered that my face hurt slightly, and I realized that the sulfuric acid must have burnt some parts of my skin off.

“The burn area isn’t large. Your right eye is hurt, but the cornea isn’t damaged, so you don’t have to worry about blindness,” a doctor told me as he bandaged up my wounds.

I contemplated his words for a while. I now knew that my face and right eye hadn’t managed to escape Jared’s fury unscathed.

But why didn’t I feel any pain at all in the beginning? Maybe it all happened too fast that my brain wasn’t able to register it.

The doctor left as a nurse came in to help with my IV injection. After pressing lightly all over my hand and not finding any prominent veins, she glanced up at me. “Please hold your hand in a fist.”

I did as I was told. She carefully inspected the back of my hand and then picked up the needle, setting it upon a certain spot on my skin.

I turned away, refusing to watch her actually push the needle into my flesh. My pain tolerance had always been horrible.

“All done,” the nurse helpfully supplied after she was done.

Only then did I sigh in relief, all the muscles in my body relaxing. The spot on the back of my left hand where the IV needle had pierced hurt slightly, and it looked swollen.

I couldn’t help but ask, “Did you accidentally pick the wrong vein? It looks like the wound is starting to bleed.”

The tube that connected the IV needle to the drip bag was indeed starting to turn from clear to blood-red.

The nurse looked over her shoulder at me and did a double take. When she tried to pull out the IV needle, tiny drops of blood spurted out.

Using a cotton swab and iodophor to clean the wound, she instructed, “Hold this for a minute.”

I held the cotton swab in place, internally lamenting about how complicated humans’ blood circulatory systems were. All veins had the same purpose of sending blood to different parts of the body but getting them mixed up might potentially cause a health hazard.

The spot on the back of my left hand was no longer bleeding, but a bruise was starting to form, much to my dismay.

As I chucked the cotton swab into the nearby trash can, the nurse also noticed the growing bruise on my left hand. She furrowed her eyebrows slightly and looked apologetic but didn’t say anything.

She took my hand in hers and inspected it closely, searching for another more suitable spot to insert the IV needle.

I couldn’t help but pity myself whenever I looked at the tiny lump on my left hand. “Maybe we could try my right hand?”

I would’ve hated it if the nurse somehow accidentally inserted the IV needle into the wrong vein on my left hand again, creating yet another bruise there.

Nodding, she lowered her head and gestured for me to clench my right hand into a fist.

Fortunately, the process was much smoother this time, and nothing happened after the IV needle went in.

The nurse packed her medical tools, staring woefully at the bruise on my left hand. “I’ll go get a pack of ice for you.”

I nodded. My vision of her was slightly blurry due to one of my eyes being covered by bandages.

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Things always looked a little blurrier when you were staring at them using one eye instead of two.

John stepped into the room and brushed past the nurse, who couldn’t help but gaze admiringly at him. A man with his handsome looks was bound to attract female attention wherever he went.

He was probably used to it as well. He walked into the room and gazed down at me, his eyes full of worry. After glancing up and down my body, his eyes settled on the pinpricks of blood on the back of my hand.

“How did you manage to do that to yourself?”

I replied blithely, “My skin is too fair, I suppose. It was very difficult to find the veins.”

John frowned a little but didn’t say anything more. As he continued to gaze at me, he asked, “Well, how do you feel?”

I evaded his question expertly. “Have you found Summer?”

John nodded and replied, “Yes, we’ve already found him. Ashton suspected Kristina all along, but it wasn’t until he found Summer that he realized something was terribly off. That was when he went to look for you in the factory.”

I pursed my lips. Ashton was a very clever man indeed. Also, that taxi driver had disappointed me greatly! I thought he would at least be kind enough to help me call the police.

I couldn’t help but sigh. Strangers weren’t to be trusted, after all.

John looked at me with a strange expression on his face. “Why aren’t you asking me how Ashton is?”

That was a difficult question. How was I supposed to answer that?

Ashton had shielded me from most of the sulfuric acid, so his injuries were probably far worse than mine. However, I was still a little hesitant about asking John about his condition.

John and asked morosely, “John, don’t

to blame for this incident, because you couldn’t have predicted his actions. It’s well within your rights to be mad at Ashton, but Scarlett, you must

not a god, after all. He couldn’t have known that Jared was hiding a deep grudge and that after so many

that grudge in the first place! That

swirling in my eyes, John sighed a little, looking very helpless. “Scarlett, if you don’t let

up at him and retorted, “What about you, then? Can you disregard Hannah’s family background and live happily with her for the rest of your

fell silent at my question. Looking rather perturbed, he muttered, “We’re talking about your situation right

nodded. “Yes, we are talking about me right now. I’m just making you see things from my perspective. Sometimes, it’s hard to understand the viewpoint of the other party when you aren’t in their shoes. You might even think I’m making a big fuss over nothing. However, if the same thing happens to you, you might be singing

thinking that I was a lost cause. The room descended into an awkward

off, a burning feeling gripped my face. I lay in

hospital immediately. The moment she

silent as well. Knowing

after they found out that Ashton had taken the splash of sulfuric acid for me, their expressions lightened up

change the fact that I had been injured

down people, the Crest family would be defenceless regardless of how much influence

of causing intentional hurt before long. Everyone had expected this outcome. The man was now a

large part of his skin had been corroded by the chemical.

days in the intensive care unit, his condition

him to a normal ward, he was still confined to his bed. The doctors had already removed the bandages from my face, and my eyes had made a full recovery. However, my face

my eye. It was a rather small wound that was no larger than the

nurses had recommended it to me, telling me that it could help improve the

let this

said he needed to rest—he had been very badly injured, so much so that he had damaged some nerves in his

his face. Because he had been burnt on his back, he

I mused that we both

tell whether we were together because of love, or because we owed too much to each

too much, we were

warned, “You’ll be in a great deal of pain when the anaesthesia wears off.” He turned to me

do. This was probably the first time I had been entrusted with taking care of

been very healthy in the past. I couldn’t recall

He had lived peacefully for the first half

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his back. A tube had been inserted into the back of his hand, and the nurse took great care to adjust it. She looked at

thanked her

coma. As he lay on his bed, his lips moved a little, his voice sounding too hoarse to be

dunking a straw into the beverage so he could suck the drink up. However, Ashton shook his head, telling me to forget

He took a sip from the cup and looked a little better. His lips

strange. His first words after he woke

my tears as I looked at him and said, “You’re a jerk, Ashton

still very

small injury?” He had nearly lost his life, and still had the audacity

curved slightly. “I’m thirsty.” I wanted to be a cruel wife and make him die of

hold back my tears anymore, I could only watch as

this, Ashton sighed and said with a smile, “Why are you always crying? Girls shouldn’t cry so much, you know. It makes you look

“I’m disfigured, anyway. How much uglier could I get? Ashton, I don’t need you to sacrifice yourself for me. I don’t

Jared’s target was me, and you were innocent. Come to think of it, I was the one who implicated you. I’m to blame for my own injuries—you don’t

in a low voice, “That’s what I think,

pull away from him, but the moment I exerted some force, he let out a growl of pain. Evidently, I

whatever—he could hold my hand

hands were. This was the first time I knew

heart. Somehow, I was never able to protect you every time something happened to you, and I failed again this time. I thought I blocked every drop of

face. However, he grimaced in pain again as his

my head, looking at him with tears in my eyes. “Ashton,

against his lips. His lips were icy cold, and I knew the effects of the anaesthesia were

that. When you found out that something had happened to Summer, you left without telling me and went to beg Emery and the Stovall family for help. You didn’t consider turning to me during your hour of

opened my mouth to protest his claims, but

say. After a short pause, I said shortly, “Ashton,

cares? I’m willing to wait for you to come to me one day. Until that day, I’ll put in my best effort to ensure that I’ll become a priority

most of my life catering to Ashton’s whims. Now

own whims all along. I refused to open up my heart to him and forget our complicated history—instead, I got

or let

been a

forehead was practically dripping with sweat. However, there was nothing I could do to alleviate his pain. I wiped his sweat off using a towel, and he smiled bravely up at me, as though I was

squat down next to his bed, he asked, “Scarlett,

so he could take

catheter. After a short pause, I replied, “Changing

as though my declaration had embarrassed him

anybody to see him

his eyes and leaned back into his

he was still awake. Gingerly, I dabbed away

my hand immediately. As we gazed into each other’s eyes, I notice the despairing look that haunted

best to remain silent

After wiping his sweat away, I leaned closer

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on his back. A tube had been inserted into the back of his hand, and the nurse took great care to adjust it. She looked at me

nodded and thanked her in a

nurse left, Ashton woke up from his coma. As he lay on his bed,

got up and poured some water, dunking a straw into the beverage so he could suck

obeyed. He took a sip from the cup and looked a little better. His lips white as snow, he muttered, “Thank goodness

strange. His first words after he woke up

looked at him

still very handsome. “Don’t worry, it’s just a small injury. I’ll get better with some

him, the lump in my throat growing more painful. “A small injury?” He had nearly lost his

lips curved slightly. “I’m thirsty.” I wanted to be a cruel wife and make him

to hold back my tears anymore, I could only watch as they landed on my

always crying? Girls shouldn’t cry so

disfigured, anyway. How much uglier could I get? Ashton, I don’t need you to sacrifice yourself for me. I don’t feel thankful for what you did at

don’t want your thanks, you foolish girl. Jared’s target was me, and you were innocent. Come to think of it, I was the one who implicated you. I’m to blame for my

a

moment I exerted some force, he let out a growl of pain.

my hand if

could feel how cold his hands were. This was the first time I knew

to protect you every time something happened to you, and I failed again this time. I thought I blocked every drop of that sulfuric acid, but you got

touch the scar on my face. However, he grimaced in pain again as his wound stung, and he quickly wrenched his

shook my head, looking at him with tears

pressed my hand against his lips. His lips were icy cold, and I knew the effects of the anaesthesia were