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.

In love, never say never chapter 712

“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.

forward, and he took a step closer to me as he readjusted his balance.

thumping in my ears. He glanced down at me, quietly murmuring, “We should be reaching

simple sentence instantly calmed me down, and we eventually arrived at our

and Joseph were already waiting for us outside the elevator

Linda hung back to nudge me with her

speeding

closely, giggling all the

headed towards the restaurant. At the main entrance of the restaurant, Ashton said something to Joseph, and his

have improved much. “Ms. Zimmer, should we get some ointment for you to relieve

go away soon.” She gave them a gentle smile, which only motivated the two

to their feet, valiantly announcing, “Mr. Fuller, we’ll be going

interrupted. “Joseph has already

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

I see. I should have thought of that beforehand and let Linda go to buy pain relievers

to her feet. “Right, I almost forgot about that!

that, she

gave Armond a smile.

“No problem.”

bag in his hands to Rachel. “Ms. Zimmer, should I help you to the infirmary

head. “I’ll handle it

back, nearly on Joseph’s heels as she rushed into the restaurant. “I’ll go wash my hands and then help you put this on!” she

pulled a chair to

What?

he took out the ointment 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 cream and spreading it all over my burn

falling open when she saw us. “Mr.

Armond glanced up at

quickly turned away, wiping her hands

kept himself occupied by focusing on treating my burn wounds, while Ashton had on a stony expression.

felt as if I was sitting on needles, being watched so intently by several people at once. Armond looked unperturbed by the whole situation as if

never say

and raised it to his 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 a few days,

made it sound like we were much closer than we

Murphy, are you living together with Ms. Stovall?” Rachel

simply murmured

add fuel to the fire, perking up and added, “You treat Ms. Stovall with such kindness, Mr. Murphy. Anyone would be able to tell that the two of you

for words for a good moment. I opened my mouth, wanting to defend myself, but was worried that it would seem as if I was taking the chance to explain and

arrived with our food and that was the

jumped to the conclusion that Ashton and Rachel

home, but the man in question had some other things to tend

Linda offered to

even have a chance to retort with anything before Linda

time during the drive. Naturally, I didn’t attempt to make conversation

you leave Mr.

head. “No. It has nothing to do with anyone

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

In that case, you’re not as despicable as I thought you were.” She watched

her on the subject. “I’ll send you to the hospital to get your

all as she said, “Sure. You

her leg and needed to rest at home for

me home, too. It’s hard to hail a taxi out here,” she insisted as

the hospital area. Internally sighing, I nodded

Rachel’s place, Linda called

the hospital.

you out of your mind, Scarlett? That woman is trying to steal your man! Why are

phone wasn’t particularly loud, but anyone sitting near me could

was staring at the

I’ll call you back later!” I hung up the phone and went back to keeping

Ashton, maybe we could have

came out of Rachel’s mouth surprised

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

on, “I’m curious as to why you left Ashton. From my point of view, he was really serious

in a relationship, and when those run out, the relationship naturally falls apart.” I slowed the car

be happier with him than you were,

smiled and

as soon as she saw me, saying, “So? Did anything transpire from two love rivals sitting in

throughout my body. It was already August, and

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

Magpie Festival two days from now?”

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

“Mr. Campbell?”

and also buy medicine for Rachel while he was at it. When he saw me, he figured I was going out to purchase ointment for you, so he just gave

little knot bothering me in my chest tightened even further. I inhaled sharply but

If so, then why put yourselves through so much torture? Did you see the look on Ashton’s face when you and

never say

a result, she decided to end the

going to kickstart as soon as it was approved, so I had made plans to stay there

my belongings in the office, inviting me to eat dinner with her

answer her when I realized that Armond was standing at my door, gazing at me. Thinking that he was here for business matters, I quickly told Nora, “Give me a minute!” before turning around and asking him, “Have you gotten

“What are we

responsible for managing his daily meals. I hesitated, pondering over Nora’s dinner

decided yet. What would you like

are over.

can head on down first. I’ll come as soon as I get my things

walk a good

to reject my

Are you going to

you

Mr. Murphy’s address so you can come over and cook dinner for him tonight. I’ll act as your assistant, and we can eat

excitement. “Really? You are 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

cigarette while waiting for me, the heavy smell causing me to cough a few

up the car,

I could tell that he was in a

an hour later, we reached his villa. Armond made a beeline for his study upstairs while I paced around aimlessly

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

if you had them!” She winked at me. “Oh, and besides that, I

groceries from her and set

was the assistant who’s always beside Ashton. He looked like he was moving in.” The kitchen was entirely made

I wondered out

nodded, busying herself with creating a homemade

housing prices 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 hundreds of thousands here of all

he regularly came to A City either, because he worked in K City. Was