In Love, Never Say Never

In love, never say never chapter 721

“A sum of money?” I let out a faint smile as I asked with curiosity, “How much exactly?”

She showed me contempt before querying, “How much do you want?”

“The thing is, I don’t know how much you are willing to give!” I stated the truth. Based on her current income, she should be able to offer quite the sum.

“Five hundred thousand! That’s enough for you to afford a house with two bedrooms here, in A City,” she replied in an ostentatious manner.

I smiled and uttered, “Five hundred thousand is a large sum. I might need to work extremely hard for a long period of time.”

“It’s good that you know!” With her arms folded, she gazed at me haughtily like a boastful sparrow.

I lowered my head to look at my outfit. No wonder she’s so arrogant. I guess she has the right to be.

After all, my outfit is only worth about five hundred. It definitely pales in comparison to her luxurious and extravagant get-up.

“So? What do you say?” She inched closer. “Since you don’t love Ashton anymore, why don’t you just quit? I’ll even pay you for it. That way, you’ll have enough money to live however you like.”

I chuckled. “That does sound like a good idea.” Glancing at her, I frowned and added on, “However, how can you be sure that he would choose to be with you after separating with me?”

She answered confidently, “I’m the best candidate available; there is no one better. Once we have our own children, he will shift his focus to our family. For a man, romance doesn’t matter anymore after a certain age. Am I right, Scarlett?”

“Yes, I see that you have a plan in mind already.” I pursed my lips and smiled. “You must feel like you’re in control of the situation now. But Ms. Zimmer, there is a plethora of beautiful and graceful ladies in K City. Considering Ashton’s outstanding qualities, I believe they would not mind it’s Ashton’s second marriage. Do you think your talent and beauty are unrivaled? Just wait till you see the beauty of the prestigious bachelorettes around here.”

Glaring at the despondent expression on her face, I continued, “In addition to your talent that you are so proud of, the ladies here in K City are also well-versed in arts. Their talent far surpasses yours. Not to mention, a man as wealthy as Ashton would want to marry a lady based on her ability to educate children, not her ability to work. He would also want his wife’s family to be influential and strong. With that said, it looks like you have neither of the qualifications. Am I right?”

“Y-You…” Her expression changed drastically. Livid, she stared at me and extorted, “Who cares if that’s the case. If he was willing to marry an orphan like you, then why can’t he marry me?”

I let out a smile. “You forgot about the most important thing—love. As you said, love becomes irrelevant after years of marriage. Honestly, that is only the case for the average family. Privation and endless hard work to sustain a family are what strip marriage of love. Do you think Ashton fits into that profile? No. What a man like him craves after a certain age is mental nourishment. That’s why for him, love is crucial.”

She darkened her face and sneered, “Scarlett, since you no longer want to be with him, why do you bother arguing with me? You could’ve just quit. Aren’t you just playing hard to get?”

I smiled nonchalantly. “You’re overthinking this. If you like him, I honestly won’t mind you chasing after him. I’m only mad because you’re blaming me for your failure to do so. By the way, regarding the five hundred thousand that you mentioned just now, I’ll consider it. I’m kind of short on money recently.”

Having said that, I turned around and was getting ready to leave the base. To my surprise, I stumbled upon Ashton at the entrance.

He glanced at me with his gloomy face and asked in a deep tone, “I’m only worth five hundred thousand?”

Stupefied, my heart skipped a beat. Did he overhear our conversation just now?

I feigned a smile. “The thing is that was the highest she could go.”

“Scarlett, what the f*ck are you going on about?” asked Rachel, who was catching up to us. She put on a pitiful look and uttered, “You said so yourself that you didn’t love Mr. Fuller. You even told me that you despise him for being a nudnik to you.”

She paused for a while before gazing at Ashton. “Mr. Fuller, can you even trust her words? If she intended to get money, she would’ve just asked you for it. The pittance that I offered wouldn’t have mattered.”

Her statement was actually quite reasonable. Ashton stared at me with a sombre expression on his face.

I was speechless as part of me knew what she said was true. I shrugged and uttered, “That’s enough, I still have work to do. You two can continue acting in your depressing love story by yourselves!”

Ashton scowled and grabbed my hand before gazing at Rachel. “Leave now!”

“Mr. Fuller…” Rachel wanted to say something but was scared off by Ashton’s minatory expression.

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Only Ashton and I were left in the base; our eyes aligned. He frowned and queried, “Was that necessary?”

I was rather perplexed. “What do you mean?”

He pursed his lips. “Do you think that you can simply just get someone to push me away?”

I pondered for a while before asking, “Then I’ll be more cautious in selecting a suitable candidate for you.”

“Scarlett!” He was infuriated. “What do you take me for?”

Peeved, I tore his hand apart from mine. “Ashton, it’s been so long. I’ve said all that is needed to be said. What’s missing now is just the divorce certificate. Honestly, I really don’t care who you end up with; it’s none of my business. Thus, there’s no reason for me to set you up with any woman!”

Glaring at his angry face, I finished what I wanted to say all in one breath. “Whatever happens between you and Rachel or any woman is none of my business. We could get the divorce certificate now if you so wish. You told me yourself that you’re willing to let me go if I really couldn’t accept it. Since that’s the case, then there’s really nothing between you and me anymore. With that said, I hope you will know your boundaries.”

After that, I immediately left the base. Leedon, who was getting ready to head to the scenic spot, saw me coming out of the base. “Ms. Stovall, do you want to go to the scenic spot? Let’s go together,” he suggested.

I walked up to him and replied, “Okay, thank you.”

And so, I got up with him on his truck and headed toward the scenic spot.

Sometimes, it actually feels good to live freely, without any worries. In the truck, Leedon and I were talking about the intricacies involving the Murphy Corporation project. He uttered, “We’ll be rather busy these few days. You might take a while to get used to it. I’m just giving you a head up so that you can be mentally prepared. Sometimes, we won’t be able to finish our work even if we worked until midnight. We’ll have to wake up early the next day and pick it up from there.”

I was stunned for a while. “It takes at least an hour to get back to the urban areas from here. Going back and forth would be time-consuming.”

He nodded and smiled. “Yeah, that’s why some of us decided to live here for the time being. However, we won’t be so busy tonight. After we are done eating and socializing with Mr. Fuller’s customers, we can go straight back home.”

truck stopped at the scenic spot. Leedon then directly took me to the hotels and restaurants there. On the

fell into slumber while waiting

time. “That’s enough snoozing. We need to go

outside the hotel. While we were waiting at the entrance,

what I’ve said just now had offended Ashton. He

hotel. An old man in his seventies alighted from the

recognize you now!”

to invite him inside the hotel. “A lot of things have happened in the past few years. I apologize for not being able to come and visit you during that

old man was,

Oberick. He’s a powerful man here in A City. That being said, he’s very humble. He bought a piece of land in Lavelian Village and he often comes here to take in the greeneries. Every

Oberick?

other people in A City who shares the same

only one family with the name

incident between Nora and Derek at the bar came to my

it, the Grandpa mentioned by Nora must be

hotel lobby, Ashton and Channing walked into a private room in the restaurant. After they sat down,

to see a table full of people. He gazed at Rachel, who

so. But since we’ve

kept on rambling. Upon hearing the name Rachel Zimmer being mentioned, Channing uttered, “I heard from your

family name is Zimmer. You can call

explaining to Channing either. He only glanced at me

during the introductions. After

love, never say

I was lost in my thoughts. Channing mentioned

lot of questions, I squelched the urge to ask them in the end. When will Nora take me to visit

good side. Rather, I was curious about my Grandma’s past as I thought

was strange that she knew George. Not to mention, she always carried a mysterious and exquisite box with her. Seeing as even the Oberick family in A City knew her, it was highly likely that Grandma was not

had been calling out to me quite a few times now.

while before gazing at Ashton. His dark eyes were directed at me

back his laughter as he glanced at me with his gentle eyes.

“I didn’t mean to, Mr.

ins prefer a more cheerful atmosphere. I get it! Eating with an

as the awkwardness consumed me. Before I could explain to Channing, Ashton interrupted and uttered,

“This lady here seems rather familiar to me. I’m not sure where I’ve

fond of tea bowls. I’ve brought a set of tea bowls from K City as a gift to you. Please have a look if you

moment, all eyes in the room were drawn to the tea

old man with a love for antique tea

tea set

and queried, “Are you close to Mr.

for a second before shaking

to be staring at you most of the time!” He grinned. “Mr. Fuller tends to be cold toward

I smiled in response.

Rachel talked to Channing, she inevitably moved closer to Ashton, who stood in between them.

having their conversation. Rachel, who was also getting thirsty, drank from the glass of water that was in front of

it, Ashton continued

dishes, everyone was talking to each other happily. Rachel helped Channing to get some food on his plate before uttering, “Mr. Oberick, you must visit K City when you’re free. The food made by Aunt Sally is

in the kitchen when she was young. It must’ve been quite hard

mind blanked out for a second. When

sense for me to miss out

before that Mr. Fuller was married, but I never found out who his wife

my head and continued eating my

always acts coldly toward other people except for Mr. Fuller. That being said, she can be quite caring when it comes to the elderly. I think she’ll be a great

taciturn and continued

Rachel and Ashton as he was exhorting them to live the rest of

I was rather calm, he was getting even

She listened attentively

I got up and went to the bathroom. On my way out of the bathroom,

help walking through the corridor that led to the swimming pool. Since it was an afternoon in August, there were copious amounts of

of the pool except for a few

in the lounge area. I’ll wager that the old man hasn’t finished his meal yet. Since he has both Rachel

by the pool. They were probably teenagers who had just started

say never

into the water. The shy girl whispered into the

responded, “Let

towel aside and went into the pool first. The pool was 1.5 meters deep. Since the boy

at the boy. She then uttered timidly, “Why don’t you just swim

the boy’s swimming ability seemed to have improved exponentially. He swam in circles around the pool

smile. Ah, youthful love is such

each other is what the

out here to feel sorry for yourself?” asked Rachel. With beauty

smiled and replied, “Why should

long legs, which were drawing a lot of attention. “Mr. Oberick took me and Ashton as

and smiled. “Nope. No matter what kind of relationship I have with Ashton, it’s none of your business. Honestly, I couldn’t care less who he ends up with. So,

will start to be disgusted by you. Do you think I don’t know what you’re scheming about? By pretending to push Ashton away, you are making his desire for you grow. And just like that,

really are a genius. Even I, myself had no idea that I was such a cunning and manipulative person. Haha! I might