In Love, Never Say Never

In love, never say never chapter 771

Glancing up at the clock, she asked me, “Don’t you plan on heading back soon?”

It was indeed getting quite late, but I didn’t want to leave her alone in the hospital ward. “I’ll stay with you tonight. What do you want for dinner?”

“What if Ashton gets mad at you for not going home?” She fretted instead, making me laugh.

“It’s fine. He knows where I am.”

I stood up and was getting ready to go downstairs to the hospital’s convenience store when the door suddenly opened.

It was Armond, clearly tired and carrying a large plastic bag of food and various snacks in his arms.

“You haven’t eaten yet, have you?” he said to me. “I’ve brought a lot to spare, so have some before you leave.”

I was stunned at the sight of him. Did he rush all the way back here just so he could make sure that Nora is well-fed?

Nora’s face immediately broke out into a bright smile when she saw him, tugging on my arm. “Don’t go just yet, Scarlett! At least eat with us first!”

Armond nodded in agreement, taking out the items from the bag one by one. “Linda recommended me Northern City District’s seafood, so I specially made a detour to buy some. I also got some soup for you.”

He directed the last part of his sentence at Nora, placing the bowl on her bedside table before turning to me. “The seafood I bought is all fresh. Try some, Scarlett!”

I giggled, giving into their persistency and sitting down to have dinner with them.

The seafood lived up to my expectations. Nora stared at Armond’s sallow face, inquiring worriedly, “Were you so busy today that you didn’t get any sleep at all?”

He nodded. “The incident at Lavelian Village is getting out of hand, and the Fuller Corporation plans on holding a press conference for promotional purposes next month.”

Clearly pitying him, Nora turned to me with puppy-dog eyes. “I think it’s best if you stay with me tonight, Scarlett. That way, Armond can go home and rest.”

That had been my plan in the first place, so I agreed easily. “Sure.”

“There’s no need for that,” Armond quickly cut in. I’ll ask someone to set up an extra bed in here for me to sleep on tonight. I’d be so worried that I wouldn’t be able to sleep if I went home, anyway.”

After saying that, he glanced at me. “Besides, if you don’t go back home tonight, Mr. Fuller might become even more stressed regarding the Lavelian Village project. If that happens, he’ll make me work my fingers to the bone, and that just won’t do!”

I wasn’t sure how to respond.

“He’s right.” Nora nodded in agreement. “If you try to make Ashton happy, the situation might improve.”

Then, turning to Armond, she clung onto his arm and fluttered her eyelashes up at him pitifully. “Though, I feel bad for making you accompany me… I shouldn’t be putting you through such torture!”

I massaged one of my temples. Are these two being lovey-dovey on purpose?

Slowly munching on my food, I spoke up, “That works too, I guess. I’m almost done eating, so I’ll leave you two to catch up with each other, okay?”

“I’ll send you downstairs.” Armond got to his feet.

Slightly taken aback, I glanced at Nora, who told me, “Go on, Scarlett! You don’t have your car with you, right? He can help hail a taxi for you!”

I shrugged in response.

At the hospital entrance, I gave Armond a sidelong glance. “Do you have something to ask me, Mr. Murphy?”

He slipped his hands into his trouser pockets, his expression turning solemn. “I take it you’ve made up with Ashton?”

Why is he asking the exact same question as Nora did?

“I guess so.” I smiled awkwardly. “Did you offer to walk me downstairs because you wanted to talk about that?”

“Of course not,” he huffed. “Has Ashton discussed with you about his stance on the project?”

I blinked owlishly at him. After working together for so long, I knew what he was implying.

The Lavelian Village project was one that the Murphy Corporation had fought against countless other equally well-qualified rivals for. We could not afford to make a mistake, but there had already been several accidents since the project first started.

The project hadn’t fully kicked into gear yet, either. Thus, Fuller Corporation had every reason to start from scratch and look for a new collaborator to cut their losses.

Armond was trying to find out Ashton’s current attitude towards the whole issue through me.

“I’ll find a way to pry some information out of Ashton,” I promised him.

“Thanks.”

After that, I hailed a taxi and headed straight home.

The sky was already dark when I reached the villa.

I thought Ashton would have returned home by now, but the entire place was dark, and none of the lights were on. It seemed that he hadn’t come back yet.

Figuring that he must be busy at work, I went upstairs and entered the bathroom to wash myself up.

Left alone in the silence with only my thoughts accompanying me, my mind wandered to the project once more. I couldn’t shake the feeling that something wasn’t right, but I just couldn’t place a finger on what it was exactly.

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to

shower, I sat at my dressing table to do my skincare routine. I was

arms that I was jerked back to reality, letting out a squeal of surprise. “What are you doing here?” I gasped. “When did you get back?

Didn’t you see me in the reflection of the mirror you were staring at?” He sat down in my

Lavelian Village project keeps running into problems. I’m in

it. Besides, you now have your hubby’s money to use whenever you like.

when I reached up to touch his face. “That’s easy for you to say. One compensation claim is worth ten million. How many times will I be able to fork that amount

many times as you

should really shave soon.” Running my fingers along his stubble made the skin on my

large hand sliding down to pinch my hips. “Will

nodded and got up, tugging him into the bathroom. “Armond wants to know what you think about the Lavelian Village project,” I told him as I picked up

for,” he lamented, wrapping his arms around me as he pressed my back up against the sink. “He employed my very own wife in his own

getting tired of standing on their tiptoes to reach his tall height, so I made him sit down on a chair. Without thinking too much about

Fuller Corporation would award its’ project to Murphy Corporation. Besides,

to open his mouth and reply because of the razor near his skin. I could tell from his

time ever shaving someone else, so my movements were somewhat clumsy. Thankfully, I hadn’t cut his skin,

hand and turned his head

of his lips quirked up. I felt his large hand squeeze my hips as he spoke in

nothing but a sleeveless

been so concentrated on shaving his stubble that I’d failed to notice the compromising position I’d put us in when I climbed into his lap. His hand on my

the gutter. I just genuinely wanted to help you shave.” I tried to get off of his legs, but he held me in

hold you in my arms,” he declared

circled my arms around his neck and looked him in the eye. “I think you should go take a shower and get ready for bed. I’m

hand. Leaning in, he left feather-light hints of kisses on the

“Ashton!”

pressed his forehead against mine as he massaged one of my ears. “Fuller Corporation is planning to pull out of the project to minimize our losses as much as possible,

motion. “I don’t want to go back to

postgraduate education?

I can’t just

sent to bewitch me

off of his lap. “Go take a shower and sleep early tonight,”

causing trouble on purpose. Thus, I didn’t want to return

water from the bathroom as I sat back down in front

towel wrapped around his waist. He furrowed his eyebrows slightly at the sight of me.

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table. “I’m getting old. If it weren’t for these, I’d

a curious eyebrow. A charming smirk grew on his

his strange actions, I stared at him suspiciously out of the corner of

the instructions, and then

I…

that our relationship would improve with this. Despite the

onto his palm, pulling me into his arms once more. “You can leave these sorts of things up to me in the future, Mrs.

I grabbed onto his wrist. “What

and one of his hands was already starting to slip under my

decision to withdraw from the Lavelian Village project, alright?” I frantically changed the topic. “Hopefully, this will all pass and everything will get better soon. Besides, hasn’t Fuller Corporation lost some of its AI technology recently? Even if you try to withdraw now and find another company to collaborate with, you’ll still face the same problems. The employees from both corporations are finally starting to

bit on my lower lip, suppressing the heat building within me as I

stubborn in not talking about the subject anymore, but

was still unstable, after all. Pushing him away, I crawled back into bed and hid

as if Mr. Murphy is your husband instead of me. You’re just trying to twist

I argued from under the covers. “I wouldn’t get anything if I

covers and wrapping me in his

to earn my own income.” I squirmed in his

see that someone needs to be taught a lesson tonight,” he joked. After saying that, his hands

hour later, my body had reached its limit after several rounds of lovemaking, and I begged him, “Ashton, I

the crook of my neck, chuckling in satisfaction. The grass is always

how someone might be admiring the scenery, but someone else might be admiring the sight of them from

their own will. I distantly registered the sensation of something being put onto my finger, whimpering quietly as I pulled

your wedding ring,” I heard Ashton say before he

astonished, the fog cleared from my brain as my eyes flew open. Burrowing into his arms, I reached up and

away from K City, I’d left my wedding ring and all my credit cards at the villa. I’d never thought that he would be

bedside lamp cast a warm glow onto Ashton’s gentle smile. His voice was husky as he replied, “Thirty isn’t old

me, swiftly stealing my breath away with

boring due to

antsier and antsier with each

the hospital. She wasted no time in going to

in drowning in work to distract yourself. Even if the project gets back on track, we still need to take the higher-ups’ opinions into account. You might as well enjoy

worry were clearly written all over her face. Even her makeup looked cakey in contrast to the

at the office, he made sure to come home every night and keep me company, preventing me from burning the midnight oil and ensuring that I would actually get a

groaned. “But the longer this project stays on

had a point. There were more than a hundred employees currently on-site at Lavelian Village whose salaries were at least five thousand per month. If the project was delayed for one month longer, we would be wasting a

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who should be worrying about this, not you. Let’s just forget this nonsense and go grab some food,” Nora

Oberick, is there really a need for us to eat here? One meal

keys over to the valet. “Stop exaggerating. I know you’ve eaten at fancier restaurants back in the past. C’mon,

it.