In Love, Never Say Never

In love, never say never chapter 656

Ashton approached us with narrowed eyes.

A bullet whistled narrowly passed his head.

“Ashton, stay where you are if you want her to live,” Abe shouted. “Her life is far more valuable than yours. I’m not going to exchange you for her. It would be in your best interests if you allow us to leave, or I would not be able to promise that she won’t bleed to death.”

Ashton froze, his eyes locked on my arm and the ghastly pool of blood that had gathered on the ground.

“Let them pass!” he commanded his men as though it was an easy decision for him.

Joseph stared at him in surprise; he was prepared to capture Abe once and for all. “Mr. Fuller, this is our only chance to…”

“Let them pass!” Ashton repeated with his pained gaze on me.

Abe kept his grip tightly on me and walked towards a junction that led towards another path.

At the sight of Ashton lowering his gun, Abe cackled with delight.

He tossed me in the car with Danny at the wheel. He sped off as soon as the doors slammed shut.

Abe grinned down at me. His eyes were reduced to slits in his malice. “Ms. Stovall, much obliged to you for getting me out of that.”

I glared at him as fiercely as I could. The blood that I had lost was making me dizzy.

Abe laughed at my fury. “To Marshville!” he ordered Danny.

Danny opened his mouth to speak but caught sight of the bloodstains upon my arm. He frowned and nodded without a word.

“We are still being followed!” Danny said, with a glance at the rear-view mirror.

“Lose them!” Abe barked. He then glanced at me and his lip curled into a cruel sneer. “If Ashton enjoys my company so much, I’d say let him come. We can show him around the city if he likes. He should know that a life is at stake here.”

It was obvious that he was referring to me as my arm was still bleeding steadily.

I felt dizzy due to the excess loss of blood. I leaned against the door and panted heavily.

Danny went several more rounds. He glanced back at me and said, “Sir, she might not make it.”

Abe had been laying back with his eyes shut. At Danny’s remark, he cast a lazy glance toward me. “Are they still on our tail?”

“No, sir. I think they’re gone.” Danny shook his head.

“Hmm! Bummer,” Abe said with amusement. “No matter, to Marshville.”

Danny switched routes. Instead of heading back to the villa, we headed toward a well-hidden building.

I had passed out before making sense of our destination.

When I next awoke, the white sheets that I lay on were unfamiliar.

The first thing that I had noticed was the pain in my arm which seemed to have spread. Even the slightest movement was too much for me.

After several painful attempts, I slumped back into bed, drenched in a cold sweat from exertion.

My throat felt dry as if I hadn’t had anything to drink for ages.

My eye fell onto several glasses of water on the table next to me but I was unable to muster the strength to grab one.

Out of nowhere, a slender hand reached out and grabbed a glass. I glanced up at its owner instinctively.

A familiar face swam into view. “Armond!” I cried, stunned. My throat seared with pain from the mere utterance of his name.

Armond nodded, a thin smile across his lips. “Would you like a sip?”

“My throat’s parched,” I croaked.

He shifted his position and sat on my bed next to me. With his hands around my waist, he held me up and leaned me on his body against my will.

Armond must have sensed my reluctance. “You’re not well. Don’t even think about it,” he chastised.

Stunned, I had no choice but to go along with him. He held the glass of water near my lips.

I lapped several mouthfuls. “Thank you, I felt much better.” I sighed in relief.

Armond set down the glass and gently lay me back down.

“Would you like something to eat?” He stood gazing down at me.

“I’m not hungry.” I shook my head.

Armond frowned and slumped into a corner in silence.

I could no longer bear my curiosity. “Mr. Murphy, why are you here?” I blurted. “Do you know Abe?”

“This is a private hospital belonging to the Murphys,” he said calmly.

“The Murphys?” I repeated, feeling bewildered. “The Murphys of K City?”

“The Murphys who saved your life,” he said with a frown.

“Why did you save me?” I asked suspiciously.

“No particular reason,” he replied with a cold glare. “I did not intend to save you. You just happened to come across one of my establishments.”

“You came to Marsingfill for me. That counts as a rescue mission.”

Armond laughed. He was a handsome man and looked much more attractive when he smiled. “Did you forget what you had promised me when we were in A City?”

I really forgot.

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“I don’t have many hobbies of my own,” Armond said when I did not answer. “I just enjoy watching people fulfill their promises to me. Since you had already promised me, it was only natural for me to come and claim it.”

That seemed like a far-fetched reason to me.

“What about my arm?” I asked, determined to change the subject.

A bullet went through it. You’re d*mned lucky to be alive after all of it.

“It’s nothing,” Armond said. “Just rest up well. You’ll be fine, just not able to lift heavy objects is all.”

pursed my lips at that but

it was Abe, but it was only the nurse here to

more questions for Armond, but he seemed to be reluctant to discuss them with me. With several more reticent answers, he

more complex than I had

some hot soup, I fell back

had a tendency to start at

made it even spookier during the

had no way of falling asleep, so I thought to sit up for a bit.

overly hard and had knocked the bottle

the sound of the disturbance, and Danny

on the

with a nurse who promptly cleaned it up. She relayed some instructions in

me

Danny!” I

Ms. Stovall?” he spun around and

like to know what is going on

“Ms. Stovall, you need

to leave. In a moment of panic, I flung the glass of water onto the floor to get his attention. “If you are going to threaten Ashton with my life, you should at least do me the courtesy of telling me why. I just want to

said, with his eye on the broken shards of

whatever reason that landed you to be Abe’s associate, you must understand that after all the illegal things that you’ve done, you

a simpleton. Meanwhile, the nurse returned and cleaned up

maliciously under the bright fluorescent as

piousness someplace else away from us. Mr. Abe and Mr. Fuller share a grudge that is personal in nature. Your appearance was part

you. But when you said that the Fullers, the Stovalls, and the Moores from K City will protect you, it was a clue that sparked our interest for further investigation. There wasn’t much news of you back in Chanaea, but the fact that we were

in the past?” I asked, trembling.

but Mr. Abe’s father didn’t fare too well out at the border. For the sake of his wife, he was forced to make an honest but meager living. He did not expect that George

old comrade along with Ashton at the border. On the way back they were

entrusted his sister to Ashton’s care before he died. They remained married for

I was dragged into the middle of this

Mr. Abe’s father?”

battlefield. Forced to live a life of increasingly conflicting choices, his punishment was more severe than other men. To spare his wife and child the burden which he bore, he

pity. My mind turned to the night I saw Ashton. He had spent a lot of money

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many illegal businessmen in the region, and the plot to assassinate the Fullers came into being. While they were being hunted, they were forced to pawn everything they owned just to make it back. That necklace belonged to Ashton’s grandmother. George Fuller kept it with him all these years. Mr. Abe learned of this

able to venture a pretty good guess as to how the rest of the

bait

and my value to Ashton was a stroke of dumb

guessed that I was here, and Abe would never have

to his feet when I did not speak. “What else would you like

is the relationship between Armond and

“They’re business partners.”

asked, suddenly

product is mostly exported to Western Europe,” Danny smiled coldly. “Not

are they partners

“Jades.”

nearly forgot. Venria exported

silence. At his readiness to leave, I didn’t feel like asking any more questions. As

nodded and left the

his word, Abe appeared

a long shadow over my bed. “You wanted to see me?” he asked, looking at me in an odd manner. It was calculating but cold at the

and sat up. “You promised me once, that if I did as you said, you would

eyebrows in derision. “Your friends?” he repeated with a laugh. “You still think your life is worth four of

Ashton cares about me!” I

the potted plant. “Are you his wife?” Abe asked, squinting at me. “Under these circumstances, shouldn’t you be more concerned for his life over the lives of

his abilities that you think he will get

is, you can’t go back on your word,”

laughed madly for an instant. “You

the ladies,” Abe instructed Dante. “When

“Yes, Sir!” Dante answered.

was away from K City for several months without being in touch with Ashton. I had wanted

with time, he would meet a girl worthy of him to

have

accident, but a

supposed to keep traveling down this path without

to feel like myself again only after a few days, though it hurt when I occasionally touched it.

But it wasn’t unbearable.

well. On the day of my discharge, Danny was there to pick

anything, Dante initiated. “Ms. Stovall, aren’t

time that they went home,”

long operating theatre, I saw Nora through the glass room. After days of being locked away from sunlight, she looked haggardly and frail. Her mass of hair was shockingly

Being used to the life in the theatre, they barely glanced up

I saw that. “What happened to them?” I asked

them. “All the women who come here will

say that you would take good care of

care of them by letting them live. If you hadn’t

a loss for words, despite the rage in my

“Release them!” I ordered.

hand in a gesture toward the man guarding their

door and helped the

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forwards to grab Nora as she collapsed against me. “Leave us behind, Scarlett,” she said hoarsely. “It’s no use. This

held back tears. The strain of her weight against my

bedrooms to be prepared in the villa. As the women

That’s them settling in.

I went down to the living room where Dante and Danny

when I emerged.

will keep my

stared at me for a moment before Dante laughed. “Ms. Stovall,” he said, leaning back in his chair. “Do you know what

“I do.”

desperate for death as

waited

said, “You needn’t go in anymore. It’s a waste of your talents for you to be delivering goods. Mr. Abe has plans for

that. The men had returned their attention to their tea, and

Ashton, it wouldn’t pay off to use me to transport

all.

to my bedroom and stood on the balcony. The villa was heavily guarded; escape is nigh

middle of a dense banana plantation. Without an experienced guide, this villa was as

would be searching for me around the city for

again the following

their time in bed. I went to them a couple of times, but