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.

and he took a step closer to me as he

stayed silent, but the sound of my racing heartbeat was thumping in my ears. He glanced down at

sentence instantly calmed me down, and we eventually arrived at

were already waiting for us outside the elevator when we

me, and Linda hung back to nudge me with her elbow. “The two of you were getting pretty intimate

sputtered out, speeding

closely, giggling

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

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

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

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

Ashton interrupted. “Joseph has already

back awkwardly, giving each other a knowing stare. They

I see. I should have thought of that beforehand and let Linda go to buy pain relievers for Ms. Zimmer as well as burn ointment, instead of having Mr. Campbell go out. It’s unsightly for a girl to have

feet. “Right, I almost forgot about that!

with that,

gave Armond a

“No problem.”

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

Mr. Campbell,” she answered, shaking her head. “I’ll handle it myself after I finish my

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

burn ointment from me and pulled a

What?

swab that had come with it. He carefully tugged on my hand and placed it

her mouth falling open when she saw us.

there a problem?” Armond glanced

all!” She quickly turned away, wiping

and uncomfortable. The food had been ordered, but nothing had been served yet. Armond kept himself

being watched so intently by several people at once. Armond looked unperturbed by the whole situation as if he had nothing to

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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 a few days, but to be on the safe side, don’t touch any water tonight and ask me if you need help with

sound like we were much closer than we actually

are you living together with

simply murmured

such kindness, Mr. Murphy. Anyone would be able to tell that the two of you are very close. It’s so admirable that you

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

At that moment, a waiter arrived with our

somehow jumped to the conclusion that Ashton and

home,

of hesitation, Linda offered

anything before Linda shoved me into the driver’s

speak for a long time during the drive. Naturally, I

you

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

knee, possibly due to the low temperature of the car’s

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

a light, casual laugh, deciding not to argue with her on the subject. “I’ll send you to the hospital to get your injury checked out. You’ve hurt your leg two times

grateful at all as she said, “Sure.

that she’d pulled a ligament in her leg and needed to rest at home for a few days. He prescribed her some pills

a taxi out here,” she insisted as

the hospital area.

way to Rachel’s place, Linda called

the hospital. Tell Armond that

Scarlett? That woman is trying to steal your man! Why

but anyone sitting near me could

glance. She was staring at the

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

maybe we could have become good

surprised

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

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

fate and luck in a relationship, and when those run

pursed her lips, silent for a moment. “That is why I will be happier with him than you were, Scarlett. I

merely smiled and didn’t

gave me a glass of cold water as soon as she saw me, saying, “So? Did anything

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

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

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

eyes as if recalling something. “Sure. By the way, the

“Mr. Campbell?”

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 figured I was going out to purchase ointment for you, so he just gave

in my chest tightened even further.

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

say never

result, she decided to end

project at Lavelian Village was going to kickstart as soon as it was approved, so I had made plans to stay there for

packing up my belongings in the office, inviting me to

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

are

forgotten that I was responsible for managing his daily meals. I hesitated,

decided yet. What would you like

Work hours are over.

first. I’ll come as soon

him to walk a good distance away before whispering

to reject

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

you talking

tonight. I’ll act as your assistant, and

my superhero, Scarlett! I’m going

office and searched for Armond’s car in the building

the heavy smell causing me to cough a few times. “Is there something

the

to me at all. I could tell that he was

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

eventually showed up at the house with several bags full of groceries. “I already told you not

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

her and set

was moving in.” The kitchen was entirely made

I wondered out loud to

with creating a homemade

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

he regularly came to A City either, because he worked in K City. Was it possible that he was feeling pressured