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.”

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

get much sleep yesterday, I fell into slumber while waiting in

to wake me up just in time. “That’s enough snoozing. We need

While we were waiting

had offended Ashton. He didn’t even bother to look my way as he

stopped in front of the hotel. An old man in

you now!” The old man’s voice

of things have happened in the past few years. I apologize for not being able to come and visit you during that

about who that old man was, I asked Leedon, “Do

bought a piece of land in Lavelian Village and he often comes here to take in the greeneries. Every other famous person in A City

Oberick?

there other people in A City who shares the

only one family with the name Oberick here. What’s the

and Derek at the bar came

think of it, the Grandpa mentioned by Nora

lobby, Ashton and Channing walked into a private room in the restaurant. After they sat down, the waiter served them a bowl of

at Rachel, who was sitting beside Ashton. “Ashton, you should

do intend to do so. But since we’ve just sat down, we

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

and smiled. “Mr. Oberick, my family

bother explaining to Channing either. He only glanced

skipped over during

love, never say

thoughts. Channing mentioned Grandma

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

was curious about my Grandma’s past as I thought she had always lived in

exquisite box with her. Seeing as even the Oberick family in A City knew her,

been calling out to me quite a few times now. He pulled on my arm and said, “Channing is

Ashton. His

at me with his gentle eyes.

“I didn’t mean to, Mr. Oberick. I’m

a more cheerful atmosphere.

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

on his face and replied, “This lady here seems rather familiar to me. I’m not sure where

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

eyes in the room were drawn to the tea

delicate and refined. Any old man with a

antique tea set and was

closer to mine and queried, “Are

a second

at you most of the time!” He grinned. “Mr. Fuller tends to be cold toward others. It’s rare to see

I smiled in response.

closer to Ashton, who stood in between them. It looked like she was clinging on

a sip of water and smiled as Rachel and Channing were still having their conversation. Rachel, who was also getting thirsty, drank from the glass of water that was in front of Ashton.

Ashton continued

serving the 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

replied, “Sally refused to even step foot in the kitchen when she was young. It must’ve been quite hard

second. When did Rachel and Sally get

long, it would make sense for me to miss

toned down his voice and said, “I’ve heard before that Mr. Fuller was married, but I never found out who his wife is.

head and continued

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 fit for

remained taciturn and continued

exhorting them to live the rest of their

his cold eyes. Seeing as I was rather calm, he was getting even more irritated. He did nothing to

about the situation. She listened attentively

bathroom. On my way out of the bathroom, the outdoor swimming pool caught my

an afternoon in August, there were copious amounts

many people in the deep section of the pool except for

old man hasn’t finished his meal yet. Since he has both Rachel and Ashton to accompany him, I think I can just chill out

probably teenagers who had just started dating each other. Both of them were blushing to see each

say

they sat by the pool and didn’t go down into the water. The shy girl whispered into the boy’s ear, “I don’t know how

chuckled and responded,

first. The pool was 1.5 meters deep. Since the boy

the girl was still scared of going into the pool and glared at the boy. She then uttered timidly, “Why don’t you just swim by yourself for a while?

of his precious girlfriend, the boy’s swimming ability

me, I couldn’t help but smile. Ah, youthful love is such bliss. Two

other is what the

Rachel. With beauty like her around, the men’s gaze was

“Why should I feel sorry for

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

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, you really don’t need to waste your time here trying to spite

act so high and mighty. Your little tactic to play hard to get, won’t get you far. Men 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

a genius. Even I, myself had no idea that I