In Love, Never Say Never

In love, never say never chapter 691

I nodded and spoke with no hesitation. “Everyone lives for themselves. Not only is Armond rich and good-looking, but he also willingly accepts my past. He’s a really nice guy.”

Ashton stared at me for a long while with some hope left in him. However, I kept my face devoid of emotions, forcing him to believe that I felt nothing toward him. Soon after, he gave up and scoffed, “Good! Very good!”

The three words were spoken with his teeth gritted.

With that, he turned around and headed toward his car. After taking a few steps, he halted and glanced back. “Scarlett, I’ll ask you once again. Do you mean everything you said?”

“Yes. From the bottom of my heart.” Reluctant to be entangled, I cut off every tie I had with him. It was best to end it this way.

“Haha!” He laughed, but it sounded rather forced. “Good, very good! If that’s how it is, it seems everything was all my wishful thinking.”

With that, he walked away. Hearing his footsteps getting further and further away from me and finally the sound of the engine blaring, I stayed rooted on my spot. I couldn’t bring myself to look at him and my heart felt hollow.

Grandma was correct. I was hesitant about everything. If I couldn’t let it go and make a clean cut, I would suffer in the end.

I had repeated the same question in my mind for several nights. Why do I have to leave Ashton?

I really couldn’t think of an answer. Maybe it was just like what Nora said. I was a psycho, so I chased away the people that loved me.

To be honest, I wasn’t confident if I could let the past go. Even if Ashton and I lived together for the rest of our lives, I was afraid that I would bring up the past and use them as reasons to hurt him when we fight.

When I returned to the Murphy Corporation, it was almost time to get off work. Armond wore a white dress shirt while his black coat was hanging on his right arm.

Looking at me coldly, he asked, “Is the bid proposal done?”

I nodded and handed the documents to him. “Others used half a month to prepare a proposal, while I used only one day, so I bet Ashton wouldn’t pick ours.”

Flipping through the proposal, disdain was written all over his face. “This is the worst bid proposal I’ve ever seen. Congratulations on breaking the record.”

I pursed my lips. No matter how reluctant I was to admit it, he said the truth. Other than the suggestions Linda and Nora gave, nothing else could pass as authentic.

It was done in a few hours, so there was no way it would be good. After pausing for a while, I said, “The Murphy Corporation wasn’t an expert in this field, so Ashton will not choose us.”

Knitting his brows, he threw the bid proposal aside and turned to look at me. “Let’s go for dinner.”

Frankly, I felt that he had no intention to win the bidding. Otherwise, he wouldn’t ask me to prepare the proposal at the eleventh hour.

I checked the time. Seeing that it was already 6 p.m., I suggested, “The bidding begins at 8 p.m. I’ll head to the Oasis Hotel first. Can you have your dinner outside later?”

To my surprise, the man took his car keys and said indifferently, “Take your things. We’ll head straight to the Oasis Hotel for dinner.”

I was stunned and asked subconsciously, “Are you going too?”

He raised a brow. “If I don’t go, do you think you can win the bid with your scrappy proposal? Or are you relying on your beautiful face?”

I…

He’s so harsh and vicious with his words.

Stealing a glance at him, I chose to keep quiet and packed my stuff before following him out of the company.

In the car, he drove the car and asked casually, “Do you know which companies are taking part in the bidding?”

I froze instantly and shook my head. “No. I asked my friend and only know that several state-owned enterprises are taking part.”

Armond took a side glance at me with disdain and anger. “Ms. Stovall, how do you even become the director at Fuller Corporation?”

I frowned, and the man glanced at me coldly. Then he was merciless with his insults. “Poor bid proposal and knowledge about opponents. Do you really think we, the Murphy Corporation’s joining for fun?”

I tried to reason with him. “Mr. Murphy, you only gave me six hours to do all of this. In six hours, I’ll have to understand the company’s structure and advantages. Then I’ll have to prepare a bid proposal and understand our opponents while taking the demands of the bidding company into consideration. I accept whatever reprimands you gave. However, I wish you could understand that I’ve tried my best and my intelligence is much lower than yours.”

Although I was rather angry, I calmed myself down. To rush a proposal in six hours that took others half a month, it was impossible to make it good, as I wasn’t a genius and my capabilities had a limit.

He glanced at me sideways and narrowed his eyes. “Are you saying that you felt wronged?”

“Nope,” I shook and focused on the scenery outside the car window to distract myself from the unpleasant feelings. Well, who hasn’t met psychopathic bosses in life?

The man set his eyes on the road before saying, “I can’t deny that six hours is truly too little. You could prepare a three thousand words proposal in a few hours with the analysis of our budget as well as pros and cons. Not bad, I’ll give you that. However, Scarlett, that doesn’t mean you can’t do it better.”

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I stayed silent, as I felt there was no need to argue with a psychopath.

Suddenly, I received a phone call from Nora. “Where did you go, woman? Are you not worried about me? I even fought for you!”

“How are you?” I asked, but I wasn’t worried because Ashton had signaled Joseph to take care of it, so she wouldn’t be mistreated.

The woman clicked her tongue. “I’m at the hospital, but it’s no biggie. That b*tch scratched my face, and I’m not done with her.”

I sighed. “Nora, thank you. I’ll visit you tomorrow and treat you to something delicious.”

Nora sighed and asked, “That’s not it! Why are you treating Ashton like a stranger? He’s your husband! Did he do anything you can’t accept? Or is it you guys never loved each other? Other married couples wouldn’t be like you guys even though they aren’t affectionate towards each other.”

I pursed my lips. “Nothing. There’s nothing left between us. We were divorced.”

“Scarlett, why are you pushing him away?” She was getting a little agitated while my patience was running thin. “I don’t love him anymore.”

say anything, I quickly end the conversation. “Nora, I have some

gaze on me, I raised

knitted my brows in response. “Mr. Murphy, you’re still

said indifferently, “I’m curious too. Why

become someone who

We have to go to K City after this

a moment. “Got it!” He wanted the sandalwood box

the car at

was crowded

place and make some changes to the proposal, at least to

went through the proposal and my head started hurting. Apart from not understanding the overall situation, the proposal

called out to me and

I saw a chubby middle-aged man standing in front of me

slow to react and blurted out, “Hello.

man burst into laughter. “Ms. Stovall, you’re so forgetful.

Last night? Hmm…

moment, I looked at him and finally realized who he was.

Stovall, please remember

up to shake hands with him as an apology, but he

at my proposal and smiled. “Ms. Stovall, are

nodded and smiled. “Are

had a stack of documents in his hand, I guessed he wasn’t here just to

he must be

at?” Wearing

are not allowed to take part in third-party business cooperation.

gave my wife a job in the company

seemed he was a husband who loved his wife

Noticing that it was almost time, I got up and excused myself. “Mr. Watson, the bidding’s about to begin, so I have to

Stovall, how about we talk for a bit? It won’t

as I knew what he was getting at. So that’s what he had in mind after beating around the bush for so

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you, Mr. Watson. I’m just a common staff member

sat back on the chair and smiled at

of him and

much will you profit from this project?” He asked without beating around

smiled and placed my drink down. “Are

“You’re quite the jokester, Ms.

my smile,

“If things go well, what

my share of the

together tightly. His smile was starting to become so deep it was almost fake. “I like your style, Ms.

a smile glinting in his eyes. “There’s two hundred thousand in here. Of course, this must seem like a small sum to you. This two hundred thousand

as my gaze fell upon the card on the table. With narrowed eyes, I leaned my elbow on the tabletop and cupped my chin in one hand. “So, Mr. Watson, you want me to give up on this bid and also put in

I enjoy working with smart people such as yourself. Mr. Fuller has good

stretched wide with his sleazy smile as he continued pushing the card toward me, clearly wanting

by the money. On the contrary, I simply glanced at the card and said lightly, “Two hundred thousand. That’s quite a sum.

like I had to return his smile, so I did. “That’s not exactly how things work around here, though. You probably don’t understand how the Murphy Corporation settles profits. I’d say they’re especially generous as the project manager will always receive twenty percent of all earnings made. Ashton invested about ten million into this project, and twenty percent of that will already be far more than just a down payment. Dare I say

his face, and he narrowed his eyes. “Asking for two million right off the bat? Do

say that Mr. Watson? I wouldn’t call myself greedy at all. Based on my relationship with Ashton, I would say that I’ll do well with any projects given. Not only will I do well at the Murphy Corporation, but I will also get to earn more money. If I do take your two hundred thousand, I would be giving myself the short end of the stick. If word gets out that I betrayed my own company for a couple hundred thousand, how am I going to continue working in

time you

late, so I stood up and walked into

the other people in the room. I

eyebrow and looked at me. “Shouldn’t I

about two weeks or so. Before this, Linda was put in charge. You’re just trying to

me to sit down next to him. After a short silence, he said, “That’s going to be difficult

I had just chased Ashton away with venomous words that afternoon.

filling up. Five minutes before the auction began, the room was already completely full, and everyone settled into silence as they waited for the announcer to show

looked around but failed to see Linda. Curiously, I approached Armond and asked quietly,

raised an eyebrow.

and kept

briefly explaining the Fuller Corporation’s public tender. After going through their goals and the general plan, he started calling each bidder up to

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some companies that had gotten eliminated near the beginning. All the remaining companies were

that most of the proposals

look at this. When you go on later, do

my hands. Taken aback, I noticed that it was a bidding document.

nodded. “Take a closer look.

a proposal ready, then why did you ask me to make my own? I’m about to go on stage, but now I have to memorize a different proposal. You must have more confidence in my skills than I

never try, you’ll never know,” he said

What the hell?

didn’t want to speak to him anymore. After that, I continued reading the

at him in shock, I asked, “Did you make this, or did Linda write

me and evaded

together in a tight line before continuing to read the proposal closely. Ultimately, I had to grab the chance to memorize as

have the Murphy Corporation. Please get

to panic. Despite the shiny new proposal, I was still nervous since I was preparing everything so

running down my back, and my hands

hand wrapped around my own, and I looked up only to see Armond’s

assured me, “Don’t worry. Even if this bidding doesn’t work out, you can still stay in

and removed my hand from his. “Don’t act all kind and smiley with me.

will.” His smile