In Love, Never Say Never

In love, never say never chapter 706

Ashton brought me back into the car and rolled the windows back up. I had no energy left to move or talk, so I just leaned against the car and slowly drifted off to sleep.

When I woke up to the sound of water running in the bathroom, I found myself lying on a hotel room bed.

I knew I was brought to the hotel by Ashton, so waking up on a foreign bed didn’t worry me as much.

Even after the rest I had, my head was still spinning, and my body felt limp. No matter how hard I tried, I just couldn’t get myself out of bed.

So that’s how it is after I drink. I may be sober, but my body just refuses to cooperate with me.

The bathroom door opened, and Ashton stepped out with a towel wrapped around his waist. “Are you awake?” he asked as he glanced at me.

I nodded and instinctively pulled at the covers. It was only then that I realized I had been stripped naked.

My eyes widened in horror as I glared at Ashton. “Ashton, you’re despicable! You knew I was drunk, and yet, you… “

He turned toward me with a raised eyebrow. “And yet I what?”

I couldn’t make heads or tails of his reaction, so I mumbled, “Did you do that to me?”

He casually yanked his towel off to dry his hair before asking, “Do that?”

He knows what I mean, yet he still acts all innocent about it.

Since he seemed reluctant to give me a direct answer, I changed the subject. “Where are my clothes?”

He stopped drying his hair to look at me, still with the same indifference he had before. “You should be asking me where my clothes are,” he replied coolly.

“Fine. Where are your clothes then?” My anxiety increased when I realized the room stank of booze, and both his and my clothes were missing. What have I done? Wait… What have we done?

He threw his towel aside and leaned closer to me. “My custom-made suit cost one hundred and eighty thousand. Include my emotional damages, and that would be two hundred thousand in total. How do you plan to settle that?”

His words left me speechless. When did I owe him two hundred thousand?

“You puked all over me, don’t you remember? The hotel has security cameras. Do you need to see some footage as proof?”

As I took in that familiar scent of his, my instinct was to avoid him altogether. But he had me backed into a corner, and there was nowhere I could hide.

“I threw up again?” I asked apologetically. I had no memory of what happened after I had fallen asleep in the car.

He said nothing as he looked at me, a hint of arrogance in his eyes.

Perhaps I had been so blackout drunk that I couldn’t remember throwing up on Ashton. And seeing as how both our clothes weren’t in the room, I was starting to believe him.

After some hesitation, I began to worry about the monetary amount he mentioned earlier. “Do you really need that much for emotional damages?”

I knew that all his clothes were custom-made by famous, big brands, which justified their insane price tags. But twenty thousand for emotional damages was just too far-fetched for me.

“Every meeting I conduct is valued in the tens of millions. Asking for twenty thousand isn’t too much of a stretch, is it?” he replied calmly.

“But, I didn’t know you had a meeting to attend. I didn’t even know you were coming. And besides, I wasn’t the one who called you…” I protested, my voice trailing off weakly.

With a monthly salary of a mere few thousand, where was I going to find two hundred thousand to pay him back?

“Does that mean I should delete your number from my phone? And that I should never answer your calls again?’

“You didn’t have to pick up the call,” I mumbled in frustration, as the image of him hugging Rachel earlier that day once again filled my mind. Hit with a pang of jealousy, I added, “I guess I really am to blame. I have probably ruined your date with a gorgeous woman.”

“Scarlett, what nonsense do you have in your head?”

I stared at him with furrowed brows, anger slowly simmering away. Perhaps all that alcohol had lowered my inhibitions because I decided to speak my mind. “Yes, there’s nonsense in my head, unlike Rachel. She has the looks and the brains. She’s good at everything while I’m not. She’s the only good match for you, so why don’t you go back to her. I didn’t want you here anyway.”

I lowered my head as I tried to hold my tears back. Everyone was always blaming me for not knowing my place and for pushing Ashton away.

But little did they know that I was the one who had to endure the most hurt. I was the one who had lost the baby. And I was the one who had to put up with all the resentment and grievances.

When I didn’t hear a response from Ashton, I looked up and saw him looking straight at me.

I was taken aback by how intense his stare was and tried to avert my eyes. However, he cupped my chin and turned me around to meet his gaze. “Are you bringing up Rachel to agitate me? You keep trying to push me toward her even though I don’t feel for her that way. I went along with it to keep you happy, but now you’re blaming me? If you can’t overcome the hurdles in your heart, I’m willing to wait and give you all the time you need. Even if it takes the rest of my life, I’ll continue to wait.”

In love, never say never chapter 707

“I’m not asking you to wait!” I cried out, tears welling up in my eyes. “I’ve told you before that I don’t need you to wait for me. So what if I’m not happy about this arrangement? Time is the best medicine, isn’t it? I pushed you to Rachel because I don’t want you pestering and upsetting me when I’m with someone else in the future. Is that so wrong?”

I paused to wipe my tears away as Ashton remained silent. “Once we each have found a better partner for ourselves, it’d be best to stay out of each other’s lives. You know it wasn’t me who made the call, and I never wanted you there either. I’m willing to compensate for having puked on you, but do you have to slap me with a whopping two hundred thousand fee? You said I’d get half of your assets if we got a divorce. I’m letting you know now that I want nothing from the Fullers. I’ve also gotten my lawyer to transfer HiTech’s ownership to you. From here on, we’ll have nothing to do with each other. I’ll pay for your suit, but not for the emotional damages you claim to have.”

With that said, I angrily pushed Ashton away. I wrapped myself with the towel he had tossed aside and made a beeline for the door. I don’t care if anyone sees me like this. The body is just a shell. To hell with anyone who dares criticize me.

I had only taken a few steps toward the door when Ashton grabbed me and pushed me onto the bed. I could see the fury in his eyes as his pent-up anger and frustration burst forth.

The more I struggled, the more Ashton held me down. “You’re wrong if you think I’m someone who will come and go as you wish. Stop messing around and tell me exactly what you want me to do. Or do you think you’re the only one for me?”

I bit my lips in fear, cold beads of sweat rolling down my face. “Ashton, you b*stard!”

“I’m a b*stard?” he growled. “Tell me what it means to be husband and wife. You left me without a word and kept pushing me to other women. Every time we speak, you say you want to sever all ties with me. Scarlett, do our marriage certificates mean nothing to you?”

That was the last straw for me. “Ashton Fuller, I’m going to sue you.”

I was in so much pain from being pinned down by Ashton, and my head was still hurting from the alcohol. All the emotions that had been bubbling inside of me had finally surfaced. I couldn’t help but burst into tears.

My voice was hoarse and quivering as I continued, “Just tell me if you want to destroy me. You are Ashton Fuller, and you can easily get any woman you want. You’re only mad at me because I was the one who pushed you away. If I became obsessed with you as Rebecca did, you’d have tossed me aside like an old rag. You just refuse to accept the fact that I’ve rejected you.”

a stab to my heart, and I sobbed even

in my eyes as he asked softly, “So, in your opinion, everything that I’ve

he said that. Unwilling to

meet his steely gaze. “Why are you hiding? There’s no need

didn’t reply, he chuckled.

me? Don’t you know the reason I’m pushing you away? It’s your fault that I’m unable to bear any children now. Like any other girl,

your selfishness, I went to hell and back. Not only did I lose a child, but I also can never be a mother again. And to make things worse, I can’t ever

merely continued to look at me, his

understanding, we can go back to what it was like and once again be the couple that everyone envies. But Ashton, ask yourself

happened to me. I once thought that maybe if I had a child

destiny played a cruel joke on me. I could no longer bear any children, and I also had to be constantly reminded of the child I lost.

animal. Sighing to myself at the thought, I knew I would always have memories that continue to torment me. Each time I saw a mother with her child, the memory would come back and rip me apart. I could no longer love

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chose to

the side silently. He lifted the phone and

He hung

while, he came out, and there was a knock at the door. He wrapped a towel around

shy away from me at all. He simply changed into his clothes and blow-dried his

stood at the window. With a low and reserved voice that held a hint of helplessness, he said,

the bedside table. Then, he took his phone and car keys and turned

called out

slender back stiffened. He did not turn to look at me but replied faintly.

I said, “If it is possible, I would like for the both of us to go to the Civil

fists. Veins popped up on

clear solitary

only lie on bed and let my

I wished that instead of having the kind of love that was breath-taking and fiery, just an ordinary encounter and subsequently growing old together with

night was destined to be another sleepless

sleeping for a few hours, I was groggily awakened by

I did it.

Nora meant.

she paused for a bit and said, “I slept with Armond last night. And I

stunned. Going along with

My clothes were completely ripped! You won’t believe

this your

I didn’t see him around this

was at a

first time I encountered a situation

over thirty. He couldn’t be so inexperienced that he would get hurt

did not behave bashfully and nervously at all for a girl

of something and suddenly asked, “Oh yeah, where did you go last night? Linda called me just now and

up. Didn’t you drink until you blacked out

I miss the chance

was no point in

other side. “Damn! You were

according to plan, I will probably get the divorce papers these few days. Then, we will

a bit. Then she asked, “Scarlett, I need to ask you seriously –

There is just too much that can’t be clarified between the two of us. So, I can’t stay with him. I guess

support your decision. But Scarlett, I really

said. However, bear in mind, Nora. Life is full of choices. No matter what we decide, we

response. There was a hint of pity in her tone, but she

the time and

work! Hastily, I got up, washed up, and put on fresh clothes.

realized that

hear Nora greet me

surprised. “Why are you

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up the food container in her hand and said, “I know you have no time to take

“… And I came to see if he is

check on your man. I need to go clock in. I’ll

office entrance and felt relieved to get in finally. After settling down at my work

just have to make do with this. According to scientific findings, not

looked at her

feel like you don’t really want me to eat

“You’re overthinking it. How was last

in a very

told her about my night. I shrugged and replied nonchalantly, “Oh, it was

working hours, so it was not prudent to keep prattling. She asked me out

And I said okay.

to let Armond sign some documents from yesterday.

and serious voice of a man answered, “Please come

seated in front of his computer. He was diligently working as

what Nora told me piqued my curiosity. I wonder where did

Murphy, these documents need your signature,” I said, placing the documents right before

table, I noticed the container that Nora was holding

and looked up at me. Then he asked weirdly,

quite rudely. Awkwardly, I answered, “No, it’s nothing. I just wanted to ask if you have

said, “Trying to set up your boss, Ms. Stovall? You’re getting bold, aren’t

night’s events. Also, you saw me going after Linda toward the end. She had drunk too much.

reached that part, testing the water, I asked, “Do you feel fine

a

was very close to asking if he had gone to the doctor

and asked

Um…