In Love, Never Say Never

In love, never say never chapter 666

Tessa had no good retort for that. Her face turned red with anger, and she frowned, ready to rebuke, but Laurel quickly stopped her, “Calm down, guys. Let’s talk this through. We don’t have to fight. It’s pointless. And we’re all safe and sound, and that’s a cause for celebration.”

Everyone fell silent, and Tessa stood up. “I’m full. You guys go ahead.” Then she went upstairs.

Tabitha and Nora said nothing, while Laurel looked at me and shifted the topic, “Are you going straight to A City after you go back, Scarlett?”

I nodded. “Yeah. I want to see my daughter.”

“You have a daughter?” She was surprised. “But you look so young. How old is your daughter now?”

“Five. Almost six, actually.”

They looked at one another, and Nora threw me a look of curiosity. “So you’re married? Does Armond know about it?”

That question was weird, but I nodded. “He does.”

“Huh?” The girls were stunned. “He knows you’re a married woman, but he’s still that nice to you? Is he sick in the head?”

“Didn’t know hotties like him love young MILFs.”

The conversation went in a weird direction, and I laughed. “Don’t think too much about it. He’s helping me out for something in return. I have something he needs, so this is nothing but a transaction.”

“Transaction?” Nora was surprised, and also flummoxed. “Is the thing he’s looking for worth the lives of five?”

“It’s a box my grandma gave me before she passed on. It’s a puzzle box. I have one, but the other one was auctioned off. He’s looking for this box, but I don’t know why.” I wasn’t sure who Armond was. His last name was Murphy, so I thought he was probably a part of the Murphys.

But if that was the case, why did he take the trouble to hold that auction in J City and sold off the box he had? If he wasn’t a part of the Murphys though, then why was he aiming for that box?

Nora rubbed her chin and nodded. “Rich guys like him like to waste their time on stuff we think are unnecessary.” She then looked at me. “Thank you, though. I’ll treat you to something good when we get back. You’re my friend now.”

I smiled, and Tabitha looked at me. “My wedding’s in October, but I don’t know if that’s going to change after what happened. You have to come if it’s proceeding as usual though.”

Laurel smiled. “Yeah, we’re besties now. Hey, I have an idea. Do you guys want to open a company?”

We were taken aback by that proposal, and Tabitha looked at her. “Don’t tell me you want us to be your partners.”

Laurel nodded incessantly. “I have been giving it some thought back in the glass room. I thought I’d open a company with you guys if I managed to get out alive, and I did get out in one piece. We’re going to work together for our whole life.”

Tabitha frowned. “You are so greedy! You just got saved from one hell, and now you want to bind all of us together?”

Laurel smiled. “I mean, we can do anything together after the hell we went through. We met by chance, and I want this friendship to go on. We come from different places, so we’re going to drift away if we have nothing to connect us. I don’t want that to happen.”

Nora found it amusing. “That so cheesy. That won’t happen. We can always chat online.”

“What kind of company do you have in mind?” I asked. “Any idea about where you’re going to establish it? What’s the company going to sell?”

Laurel gave it some thought. “I haven’t thought about that in detail. All I have is a rough idea, but I know where the company should be established— A City. Sure, it’s not the best city, but the infrastructure’s well established, and it’s developing well. It’s in a strategic location, and the weather’s perfect too.”

“I have an idea,” Nora said. “Why don’t you open up an inn or tea shop? We can gather round at any time for a little vacation.”

Tabitha nodded. “Good idea.” The girls kept on talking, while I looked at the second floor, and I went upstairs after some contemplation.

I knocked on Tessa’s door, but it took a while for her to open it. She was surprised to see me, then she asked, “Anything?”

“Let’s talk.”

She frowned and took a step back to let me in.

In love, never say never chapter 667

She was obsessed with Buddhism. The moment she was saved, she erected a Buddha statue in her room and started worshipping it. Tessa sat cross legged before the statue and put her hands together as she muttered the mantras under her breath.

“What do you want to talk about?” she said.

I looked at her and answered, “Do you really believe he’ll bless you?”

She looked at me from the corner of her eye and replied sternly, “I wouldn’t be talking to you now if he doesn’t.”

Well, that was one woman far gone in religion. I paused for a moment. “They said you live in A City. Laurel’s going to open up a shop there once we get back. Want to join us?”

“No,” she refused firmly.

I nodded. “I didn’t mean it, you know. I didn’t want to hurt you guys. I really didn’t. I never expected Dante to hurt you like that. I—”

“Enough!” she interrupted me and threw me a dirty look. “Do you really think you’re that noble, Stovall? You keep looking down at us from a pedestal. Has anyone ever told you you’re one heck of a hypocrite?”

I looked at her, stunned.

She sneered. “I don’t think you even realized this yourself, but you’re a cold, selfish woman. And yet you keep trying to make yourself out to be some saint. You come from a privileged background, men fawn over you, and people would help you out no matter what. All you did was sit on your *ss and reaped the rewards. Ask yourself: have you ever gotten something through your own two hands? I knew it.”

I gaped at her, having no retort for that.

She was spurred on by my silence. “You’re just pretending to be a good guy, but you hate me more than they do, don’t you? That’s why you kept quiet when Dante chose me. Because you’d feel less guilty if I was the one who’s hurt. Because you never liked me. Am I right?”

I kept quiet, for I thought she had a point. Humans would tend to be sentimental, and even though I knew some part of her answer was fueled by her own rage, I couldn’t help but feel that I had the same thought at some point too.

I wanted to save them, yes, but I didn’t do my best either. I just went with the flow and didn’t do everything I could. even though I knew Ashton might be looking for me in Venria, I was still staying in Western Europe without a care.

“What? Got nothing to say to that?” She sneered with disdain.

I got up and left without saying anything. Not many people could face their own darkness head on. Me included.

…

The morning sun shone through the glass and covered the bed with golden dust. It was already August before I knew it. Fall’s around the corner.

the lobby early in the morning to prepare for the return. We managed to get to Western Europe from Venria without any passport or ID since the security was

couldn’t call anyone else, since the only number I memorized was Ashton’s. That proved to be a headache for Armond, and he had to talk to a

to take our flight tickets. At the same time, he went to settle his matters, leaving

Nora held my hands. “You can’t imagine how happy

can go home!

“Yay for me too!”

excited. Tabitha suggested, “Our flight’s one hour away. Why don’t we buy something to

“Sure!”

then everyone was silent. Laurel said carefully, “But we don’t have money.” Well, that killed the

with Mr. Murphy, and the Murphys are rich.

looked at me. Well, this is awkward. Nora gave me the puppy-eye look and said nothing. Tabitha hesitated before speaking up, “Scarlett. I know it’s a bit much to ask, but can you lend us

They must be worried sick. I know they must

never say

After looking at Armond, who was on the phone, I handed the bag to Nora and said, “Alright, I’ll go get

A joyful smile

spoke into the phone with a low grunt. “I’ve taken the goods and handed them

saw me and was taken aback. Then he quickly

that, he turned to me and

was a little embarrassed. All this while I was staying at his place and being a burden

a promise. I couldn’t

please? My friends would like to buy some stuff to bring

stunned for a moment, but he smiled and

a black card

a little confused. “That’s too much. All

it. I only have this card on me,” he said as he

and took the black card from him. Sighing inwardly, I said,

the women lost themselves with the card. They bought a lot of products after going around a dozen of the branded stores

they managed to control their shopping impulse. That was only because they were in a

I rummaged through my bag for a long time and realized that my air ticket and entry letter

an effort to get for me

you to lose it.” Nora took the bag from me and searched the bag again.

and said, “I was holding the bag just now, and I didn’t overturn it. Could it be that it was lost at one of the shops we visited

is a big airport, and it’ll take us a while to get to the boarding

nodded and began

“Scarlett, why don’t you continue to find the documents here by yourself, and we will

want to leave her

and that’s considering that we would need some time to

them and said, “You guys go ahead, go find the boarding gate first.

you can’t find it? We won’t be able to come out once we go in.” After a pause, she said, “How about this? I’ll go with you to find it. Anyhow, I’m not in a hurry to go back. I’ll stay here to accompany you if we can’t find it. There’s nothing much to do back home

laughed. “I didn’t know you have bonded so well with Scarlett. Are you

fumed at

Don’t worry

a strong-willed person and would never allow anyone to tell her what to do. After saying that, she took my hand and pulled me

and

us, so I turned around to take a look. To my surprise, it was Armond tailing after us. I said to him, “Go ahead to the boarding

blandly, “No. The plane might be

you know that the plane will be delayed?” Nora asked. “You

soon. They will definitely delay the flight for safety

in my

said with a

Nora started to panic and

and was deep in thought. Then she said,

it in the villa or dropped it somewhere. Why don’t you join back

never say

go through it again. To start the process again, they will

She had a point.

to me. Let’s go and search every

the trashcans?” I asked, in

and said, “I can’t tell you now. Let’s

store and began to look into the trashcans of every store. She even asked the storekeepers if

understand what Nora meant,

few stores, she finally found the documents in a trashcan. She exclaimed in delight, “I found

when I saw her retrieved the documents from the

as surprised. Just like me, he never thought that the documents

to me and said, “Look through it and see if there’s

her voice. “What’s wrong with you people? Why didn’t you keep the documents until the owner

storekeeper was puzzled. She had seen us return to her store twice to look for it, and she was

who threw it in the trashcan. Besides, we’ve never seen these documents before. We have a surveillance camera, and if you’d like, you can view the footage yourself. We definitely

the surveillance footage,” Nora said angrily. “Other than you guys, who else could have

Let’s go now.” All it mattered

always was, Nora insisted, “No. We must watch the

storekeeper turned on the surveillance footage for us to watch. It was the

at Armond and said softly, “I’m sorry, but this may take a

smiled faintly and said, “That’s

few of the storekeepers watched the surveillance footage together. After a brief moment, the storekeeper said, “See that? We didn’t throw the documents into the

and asked

said, “Come and

little surprised, so I walked over to them to watch the surveillance footage.

some new handbags, so she handed my bag that was in

rest of us were so focused on shopping that

the bag, and with her back turned, she retrieved the

out of the store as if

blew her top. “What was she trying to do? Did she do that so that you won’t be

to the storekeepers and apologized to them. After thanking them again, I slipped the documents into my bag and

troubled Nora tugged at me and said, “You can’t keep quiet. You have

delayed, we should hurry. In a few minutes, it’ll be boarding time

Tessa. She obviously has bad intentions. Are you going to keep quiet about