In Love, Never Say Never

In love, never say never chapter 671

As the old adage says, always return to your own root.

Although A City was not my homeland, it was much better compared to Western Europe and Venria.

That night, I slept better than ever. It was a dreamless sleep.

The next day.

I was awakened by the sound of knocking on my door. When I opened the door, I was struck dumb by the sight of a man in grey pyjamas standing outside my door. “Morning, Mr. Murphy.”

He raised his brow and looked at the watch on his wrist. “You’ll start work from today. From now on, you’ll stay here. For the time being, there’s no helper at home, so you’ll need to prepare breakfast. We start work at nine, and it’s seven now. In order not to be late for work, you’ll have to go downstairs to make breakfast now.”

Having said that, the man sauntered off. I was a little confused at first but recovered after a while. I quickly went back to my room and changed my clothes. After a quick wash-up, I went downstairs to the kitchen.

Fortunately, there was some food in the refrigerator. So I made a quick breakfast.

After breakfast, I was caught in a difficult situation. When I saw him holding the car keys in his hand as he was about to leave the house, I mustered up my courage and asked, “Mr. Murphy, can I trouble you to give me a ride?”

He nodded wordlessly.

After getting into the car, I put on a thick skin and asked, “Mr. Murphy, can I request one month’s salary in advance?”

I had no choice because I lost all of my belongings. My bank card had to be reissued. Even my mobile phone was lost. The most important thing right now was to get myself a phone.

When I saw him looking at me, I quickly explained, “All of my belongings were taken by the policewoman. I’ve nothing left with me. That’s why I want to get myself a phone first.”

He nodded in silence. Then, he took out a white box from a bag and handed it to me. “Consider this as your salary for this month. It’s new, take it. I don’t like this design very much.”

I took it and was a little surprised when I opened the box.

It was a new mobile phone, and it seemed to be worth more than five thousand.

After being without a phone for two months, I felt so out of touch. I unboxed the mobile phone excitedly and found that I just needed to get a SIM card.

The Murphys business in A City was still oil and jade. It was undoubtedly their business as the import and export centre in Southeast Asia.

Hence, the Murphys’ company was situated in twin towers right in the heart of a busy city centre in A City.

In the twin towers, there were two other companies other than the Murphys’ company. One was an IT company, and the other was an energy resources company.

The luxurious office building consisted of hundreds of floors, and it was owned exclusively by these three companies.

I spent the entire morning being briefed about my new job as Armond’s secretary. And by noon, I took the advantage of break time to get myself a SIM card.

With a phone in hand, the first thing I did was to call the police.

Although I did not know if the so-called policewomen were real or fake, they convicted others in private and expelled others from the country, and the act itself was already an illegal act.

After obtaining the SIM card, I managed to log in to my google account. Fortunately, the account was linked to my google pay, thus it made things a lot easier for me.

Ever since I left K City, I had not responded to anyone’s message from K City, nor had I posted anything on Instagram.

Countless messages kept popping up on my phone, and they were all messages from K City over the past two months.

Most of the messages were from Ashton. I clicked into it and quickly read the messages. There were mostly photos of him and Summer, and the rest were daily greetings and checking in on me.

I read the messages carefully, and by the time I read the last message, it seemed that the message was sent recently and he seemed to be doing fine.

I pondered for a moment before replying to his message.

“I’m fine, don’t worry about me.” Other than that, I didn’t know what else to say.

After that, I sent messages to both Emery and Hannah to tell them that I was safe and sound.

The police arrived not long after I made the call. They were here to take statements from me.

Savini at Animus was surprised to see that I was back. He was even more surprised that I had led the police to him.

The moment he saw me, he was so shocked that he dropped the papers that were in his hands. He looked at me with utter astonishment and stuttered, “Scarlett, you…you…”

I smiled faintly and said, “Thanks to you, I’m still alive.”

The police stepped forward and arrested him after they read him his rights. As for the group of policewomen, they were gone by the time the police arrived.

It appeared that they had left earlier.

Just as I was leaving the police station, Ashton called.

I memorized his phone number by heart and knew that it was him by just a glance at the numbers.

I was in a dilemma, to answer or not to answer the call.

After a moment, I answered the call.

Without many words, he asked in a low voice, and it sounded as familiar as ever.

“Where are you?”

I was distracted for a moment as I looked up at the August sky in A City. Suddenly I realized that time seemed to have passed for a long time.

“I’m back in the country.” When we met in Venria, there were no words spoken. He must have been worried.

There was a moment of silence on the other side of the phone before he asked, “Shall I come and find you?”

In love, never say never chapter 672

I pursed my lips and replied, “No. I’m fine, don’t worry about me.”

“I want to see you.” He sounded like he was trying to stifle his emotions.

I want to see you.

It’s been a long time since I heard such sentimental words. I smiled as my heart filled with warmth.

“I’m fine, Ashton. Really.” I had wanted to tell him to live our own lives separately, but I knew that it would inevitably anger him.

willing to wait for you here. But you can’t continue to be away like this. The night-time loneliness is killing me and I don’t want to count on my memories to get past the nights. I want to see you,

first time for me to hear Ashton pouring out his feelings with no reservations, and his voice had an

in front of me at this moment, I would have pulled him into a tight embrace and tell him that

control myself and tell him that I missed him. I was also afraid that if I were to appear in his life again,

unable to give him a happy marriage, and I couldn’t even bear him any children. Leaving him was

rough voice, “Are you punishing me, Scarlett? If so, then

call as I was afraid to continue having this conversation

the sudden urge to cry. When did I become such

How pathetic!

me and asked irritably, “Scarlett, care to explain

was supposed to be a one-hour lunch break, but I ended up spending two hours making a police

was a deep frown on his face, he was clearly

sparing no details, but he was still angry. “Whatever it is, it’s irresponsible of

apologized profusely for my behavior. Knowing that he was angry,

he stopped himself

for an hour, and that’s considered skipping work?

I made a mistake.

handing over the work to Linda,

have any plan tonight, Scarlett? Let’s have

thought for a while and said dejectedly, “Actually, I really want to go to dinner with you. But I might have something

a day, and there’s no telling when exactly he

made plans to meet up with Tabitha and Laurel, and we’re going to Zero Degrees tonight. After our near-death experience, what can be more important than being alive and happy? You’d

Armond’s company as his secretary. And I must

a secretary? Being on call for twenty-four hours a day, does

that sounds like it.” After all, I had to cook breakfast and dinner. That’s pretty much

She exclaimed excitedly. “Why does it sound like you’re in an idol drama? Could it be that Armond

on my own saliva after hearing that. I coughed and said, “You’re thinking too much. I’m working for him because I’m short

She started to be nosy. “It’s not that I’m thinking too much. It’s just that I can’t help but think that your scenario is similar to

and then continued, “By the way, when are you going back to K City? You said you’re short of money,

a slight pause before she continued, “That’s not right. Didn’t you say that you’re married? Shouldn’t you be going back to your husband instead?

saying, “I have to go.

never say never

that I could

I could only

Murphy Corporation. Furthermore, Armond already had Linda as his efficient secretary. And that’s why my job

contract. Then you’ll need to arrange for Mr. Murphy’s schedule for tomorrow.”

help but ask, “Is something

“I’m going to pick up my daughter in a short while. I have to leave ten minutes

and felt that she didn’t look a day over forty. “You have a daughter, but you still look so young. I wouldn’t have thought that you have a daughter if you didn’t

at me and smiled. “I’m flattered, Scarlett.

hand, she left

my things, I saw a man in a black suit coming out of

there anything else, Mr. Murphy?” I instinctively looked at the time and noticed

and said, “Nora asked us for

stunned for a moment. “She invited you?”

He nodded. “Let’s go.”

a man

car, I started to wonder how Nora managed to get his number. I couldn’t help but

his eyebrows and started the car. “We exchanged numbers at the

I was speechless.

I’ll

couldn’t help but think of Linda. So, I asked him, “Mr. Murphy, has Linda been your

“She used to work with my grandfather. She’s a great employee, and that’s why

I nodded. That’s obvious.

raised an eyebrow. “Why did you

young and beautiful, but Linda is middle-aged and has a family of her

too many romance novels. Being a secretary doesn’t come with that kind of scandalous plot. To

I was stumped.

not.” I shook my

me off.

Me? What the?

Was I being insulted?

At Zero Degrees’ entrance.

black dress and was wearing makeup. Because of her good figure, she

of the car, Armond

“Mr. Murphy, I’m surprised that you came. Thank you for

and said, “I thought Ms. Stovall said

her and asked, “Why are you dressed to the nines? Are you planning to hook

and said, “I’m going for Mr. Murphy tonight. You can’t have him, Babe. You’re

more could I say? I looked at her and nodded. “Best of

the most eligible bachelors around. Handsome and rich, he came from a prominent family. Ordinary girls would not have the chance to be up close and personal with him. This was definitely an

proceeded to the second floor for entertainment. It seemed that tonight was going

Instead of letting it get to me, I sat down and

did.” Nora leaned closer to me and said into my ear. “I should have told Tabitha earlier

responded with a

like

was having a good time drinking and chatting with

got up and

footsteps behind me, I turned around and saw Tessa following behind my back. I froze for a moment before asking, “Are you going to

nodded and

love, never say

into the washroom to wash

carpeted floor in the corridor made me have a newfound appreciation for all the familiar things in

from a few yards away. It

and saw Tessa leaning against a black-suited

was someone all too familiar, someone I had been missing for such a long time. Bumping into him under such circumstances rendered me a little

hold me, please? I think I have sprained my ankle,” Tessa said while wrapping

bearing of a gentleman in him would not allow him to push away a damsel in distress, hence he shot a side glance at

about to leave when his eyes met with mine. Not knowing what to say to him, I subconsciously wanted to avoid

and started running away from

mine in no time and before I knew it, his familiar scent filled my nostrils as he held onto me

respond, Ashton pulled

landed on mine

were audible in the still air inside

back was pressed against the wall by him and I was out of breath as his passionate and fervent kiss had almost sucked out all the oxygen from