In Love, Never Say Never

In love, never say never chapter 711

Ashton and Armond’s attentions were both naturally drawn to the sudden commotion. Armond snuck a glance at Ashton before asking me, “Are you okay?”

I nodded in response. “The water wasn’t that hot. I’ll go change my clothes and come back.”

“The private restroom in my office has a spare change of clothes,” he helpfully offered. “Feel free to use those.”

I nodded in a daze and gestured for Linda to remain where she was. “I’m fine.”

I exited the conference room and made a beeline for Armond’s office. I had no other choice; I wouldn’t be able to buy a new change of clothes in the shop now.

His private restroom was equipped with a bathroom, a bed, and other amenities. The minimalistic interior perfectly reflected his cold personality.

Inside the closet, there were several suits and ties as well as neatly folded-up shirts. Just as he had told me, there was one set of women’s clothing placed in the corner of the closet. The clothes looked familiar to me, yet I couldn’t recall exactly where I’d seen them before.

I decided to take a cold shower before changing into the clothes. The clothes fitted perfectly. However, the scalded skin stuck out like a sore thumb.

I paid no heed to it and rushed back to the conference room to resume the meeting.

When I got there, Linda was in the middle of presenting the project details and our concerns. After that, a representative of the Fuller Corporation described the level of cooperation needed from us during the implementation process.

As the person in charge, I was responsible for taking every detail and possible setback into consideration. That included smoothing over any troubles that might arise during our collaboration.

Having both companies’ objectives aligned, we proceeded to finalize the collaboration. The person in charge from both companies would have to be on-site to supervise the progress once the project commenced.

After signing the contracts and exchanging handshakes and greetings with each other, Linda came to me to ask, “You didn’t treat your burns?”

I shook my head. “I’ll do it later. There’s no ointment in here.”

“You’re a woman, Scarlett. You have to treat your skin better. It’ll be hard to remove any scars the wounds might leave in the future.”

“I’ll keep that in mind,” I laughed lightly, hugging the contract documents to my chest. “Does this skirt I’m wearing belong to you? It looked familiar to me.”

She scanned my appearance from head to toe. “Isn’t this the outfit you wore when you came back from Venria?”

I blinked owlishly, realizing that Ashton and Armond were both staring at me from afar. Furrowing my eyebrows, I glanced down at my clothes again.

Something was amiss. Armond had never bought clothes for a girl before. Hence, when he had to buy clothes for us in Western Europe, he chose four similar designs. Although they were similar, they were each different and individual pieces.

I distinctly remembered what he’d bought for me; these were not those clothes. Amongst the four of us, only Nora shared the same body shape and height as me.

Thus, these clothes had to be Nora’s. I couldn’t help but look over at Armond curiously. Why does he have Nora’s clothes?

Feeling my gaze on him, he cleared his throat and declared loudly, “It’s noontime. Let’s have lunch together.”

It seemed that things between him and Nora were progressing much more rapidly than we’d thought.

“Mr. Murphy has some interesting kinks,” Rachel giggled.

She’d said that on purpose for Ashton to hear.

Ashton’s face instantly darkened, turning his attention to me. I knew all too well just by his expression that he was suppressing his anger.

As we exited the conference room, Linda leaned in and whispered confusedly, “What’s going on?”

“These are Nora’s clothes,” I sighed, exasperated.

She chuckled. “Those two are getting on a lot better than we’d expected. But I was actually asking about you and Ashton. What happened? Nora told me that you and he are married to each other. Who is that pretty young lady by his side?”

“It’s a long story, but we won’t be married anymore soon.” I shrugged. “After this project is over and done with, I’ll go to J City with him to sign the divorce papers.”

Linda was rendered speechless by my sudden confession.

“Ah!” Rachel’s voice cried out from in front of us.

It seemed that she had tripped over something and was limping.

Several people turned around at the sound of her cries. “What happened?”

Rachel leaned against a wall, eyes watering pitifully as she said, “Sorry. I twisted my ankle yesterday, so I can’t really walk well. Now it just hurt even more…”

Rolled her eyes at the sight, Linda muttered under her breath, “Does she expect someone to carry her like a princess?”

“Didn’t she say that she’d twisted her ankle?” I glanced at Linda, perplexed.

“She’s trying to take advantage of the fact that she can’t walk. Watch.”

Ashton’s eyebrows knitted together slightly, ordering Joseph, “Go help Ms. Zimmer up.”

Joseph nodded, holding Rachel up by one arm and assisting her in getting to the elevator, which was already full.

“Mr. Campbell, you and Ms. Zimmer should use the VIP elevator instead,” Armond suggested.

Taken aback, Joseph glanced over at Ashton, who offered no response. So, Joseph rejected Armond’s suggestion with a polite smile.

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“Ms. Zimmer injured herself in my company building, so I have to take some responsibility. Occasionally letting other people benefit from the privileges offered to me wouldn’t hurt, either” Armond stated.

Ashton’s voice was low as he cut in, “It’ll make things easier for Ms. Zimmer. Go.”

Joseph nodded, helping Rachel enter the VIP elevator. However, Ashton showed no signs of getting in with them.

“Mr. Fuller?” Armond spoke up, puzzled.

“I’ll take this one,” Ashton replied simply, following Linda and me into the employees’ elevator.

It was lunchtime, and there were more people than usual in the elevator. His tall height and handsome looks made him stand out from the crowd, drawing many curious looks from the rest of the employees in the elevator.

“What is Mr. Fuller doing?” Linda was stunned.

He could have definitely fitted in that large VIP elevator with much more room to spare.

I had no idea why he was acting that way either and decided to keep my mouth shut.

The elevator stopped many times on the way down, and people kept getting off or getting on their respective floors. Somehow, in the midst of all the chaos, Ashton ended up standing in front of me, and I was being squished into a corner.

He was facing me, shielding me from the push and pull of the rest of the passengers in the elevator.

I felt awkward after having said so many cruel things to him yesterday. Fixing my gaze on the floor, I placed a hand on his chest in an attempt to widen the distance between us. He didn’t budge an inch, seemingly unbothered by my actions.

His eyes fell to my burnt wrist and furrowed his eyebrows.

The elevator stopped at yet another floor, opening up to let more passengers in.

to me as he readjusted his balance. There was barely

pursed my lips and stayed silent, but the sound of my racing heartbeat was thumping in my ears.

we eventually

already waiting for us outside the elevator when

in front of me, and Linda hung back to nudge me with her

speeding up my pace

closely, giggling

At the main entrance of the restaurant,

didn’t seem to have improved much. “Ms. Zimmer, should we get some ointment for you to relieve the

She gave them a gentle smile, which only motivated the two employees to help

feet, valiantly announcing, “Mr. Fuller, we’ll

“Joseph has already gone to buy

men shrank back awkwardly, giving each other a knowing stare. They were both adults; they

towards Ms. Zimmer, I see. I should have thought of that beforehand and let Linda go to buy pain relievers for Ms. Zimmer

almost forgot about that! I’ll go

that, she took

a smile.

“No problem.”

his hands to Rachel. “Ms. Zimmer, should I

you, Mr. Campbell,” she answered, shaking her head. “I’ll handle

“I’ll go wash my hands and then help you put this on!” she told me, giving me a box of burn ointment before

ointment from me and pulled a chair to sit down beside me. “I’ll

What?

and the cotton swab that had come with it. He carefully tugged on my hand and placed it on his thigh, squeezing out a bit of the

mouth falling open

Armond glanced

She quickly turned away, wiping her hands dry with

table was strange and uncomfortable. The food had been ordered, but nothing had been served yet. Armond kept himself occupied by focusing on treating my burn wounds, while Ashton had on a stony expression.

being watched so intently by several people at once. Armond looked

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lips, blowing on it softly. “I don’t think it’ll scar,” he reassured in a gentle tone. “I’ll put some more after we get back tonight. It should heal properly after

words made it sound like we were much closer than we actually were. I felt Ashton’s sharp gaze

Murphy, are you living together with

murmured in

Mr. Murphy. Anyone would be able to tell that the two

a good moment. I opened my mouth, wanting to defend myself, but was worried that it would seem

arrived with

employees had somehow jumped

Rachel home, but the

Linda offered to

retort with anything before Linda shoved me into the driver’s seat of

didn’t speak for a long time during the drive. Naturally, I didn’t attempt

she spoke up. “Did you leave

head. “No. It has nothing

due to the low temperature of the car’s air-conditioning. I reached down and turned the air-conditioner to

do have some self-awareness and left him because you know that you don’t deserve him. In that case, you’re not as despicable

subject. “I’ll send you to the hospital to get your injury checked out. You’ve hurt your leg two times already, and it might be much more severe than

nodded but didn’t sound grateful at all as she said, “Sure. You have

ligament in her leg and needed to rest at home for

to hail a taxi out here,” she insisted

by the hospital area. Internally

to Rachel’s place, Linda called my phone. “Why

to the hospital. Tell

Scarlett? That woman is trying to steal your man! Why are you going to such lengths for

sitting near me could still be able to hear

Rachel an anxious sidelong glance. She was staring at

I’m driving right now, so I’ll call you back later!” I hung up the phone and went back to keeping my eyes

maybe

out of Rachel’s mouth surprised me, and I

over someone else’s affections can never become friends, anyway.” The corners of her lips

to why you left Ashton. From my point of view, he was really serious

own troubles to deal with. You need a certain amount of fate and luck in a relationship, and

be happier with him than you were, Scarlett.

merely smiled and

me a glass of cold water as soon as she saw me, saying, “So? Did anything transpire from two love rivals

all.” I gulped down the water, immediately feeling cooling relief spread throughout my body. It was already August, and yet the

tongue, sitting down opposite me. “Seriously, what happened?” She sounded uncharacteristically solemn as she stressed, “Are you really ending things with

it further. “Isn’t Magpie Festival two days from now?” I

widening her eyes as if recalling something. “Sure. By the way, the burn ointment I gave you earlier was from Mr.

“Mr. Campbell?”

for you and also buy medicine for Rachel while he was at it. When he saw me, he figured I was

bothering me in my chest tightened even

wasn’t offering any sort of response, Linda sighed. “Scarlett, you and Ashton still care for each other, don’t you? If so, then why put

love, never say

into space and didn’t answer her. As a result, she decided to end the conversation there and walk away to continue

soon as it

belongings in the

that Armond was standing at my door, gazing at me. Thinking that he was here for business matters, I quickly told

“What are

was responsible for managing his daily meals.

would you

Work hours are over. Let’s

head on down first. I’ll come as

a good distance away before whispering into

going to reject

you going to pass up

are you

him tonight. I’ll act as your assistant, and we can eat together

my superhero, Scarlett! I’m going over

up the call, I dashed out of the office and searched for Armond’s car in the building parking

waiting for me, the heavy smell causing me to

the car,

I could

reached his villa. Armond made a beeline for his study upstairs

up at the house with several bags full of groceries. “I already told

wasn’t sure if you had them!” She winked at me. “Oh, and besides that, I spotted someone next

I took the groceries from her and set them down on the

beside Ashton. He looked like he was moving in.” The kitchen was entirely made up of smart appliances, but

I wondered out loud to

with creating a

in A City weren’t as expensive as in K City, but they usually went for around several hundred thousand per unit. Joseph was already married with children, so why was he purchasing a villa worth

City. Was