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.

prepare for the return. We managed to get to Western Europe from Venria without any passport or ID since the security was lax thanks to Armond, but it wouldn’t be so easy the other way around. Fortunately, Nora and the girls called their families and asked them to

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

and Armond sent his men to take our flight tickets. At the same time, he went to settle his matters, leaving us

girls were exhilarated. Nora held my hands. “You can’t imagine

go home!

“Yay for me too!”

girls held each other’s hands, looking excited. Tabitha suggested, “Our flight’s one hour away. Why don’t we

“Sure!”

said carefully, “But we don’t have money.” Well, that killed

with Mr. Murphy, and the

you lend us some money? I

Laurel said carefully. “Same here. They must be worried sick. I know

never say

Armond, who was on the phone, I handed the bag to Nora and said, “Alright, I’ll go get it. Wait here

you, Scarlett.” A joyful smile spread across

“I’ve taken the goods and handed them

and was taken aback. Then he quickly said into the phone, “I’ll talk to you later. I’m

that, he turned to me

at his place and being a burden to him. Right now, I was really pushing my luck

made a promise.

thought, I said, “Mr. Murphy, can I borrow some money from you, please? My friends would like to buy some stuff to bring

stunned for a moment, but he smiled

out a black card and said, “Here you go. There’s no

and felt a little confused. “That’s too much. All I need is

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

took the black card from him. Sighing inwardly, I said, “I can never understand

with the card. They bought a lot of products after going around a

to control their shopping impulse. That was only because they were in a hurry to make it

for a long time and realized that my air ticket and

Armond had spent an effort to

lose it.” Nora

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

said, “We only have half an hour left. This is a big airport, and it’ll take us a while to get to the boarding gate. If

and began

find the documents here by yourself, and we will wait

want to leave her here all by

enough time, and that’s considering that we would need some time to get to the boarding gate after passing

for a while, I looked at them and said, “You guys go ahead, go find the boarding gate first.

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 anyway, so it’ll be just like a few days of

Scarlett. Are you

Nora fumed at Tessa’s

stopped her and said, “It’s okay. Don’t worry about me. I’ll be fine by

was a strong-willed person and would never allow anyone to tell her what to do. After saying that, she

helpless and I

my surprise, it was Armond tailing after us. I said to him, “Go

The plane

you know that the plane will be delayed?” Nora

to pour soon.

softly in my ear, “I find Armond

said with

Nora started to panic and said, “I carried your

deep in thought. Then she said, “Let’s search

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

say never

want to go through it again. To start the process again, they will ask for your identification

She had a point.

and said, “Scarlett, listen to me. Let’s go and search every store’s trashcan. We might be able to find

I

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

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

not understand what Nora meant, I went

found the

her retrieved the

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

“Look through it and

Why didn’t you keep the documents until the owner comes back for them? Why

look

We have

“Other

Let’s go now.” All it mattered was that we found what we

as she always was, Nora insisted, “No. We

footage for us to watch. It was the

at Armond and said softly, “I’m sorry, but

and said, “That’s

brief moment, the storekeeper said,

froze and asked in

looked at me and said,

the surveillance footage. In the video, the five of us could

wanted to try on some new handbags, so she handed my bag that was in her

on shopping that we were not aware of what was

she retrieved the documents from my bag and

us out of the store as if nothing

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

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

that I was silent, the troubled Nora tugged at me and said,

a faint smile. “Even though the flight’s delayed, we should hurry. In a few minutes, it’ll be

about Tessa. She obviously has bad