In Love, Never Say Never

In love, never say never chapter 686

I caught her looking at me out of the corner of her eye. “A car, a house, and some savings without a job, plus being able to go out whenever I want and do whatever I want?” She ticked these off her fingers as she continued, “Maybe it is a perfect lifestyle?”

I replied, “Correction, it absolutely is the perfect lifestyle.”

She let out a brittle laugh. “Scarlett, you know what I think? We’re always going to envy someone else’s life. Take me for instance. You have no idea how much I’d love to be in your shoes. You haven’t told us much about your old life, but I know it can’t be as simple as we imagined. After all, you personally know Armond, who’s a pretty big figure in K City. That alone already shows that you’re far from just a plain Jane. There’s also this perpetual air of elegance around you, with a dash of mystery that’s just absolutely alluring. Do you get what I’m saying?”

I chuckled at her words. She’s always lived a pretty straightforward life, so she’s naturally intrigued by mysterious things.

The car came to a stop before a cafe famous for its high teas. She turned to address me, “Let’s go!”

The cafe boasted an elegant ambiance, which was elevated by the soft, graceful music playing in the background.

After ordering some pastries, she asked, “Why did Armond give you a task meant for a project director?”

I shook my head and said, “I’m not too sure either!” I kept the bit about my relationship with Ashton to myself.

Frowning, she asked seriously, “Are you trying to find out more about the public enterprises because of this project?”

I nodded and explained, “I believe Armond wasn’t planning to bid on this project in the first place since Murphy Corporation has never been involved in technology-related projects. So I was quite surprised when he suddenly mentioned his intent to take on this project and put me in charge. I can’t say I agree with that decision. It’s going to be pretty hard to snag a deal with Fuller Corporation.”

She paused, and I could sense the gears turning in her brain. “When is the tender?”

“Tonight!”

“What? He wants you to come up with a bid proposal in one afternoon?”

I suddenly felt exhausted as I nodded. “I can’t think of how to come up with a good proposal at such short notice. My brain’s fried.”

She stared at me and asked, “What can I help you with?”

I then proceeded to explain the details of the project to her. After some brief contemplation, she asked, “Where is the tender taking place?”

“Oasis Hotel!”

She nodded and said, “I know about that Derek you mentioned. I’ll put out some feelers and see if we can find ourselves an advantage for the bid.”

I agreed with her plan. Just as I turned my gaze away, I saw two familiar faces entering the cafe. I couldn’t help the frown that took over my face. Why are they here together?

Nora followed my gaze when she saw my frown. Stunned, she exclaimed, “Why is Tessa here? And why is she with that hottie? That’s the guy I was tailing this morning!”

I rubbed my temples. How does she make it sound so perverted?

I tried really hard to hold in my laughter. My eyes followed the two people as I said, “Maybe they have some things to discuss.”

My gaze landed on Joseph, who was walking behind the two. If he wanted to meet her alone, Ashton would definitely send Joseph away on other errands.

Nora cried out in disbelief, “How does Tessa pick up these guys? She’s so fat and flabby; how did she even get to know that hottie?”

We were sitting in a rather secluded section of the cafe, so Ashton and Tessa wouldn’t be able to notice us unless they were deliberately looking.

Nora’s penchant for gossip took over when she saw the two of them take their seats near a window.

She waved a waiter over. “Excuse me, we’d like to change tables. Is that fine?”

Naturally, he agreed.

Nora pointed to the table next to where Ashton and Tessa were sitting.

After the waiter agreed, I looked at Nora and said, “It’s probably not a good idea to eavesdrop on their conversation. Both of us know Tessa, and if we take a table so close to them, she’ll definitely notice us. And that hottie you mentioned? I know him. He’s Ashton Fuller, the president of Fuller Corporation. We’re bidding on his project tonight.”

This stunned her into silence. There was a pause before she asked, “The president of Fuller Corporation?”

She glanced at them again before suddenly swiveling her gaze toward me as if remembering something. “When we were in Venria, you said you had some deep ties with the Fullers. What’s your actual relationship with him?”

Pausing for effect, I said, “We’re married.”

Her jaw dropped to the floor. She asked with some incomprehension, “You’re the wife of the president; why would you become a secretary at Murphy Corporation? I guess now I understand why Armond assigned this project to you; he’s obviously trying to use your personal relationship to gain the upper hand! Why are you so worried about the tender then?”

She scoffed as she took another look at Ashton and Tessa. “So, was he the friend you mentioned last night? Did Tessa also meet him yesterday? But why are they meeting privately today?”

I shook my head, clueless about the meetup as well. I briefly explained my relationship with Ashton, “Nora, I’m not deliberately hiding things from you. It’s just kind of a tangled mess. Ashton and I have a complicated past, and our differences have only grown bigger because of it. That’s why I came to A City. I want to live a life that belonged only to me.”

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Nora frowned and questioned, “Did you guys have a fight? Oh! Could it be he cheated on you with some other woman and you left because of that?”

I couldn’t help but laugh. “Why is your mind full of these weird ideas?”

She clicked her tongue and squinted her eyes at me. “This is logical thinking. Aren’t all rich people like this? Plus, he’s handsome and rich. Any woman would want to get close to him.”

I nodded in acknowledgment and explained, “He’s not that bad a person. We have our own reasons. I can’t have babies, so I left him. I wish he can have his own kids, and lead a normal life.”

while furrowing her brows. “What is this logic? Have you not

so I pointed in the direction Ashton was in. If you want gossips,

and do you

see me, but he doesn’t know you, so you can go with no worries,” I

a while. “So you’re saying

shrugged in response. I have too

against the seat and wore a bored expression. “It’s no

of gossips in front of her. Later on,

confused by her odd question, I froze for a while before replying, “Why are you

is his temper?” She glanced at Ashton before

a cold look,

with a grin on her face and walked toward Ashton

know what she was going to do. Then she called out to

waitress’ expression toward Ashton took 360 degrees turn, from admiration and respect to anger and

toward me with a wide

a glass of fruit juice in her hand. When she passed by Ashton’s

waitress gasped in shock. It was until Ashton went

with a curious look. “Did you ask the waitress to do this?

told her Ashton is

I…

a man who

the waitress’ expression was written with

a significantly higher level than

outdated, it is still one of the old collections of Burberry, which costs tens of thousands. To the waitress, it’s a sizeable amount. Plus, Ashton’s suit is

how cunning Nora was. Soon, Tessa’s voice sounded

Ashton spoke in an

Suddenly, Nora cursed out loud. I froze and lowered my

the toilet for a bit.”

heard Tessa’s voice from behind. “Mr.

The man’s voice sounded cold and

when I bumped into you guys at

Ashton immediately asked, “Others?”

Venria recently and almost lost our lives there. We were trapped in the operating room and suffered, especially Scarlett. She

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add to the dismal topic. Her crying noises were low, but it was enough

I couldn’t see Ashton’s expression, he was silent all the time, so I bet he

how Tessa was just sobbing and didn’t continue, he took the initiative and

nightmare. They held us captive to make use of our bodies as transporting tools. It was agonizing when we were forced to queue up outside the operating room,

up and begged them for mercy, so she got

for a moment before doubting her thought process.

Ashton commanded frostily, “Continue!”

found us, they had decided to send her to the Murphys in Marsingfill. However, she didn’t

brows because her version of the incident was quite different

conversation. The woman added, “Abe doesn’t like women and forced Scarlett

was so outrageous that I broke out in

continued, “I noticed Scarlett was unwilling to go with you yesterday. She might feel guilty for not being pure for you, so she left. I

woman had more to say. “Plus, the days in Venria were nightmarish to us, while Armond’s presence gave warmth and hope to Scarlett. He even got heavily injured when he saved her. Later on, he took us to Western Europe and recuperated there. From their

would

at a loss for words

table and saw me smiling coldly. She lowered her voice and asked, “What did you hear? Why are you smiling

I just heard a dramatic story, and it was

and whispered, “Don’t tell me she’s trying to appease herself

and stayed silent. Getting up in my seat directly, I

their table. Widening her eyes in surprise, she opened her mouth, but words

saw me, his

of dramatic sauce into her version of the incident to make it seem like I had lost my purity. She was doing this to induce disgust in

she deliberately brought up Armond, I figured she wanted to tell Ashton that I was a flirtatious woman and could make anyone

to thank her for giving me

For real. You have nothing attractive at all, be it your figure or capabilities. If the woman sitting here is Nora or Tabitha, I’m

was so enraged that

wearing a faint smile. “Ashton, she was trying to tell you I’m unworthy of you now that I have lost my purity.

his arms without sparing a glance at Tessa. Gazing at me with concern and affection, he

me out of the restaurant. Joseph,

hand away and looked at him indifferently. “That’s enough. Let

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you pushing me away because of

“I was lucky. I didn’t suffer from the surgery, but I went through everything else. Ashton, I have my

never told me anything and pushed me away. Do I seem so unworthy of your trust? You went to ask for help from a man you’ve just met for a few times, and not me. What exactly

lips as I didn’t know what to say. It’s just as he said. I was indeed

restaurant and was completely baffled. “What are you guys quarreling about? You’re

head to look at him. “Mr. Fuller, you can manage your billions of assets, but you can’t even be rational in relationships? You actually believed everything that busybody told you and started questioning Scarlett even

Ashton frowned

what I said!” Nora was rather furious and dragged me away. “Let’s go.

caught up to us. He held onto my arm and asked, “Scarlett, can we make things

and good looks