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.

gathered in 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 lax thanks to Armond, but it wouldn’t

mine 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 he

airport, and Armond sent his men to take our flight tickets. At the same time,

my hands.

go home!

“Yay for me too!”

excited. Tabitha suggested, “Our flight’s one

“Sure!”

was silent. Laurel said carefully, “But we don’t have money.”

lend you some then. She’s friends with Mr. Murphy, and the Murphys are rich.

but can you lend us some money? I really want to bring something home with me. It’s been a while since

worried sick. I know they must have searched high and low for

love, never say never

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

Thank you, Scarlett.” A joyful smile spread across her

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

he saw me and was taken aback. Then he quickly said into the phone, “I’ll talk

turned to me and asked, “What’s

little embarrassed. All this while I was staying at his place and being a burden to him. Right now, I was

I’ve already made a promise.

some thought, I said, “Mr. Murphy, can I borrow some money from you, please?

a moment, but he smiled

pocket, he whipped out a black card

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

this card on me,”

was surprised, but I reached out and took the black card from him. Sighing inwardly, I

a lot of products after going around

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

a long time and realized that my

had spent an effort to get for me was

the bag. It’s impossible for you to lose it.” Nora took the

holding the bag just now, and I didn’t overturn it. Could

an hour left. This is a big airport, and it’ll take us a while to get to the boarding gate. If we delay anymore, we might

and

the documents

way! What if she can’t find it? Do you want to leave her here all by herself?” Nora said

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

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

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

you have bonded so well with Scarlett. Are you using her

fumed at Tessa’s ridiculous

stopped her and said, “It’s okay. Don’t worry about me.

go with you,” Nora said stubbornly. She was a strong-willed person and would never allow anyone to tell her what to do. After saying that, she took my hand

helpless and I said

surprise, it was Armond tailing after us.

“No. The plane might

would you know that the plane will be delayed?” Nora asked. “You don’t

smiled and said, “It’s going to pour soon. They will definitely delay the

in my ear, “I find

necessarily,” I said with a

searching through a few shops, we still couldn’t find it. Nora started to panic and said, “I carried your bag properly just now. There’s no

was deep in thought.

“Forget it. I probably left it in the villa or dropped it somewhere. Why don’t you join back the girls?

say

to go through it again. To start the process

She had a point.

looked at me and said, “Scarlett, listen to me. Let’s go and

trashcans?” I

while and said, “I can’t tell you

look into the trashcans of every store. She even asked the

I did not understand what Nora

few stores, she finally found the documents in a trashcan. She

was stunned when I saw her retrieved the documents from the

just as surprised. Just like me, he never thought

and said, “Look through it and see if

“What’s wrong with you people? Why didn’t you keep the documents until the owner comes back for them? Why did

return to her store twice to look for

we’ve never seen these documents before. We have a surveillance camera,

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

now.” All it mattered was that we found

always was, Nora insisted, “No. We must

footage for us to

“I’m sorry, but this may take a

smiled faintly and said, “That’s

storekeepers watched the surveillance footage together. After a brief moment, the storekeeper said,

asked in confusion,

looked at me and said, “Come

to them to watch the surveillance

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

shopping that we were not aware of what

and with her back turned, she retrieved the documents from my bag and threw it into the

followed us out of the store as if

Nora blew her top. “What was she trying to do? Did she do that

After snapping out of my thought, I turned to the storekeepers and apologized

was silent, the troubled Nora tugged at me and said, “You can’t keep quiet. You have to say

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

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