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.

by someone else, Ashton’s body jerked forward, and he took a step closer to me

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

and we eventually arrived at our floor, just like

Rachel, and Joseph were already waiting for us outside the elevator

of me, and Linda hung back to nudge me with

speeding up my

followed behind me closely,

headed towards the restaurant. At the main entrance of the restaurant,

didn’t seem to have improved much. “Ms. Zimmer, should we get

I’m sure it’ll go away soon.” She gave them a gentle

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

need,” Ashton interrupted. “Joseph has already gone to buy ointment for

giving each other a knowing stare. They were both adults; they knew what was going

beforehand and let Linda go to buy pain relievers for Ms. Zimmer

to her feet. “Right, I almost forgot about

that,

gave Armond a smile.

“No problem.”

Rachel. “Ms.

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

she rushed into the restaurant. “I’ll go wash my hands and then help you put

pulled a chair to

What?

for a response, 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,

washroom, her mouth falling open when she

there a problem?” Armond glanced

Not at all!” She quickly turned away, wiping her hands dry

strange and uncomfortable. The food had been ordered, but nothing had been served yet. Armond kept himself occupied by focusing on

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

love, never say

took my hand in his 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, but to be on the safe side, don’t touch any water tonight and

much closer than we actually were. I felt Ashton’s sharp gaze focus

together with Ms. Stovall?” Rachel asked

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

was at a loss for words for a good moment. I opened my mouth, wanting to defend myself, but was worried that it would seem as if

silent. At that moment, a waiter arrived with our food and that was

Fuller Corporation employees had somehow jumped to the conclusion that Ashton and Rachel were a

instructed Joseph to send Rachel home,

Linda offered

to retort with anything before Linda

speak for a long time during the drive. Naturally,

up. “Did you

my head. “No. It has nothing to

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

because you know that you don’t deserve him. In that case, you’re not as despicable as I thought you were.” She watched

to the hospital to get your injury checked out. You’ve hurt your leg two times already, and it might be much more severe

as she

needed to rest at home for a few

taxi out here,” she

taxis rarely came by the hospital area. Internally sighing, I nodded silently

on the way to Rachel’s place, Linda called my phone. “Why are you still

I just brought Rachel to the hospital. Tell

Are you out of your mind, Scarlett? That woman is trying to

but anyone sitting near me could still be

gave Rachel an anxious sidelong glance. She was staring

I’m driving right now, so I’ll call you back later!” I hung up

it weren’t for Ashton, maybe we could have become good

surprised me, and I glanced over at her

people fighting over someone else’s affections can never become friends, anyway.” The corners

pause before she went on, “I’m curious as to why you left Ashton. From my point of view,

need a certain amount of fate and luck in a relationship, and when those run out, the relationship naturally falls apart.” I slowed the car to a stop at a

for a moment. “That is why I will be happier with him than you were,

smiled and

cold water as soon as she saw me, saying, “So?

the water, immediately feeling cooling relief spread throughout my body. It was already August, and yet the weather was still

what happened?” She sounded uncharacteristically solemn as she stressed, “Are you really

with the topic and was in no mood to discuss it further. “Isn’t Magpie Festival two days from now?” I hummed. “Want to call

something. “Sure. By the way, the burn ointment I gave you earlier

“Mr. Campbell?”

bumped into him on my way out. Apparently, Ashton had instructed him to buy it for you and also buy medicine for Rachel while he was at it. When he saw me, he

chest tightened even further. I inhaled sharply but kept my mouth

why put yourselves through so much torture? Did

never say never chapter

space and didn’t answer her. As a result, she

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

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

was here for business matters, I quickly told Nora, “Give me a minute!” before turning around and asking him,

are

I was responsible for managing his daily meals. I

yet. What would you

hours are

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

waited for him to walk a good distance

going to reject

her quick wits a little. “No, you idiot. Are you going to pass up such an amazing chance to hook up

you

you can come over and cook dinner for him tonight. I’ll act as your assistant,

excitement. “Really? You are my superhero,

up the call, I dashed out of the office and searched

for me, the heavy smell causing me to

the car, replying

I could tell that he was

made a beeline for his study upstairs while I paced around aimlessly in his

house with several bags full of groceries. “I already told you not to buy anything. This is so

for my recipe, and I wasn’t sure if you had them!” She winked

the groceries from her

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

wondered out loud to myself,

nodded, busying herself with creating a homemade

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,

he worked in K City. Was it possible that he was feeling pressured or stressed so he bought