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.”

stab to my heart, and

of me. He looked me in my eyes as he asked softly, “So, in your opinion, everything that I’ve done to get close to you is

hurt in his eyes as he said that. Unwilling to look at him

my chin up to meet his steely gaze. “Why are you hiding? There’s

reply, he chuckled. “What? Feeling

children now. Like any other girl, I just want to feel my parents’ love. I’ve always envied other girls

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,

to look at me, his

“You think that as long as we have mutual love and understanding, we can go back to what it was like and once again be the couple that everyone envies. But Ashton, ask yourself truthfully, can we really move on from the past? Because I

that had happened to me. I once

I also had to be

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 Ashton the way I did because the more he stayed in my life, the more I hated

say

chose

long while, he stood up and walked to the side silently. He lifted the phone and

of clothing.” He

a knock at the door. He wrapped a towel around his waist

two bags in his hands. He did not shy away from me at all.

With a low and reserved voice that held a hint of helplessness, he

he took his

called out to

He did not

that I was holding in. Biting on my lips slightly, I said, “If it is possible, I would like for the both of

fists.

clear solitary word after

lie on bed and

to square one. In the next life, I wished that instead of having the kind of love that was breath-taking and fiery, just an ordinary

night was destined to be

for a few hours, I was groggily

from Nora. “Scarlett, I did

Nora meant. “What do you mean

a bit and said, “I slept with Armond last night. And I think it was quite

was stunned. Going along with what she said,

My clothes were completely ripped! You won’t believe this.

your first

I didn’t see him around this

I was at a

first time I encountered a situation

call him?” Armond looked like he was over thirty. He couldn’t be so inexperienced that he would get hurt from having

now!” Nora did not behave bashfully and nervously at all for a girl who just

she was reminded of something and suddenly asked, “Oh yeah, where did you go last night? Linda called me just now and told me she was absolutely wasted. She couldn’t remember who

help but ask, “Hold up. Didn’t you drink until you blacked out last night? How did you know you

you kidding? I may be drunk, but my brain is still fully conscious. Besides, how could I miss the chance to sleep with the man I liked? That would be unlike me. Now

There was no

the other side. “Damn! You were with him last night?

goes according to plan, I will probably get the divorce papers these few days. Then, we will go back to J City

Then she asked, “Scarlett, I need to ask you

“Many things happened in the past. There is just too much that can’t be clarified between the two of us. So, I can’t stay with him.

If so, I support your decision. But Scarlett, I really do think that you will only meet and love a man like Ashton once in a lifetime. In the future, you might regret letting

it will be as you said. However, bear in mind, Nora. Life is full of choices. No matter what we decide, we will

of pity in her tone, but she

I looked at the time

washed up, and put on fresh clothes. Soon,

reached the entrance, I realized that I

Scarlett!” I could hear Nora greet

surprised.

say never

in her hand and said, “I know you have no time to take care of my man. So I brought him

voice and whispered, “… And I came to see if

you go and check on your man. I need to go clock

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

had your breakfast. You’ll just have to make do with this. According

looked at her with

like you

overthinking it. How was last night? Did you sleep

was asking in

must have told her about my night. I shrugged and

was working hours, so it was not prudent to

And I said okay.

to let Armond sign some documents from yesterday. After arranging them, I

at the door. The deep and serious

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

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

I said, placing the documents

his table, I noticed the container that Nora was holding

and looked up at me. Then

froze and realized that I was staring at him quite rudely. Awkwardly, I answered, “No, it’s nothing. I

so intently until I felt a little intimidated. He said, “Trying to set up your boss, Ms. Stovall? You’re getting

know anything about last night’s events. Also, you saw me going after Linda toward the end. She had drunk too much. If I had let her leave on

testing the water, I asked, “Do you feel fine from last

settled into a frown. “What do

asking if he had gone to the doctor to

indifferent glance and asked coldly, “Why would

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