In Love, Never Say Never

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“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.”

Leedon then directly took me to the hotels and restaurants there. On the way, he gave me a terse explanation about the

sleep yesterday, I fell into slumber while waiting in

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

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

seemed like what I’ve said just now had offended Ashton. He didn’t even bother

front of the hotel. An old man in his seventies

I can barely recognize you now!” The old man’s voice

a hand gesture to invite him inside the hotel. “A lot of things have happened in the past few years. I apologize for not being

man was, I asked Leedon, “Do you

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

Oberick?

people in A

shook his head. “No, there’s only one family with the name Oberick here.

my head. The incident between Nora and Derek at the bar came to my

to think of it, the Grandpa mentioned by Nora must

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

full of people. He gazed at Rachel, who was sitting beside

and responded, “Yes, I do intend to do so. But since we’ve

your Grandpa on the phone

and smiled. “Mr. Oberick, my family name is

answer Channing’s question. Ashton didn’t bother explaining to Channing either. He

was quite old, he didn’t notice that I was skipped over during the introductions. After the dishes were served, Ashton and Channing continued with

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hand, I was lost in my thoughts. Channing mentioned Grandma

a lot of questions, I squelched the urge to ask them in

not to get on his good side. Rather, I was curious about my Grandma’s

mysterious and exquisite box with her. Seeing as

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

at Ashton. His

holding back his laughter as he glanced at me with his gentle eyes. “This lady here blanked

“I didn’t mean to, Mr. Oberick.

ins prefer a more cheerful atmosphere. I get it!

Ashton

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

are quite 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

in the room

old man with a love for antique tea

antique tea set and was

to mine and

paused for a second before shaking my head.

cold toward others. It’s rare to see him direct his attention all

I smiled in response.

Ashton, who stood in between them. It

who was also getting thirsty, drank from the glass of water that was in front of Ashton. A

Ashton

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 very delicious. You

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

mind blanked out for a second. When did

long, it would make sense for

but I

lowered my head and continued eating my

being said, she can be quite caring when it comes to the elderly. I think

taciturn and

the relationship between Rachel and Ashton as he was exhorting them to

was rather calm, he was getting even more irritated. He did

was very happy about the situation. She listened attentively to Channing and agreed to everything

up and went to the bathroom. On my way out of the bathroom, the outdoor swimming pool

Since it was an afternoon in August, there were copious amounts of people there. The children were hanging on to their floaties

section of the pool except for a few men who looked

his meal yet. Since he has both Rachel and Ashton to

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

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pool and didn’t go down into the water. The shy girl whispered into the

chuckled and responded, “Let me

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

the pool and glared at the boy. She then uttered timidly, “Why don’t you just swim by yourself for a while? Once I’m ready to get

of his precious girlfriend, the boy’s swimming ability seemed to have improved

help but smile. Ah, youthful love is such bliss. Two pure-hearted people getting together and building their

adoring each other is what the

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

“Why should I feel

slim, long legs, which were drawing a lot of attention. “Mr. Oberick took me and Ashton as a couple. Don’t you feel sad and left

your business. Honestly, I couldn’t care less who he ends up with.

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

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