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.”

the hotels and restaurants there. On the way,

yesterday, I fell

up just in time. “That’s enough snoozing. We need to go and escort Mr. Fuller’s customers once

waiting at the entrance, Ashton and Rachel

just now had offended Ashton. He didn’t even bother

the hotel. An old man in his seventies

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

the hotel. “A lot of things have happened in the past few years. I apologize for not being

old man was, I asked Leedon, “Do you know

powerful man here in A City. That being said, he’s very humble. He bought a piece of land in

Oberick?

“Are there other people in A City who shares the

one family

incident between Nora and Derek at the bar came to my

think of it, the Grandpa mentioned by

into a private room in the restaurant. After they

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

“Yes, I do intend to do so. But since we’ve just sat down, we should take

from your Grandpa

Oberick, my family name is Zimmer. You

Channing either. He

skipped over during the introductions. After

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my thoughts. Channing mentioned Grandma just now. Maybe

had a lot of questions, I squelched the urge to ask

side. Rather, I was curious

she always carried a mysterious and exquisite box with her. Seeing as even the Oberick family in A City knew her, it was highly

been calling out to me quite a few times now. He pulled on my

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

glanced at me with his gentle eyes. “This lady

to bow and apologize. “I didn’t mean to, Mr. Oberick. I’m

ins prefer a more cheerful atmosphere. I get it! Eating with an old man like me is

Before I could explain to Channing, Ashton interrupted and uttered, “She has always been like

glared at me with a smile on his face and replied, “This lady here seems rather familiar to me. I’m not sure where I’ve

you are quite fond of tea bowls. I’ve brought a set of tea bowls from K City as a gift to

in the room

man with a love for antique tea sets would

set and was chatting fervently with

chair closer to mine and queried,

paused for a second before

be cold toward others. It’s

I smiled in response.

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

was also getting thirsty, drank

by it, Ashton continued talking

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 must

to even step foot in the kitchen when she was young.

a second. When did Rachel and Sally

make sense for me to miss out

said, “I’ve heard before that Mr. Fuller was married, but I never found out

my head and continued eating my food.

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 Mr.

remained taciturn and

Ashton as he was exhorting them to live the rest of

eyes. Seeing as I was rather calm, he was getting even more irritated. He

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

went to the bathroom. On my way out of the bathroom,

an afternoon in August, there were copious amounts of people there.

the deep section of the pool except for a few men who looked like they

hasn’t finished his meal yet. Since he has both Rachel and Ashton to

couple, who were both in swimsuits, sitting by the pool. They were probably teenagers who had just started dating each other. Both of

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into the water. The

responded, “Let me

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

the pool and glared at the boy. She then uttered timidly, “Why don’t you just swim by yourself for a

his precious girlfriend, the boy’s swimming ability seemed to have improved exponentially. He swam in

scene in front of me, I couldn’t help but smile. Ah, youthful love

and adoring each other is what the first form

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

and replied, “Why should I feel sorry for

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

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

start to be disgusted by you. Do you think I don’t know what you’re scheming

and glanced at her with my head tilted to one side. “Ms. Zimmer, you really are a genius. Even I, myself had no idea that I was such a cunning and manipulative person. Haha! I might just end up believing