In Love, Never Say Never

In love, never say never chapter 596

Ashton nodded. “Are you hungry?”

I suddenly felt as though he was the one taking care of me instead of the other way round.

I parroted his question back to him. “Are you hungry?”

Cameron stirred in her sleep and woke up. She stared at Ashton and I for a few seconds before looking at the time on her phone.

Seeing that it was already past noon, she got up and poured me a glass of water. “Here, drink something. Your father went home to make lunch. He should be back any minute.”

I froze for a moment before taking the glass of water from her. I turned to Ashton and asked, “How are you feeling? Do you feel any better?”

He nodded. “It doesn’t hurt as much anymore.”

Cameron got up and headed to the toilet. When she came back out, she wiped her hands on a paper towel and asked, “What do the both of you fancy for lunch?”

Ashton shook his head, expressing his indifference. He turned to me and asked, “Do you have anything you want to eat?”

I thought for a while before shrugging. “Anything’s fine!”

Off the top of my head, I couldn’t think of anything I really wanted to eat.

Cameron picked up her bag and left the room. My phone, which I had neglected since coming into the hospital, rang loudly all of a sudden. Emery was calling me.

She sounded rather sharp over the phone. “How are you doing? Are you feeling alright? Which hospital did they send you to?”

Faced with her barrage of questions, I felt rather confused. After a short pause, I replied, “I’m fine. I’m at a hospital in W City right now. I’ll only make my way back to K City in a few days.”

Emery snorted loudly before saying, “I know you’re in W City. I was asking which hospital you’re in.”

“I’m in Medwin Hospital. Is there something wrong?”

“I’ll be coming to look for you in a short while. Have you eaten yet?”

I felt rather stunned. Shooting a glance out of the window, I stammered, “When did you arrive in W City?”

“I just got off the plane, as a matter of fact. Let’s talk more later. Send me the hospital address via text, won’t you? I’ll be there very soon.” She hung up the phone immediately.

Ashton looked at me and smiled. “Was that Emery?”

I nodded and put my phone away. “She’s heavily pregnant now. I don’t think we should let her run around the city in her condition—it won’t be safe for her.”

Agreeing with me, he nodded. “Go and pick her up, then. Be careful.”

I nodded and called the nurse over to change his bandages. With that, I turned and left the hospital.

Emery insisted that she would be taking a cab to the hospital and told me not to go and pick her up. However, I still felt a little worried for her. I called a cab for her and personally told the driver where to drop her off, before making arrangements for a room at our hotel.

Thankfully, the hospital wasn’t far from the airport. Emery arrived half an hour later and stowed her luggage away at the hotel first.

Although she was wearing maternity clothes that were loose and drab, it was quite obvious that her stomach had swollen alarmingly.

As she put her clothes away in the drawers, she turned to me and asked, “It’s going to be new year’s eve soon, and it has started to snow heavily in K City. Are the both of you going to celebrate the new year in W City?”

I sighed gently. “We haven’t actually decided yet. Ashton is heavily injured, so he might have to stay here and recuperate for some time.”

Emery finished putting her clothes away and shot me a side glance, looking rather solemn. “The Crest family has been throwing their weight around for years. It’s time somebody put them in their place.”

“The Crest family didn’t hire a man to do it—it was Jared Crest himself. He never really got over the incident with the Fullers’ youngest daughter, and Macy leaving him proved to be the last straw for him. He was very mentally unstable.”

Emery sat down on the sofa and sighed heavily. “Gosh, that guy is a mess. What else does he have to live for? Most grudges are best left in the past or resolved—otherwise, you start going crazy and harming everyone around you.”

I bowed my head and mulled over her words. Life was full of twists and turns. How could Emery be so sure in her judgment that Jared’s actions were wrong?

Seeing me remain silent, she asked, “What did the Crest family say about this matter?”

I shook my head despondently. “I’m not sure, actually. Ashton seems to have no intention of investigating the situation further. Instead, he passed on the case to the police—Jared will probably be rotting in prison for the next few years.”

Emery frowned and said rather sadly, “If I remember correctly, he should be about thirty-five or six now. He’ll be in his forties by the time he’s released from prison. Since he’s a member of the Crest family, there will be a great deal of talk about him.”

I pressed my lips together tightly, unsure of how to reply.

We chatted for a while longer. Since it was rather late at night, I thought Emery might want to rest in her hotel room first. However, she insisted on following me back to the hospital to take a look at Ashton.

Truthfully, I wasn’t so sure about leaving her alone in the hotel. I agreed to her request immediately.

We arrived in the hospital, where Zachary and Cameron had already laid out dinner for us. It was still the same old soup, but they had made other dishes as well.

Seeing Emery and me, Zachary turned to Emery and scolded, “Why are you running around the city when you’re so heavily pregnant? Are you trying to make all of us worried about you?”

In a rather mischievous tone, Emery replied, “I’m only a few months into my pregnancy! I can still walk around outside if I feel like it, you know. When my stomach gets too big, I’ll make sure to sit quietly at home and mind my own business.”

Zachary shot her a look and didn’t say anything else.

Cameron laid out the plates and looked at me. “Come and sit down. Let’s have dinner first—we can talk about other matters later.”

Zachary pursed his lips. He turned to Emery again—instead of yelling at her, he told her to finish her food and return to the hotel immediately.

A few moments later, Hunter arrived, claiming that he was too worried to let her run wild around the city by herself.

The two of them seemed to be fighting. Like a couple who was having a lover’s quarrel, they made snide remarks to each other throughout dinner and left quickly.

Cameron and Zachary refused to let me watch over Ashton by myself anymore and insisted on staying behind with me.

Left with no other choice, I agreed reluctantly. They could do whatever they pleased.

Thankfully, the hospital room was large enough, and there were even a few sofas in addition to the bed. However, with so many people around, I didn’t feel as comfortable as I would be at home.

In love, never say never chapter 597

Ashton around and bringing him to the toilet in the middle of the night proved much easier. If I happened to be asleep, one of them would rouse

only found out about this when I woke up. I slept through the night, and when I woke up the next morning, Zachary and Cameron had

well that night, and it showed on my face. After the doctor cleaned off the rotting flesh, the skin

was nearly new year’s eve, and he didn’t want to deal with the airport crowd that always swelled during this time of

to get Emery to

With them around, I was relieved of much of my caregiving

business activities in W City revealed all sorts of business malpractices they had been involved in. As a result, their

faced huge demand because everyone needed those products. The Crest family had established a monopoly in the industry in the past ten years, and

the Crest family enjoyed a never-ending stream of demand for their goods. This

the attention of the Bureau of Industry and Commerce

the Crest family’s business ran into problems, the Quest family swooped in like

of this, Old Mr. Crest

to prison, and now their patriarch was dead. In a span of a few days, the Crest

has maintained its hold over W City for too long. It’s time to change masters,” Cameron mused. She walked over to me and

away and sighed. I had to admit that Cameron had a

with trepidation, “What plans do you and

was rather confused as well—weren’t Ashton and I doing

of you are in your thirties, and you are no longer young. As much as

zoning out a little. She had said something

my silence and plodded on. “I know you younger people have your own ideas, but everyone wants to live out their golden years in peace no matter how much they’ve struggled in the first part of their life. The older you get, the more you enjoy the company of others, and the more you want to be surrounded by children and grandchildren. Scarlett, Summer was raised by you, and there’s nothing wrong with lavishing your love on her. However, a woman needs to have a child of her own. This isn’t some silly old-fashioned

over her words and felt that she was right. “We can talk about this again when Ashton

In the future, your father and

a rush of warmth

and I would raise Summer and our child together and lead out the rest of our lives peacefully. Lady Luck was finally starting to shine on

down the corridor and into the room. Cameron got up and said, “You can return to the hospital room first. I’m going to ask the doctor if they can discharge Ashton earlier or transfer him to a hospital in K City. Since it’s the festive season soon, let’s try and get the whole family back in K City so we

and watched as she left for the doctor’s office. I returned to the

wasn’t planning to eavesdrop, but the door was ajar, and I could hear Ashton’s voice clearly from outside the door. He sounded very serious. “There’s no real need for you to kill off the entire Crest family,

this was directed

voice was thick but indifferent. “You might have ties to the Crest family, but what’s that to me? All I

to their previous

the Crest family. Back when you joined forces with Jared to

stunned. Had Ashton really tried to do something to the Moore

you’re going to bring that up again, I have

sounded cold and cruel in his reply. “When you swapped Scarlett’s DNA back then, you were already planning on taking down the Moore family, weren’t you? You got Jared to strike up a fake alliance with my wife, pretending that they would work together to defeat you. However, Jared betrayed my wife and stole the Moore

say

the messages Stacey showed me surface in my mind. Jared and

Stacey showed me were about Jared and

back as I stared at the men in the ward. They were both people from the business circle. There was no way I could

indifferently, “The Moore family might be formidable in K City but it’s not enough to have the same influence in J City. Saying that I have no moves at all is

family have been in the mafia for so many years, we’ve always been just and righteous. The reason we want to get a hold of J City is

Naomi’s dead and that’s the truth!” the former said, a hint of anger in

his brows. “That

for this accident today,” Ashton

think you’re right. Ashton, if you want to continue living a great

lips and decided not to continue listening to their conversation. I went back

reports four

Cameron, but he left even though they hadn’t done anything.

Naomi’s death. I never imagined that

she was back and she couldn’t help but say, “What are you still doing here?

my hand and

with their conversation. At the sight of us, the latter instantly got up and pulled Cameron into his arms. “Where did

to ask the hospital staff if we could transfer Ashton to a hospital outside of K City. That way, we can celebrate the festive

then said to Ashton, “You should be able to walk

“Yes,” he nodded.

added, “The doctor said that if you can get off of the bed and move around without opening up the wound, you’ll be allowed to transfer to another hospital. New year’s eve is just around the corner. We’re not even that familiar with W City or the people here so it isn’t really convenient for us to celebrate here. How about

was obviously asking for Ashton’s

man nodded and there weren’t any changes in his expression when

wanted to explore W City. After all, it was a bustling city

opposition to that, and

and I were the only ones left but I wasn’t talking much since

asked about his injury before spacing

a moment before saying in a low voice, “Come here,

was patting the spot next to him as

to lie in his embrace but was afraid that it would hurt him, so I

my head onto his shoulder before saying, “Don’t

smile and felt my eyes burn. Forget it. I won’t ask him anything for now. We still have the

become a normal thing in W City. It hadn’t stopped since

he was going to be discharged soon, Ashton decided that he would

myself to react with virtue instead of retaliation. But I could only agree to it since he wanted to

Judgement of Criminal Responsibility was personally handled by Louis. No matter how capable the Crest family was, there was nothing they could

was just too worthless

of intentional assault and was sentenced to seven years in prison in the suburbs outside W

and Zachary didn’t want to see him, so they had chosen to ask a driver

up at the iron gate before me and it was so tall that just the gate alone was enough to daunt

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in seven years. These seven years will pass in the blink of an eye!” I said.

smiled and reached out to take my hand. He patted the back

car beside the road. The place was quite desolated so there were hardly any cars that passed by the place. We didn’t have

on his own now and as long as there weren’t any

rather small door at the side of the prison which was only allowed for

we had informed the people working there before we arrived, an officer was waiting for us by

him and held my hand as we

the door. A training field similar to a military training field was on both sides of the path,

the officer leading us seemed to know about Ashton’s injury as he

half an hour, we finally got to see Jared. He sat at the opposite of the thick

fierce as ever. He took his seat and stared at Ashton with pursed lips, but

leaned against the back of his chair leisurely as he continued staring disdainfully at

to

suddenly pitied him as I looked

men were once best friends who had gone through bumps and twists in

help but sigh at