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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figure out a solution to my problems, even after wracking my

at my dressing table to do my skincare routine. I was so

to reality, letting out a squeal of surprise. “What are you doing here?” I gasped. “When did

while already. Didn’t you see me in the reflection of the mirror you were staring at?” He sat down in my seat, placing me across his thighs as he tucked

sighed, resting my head against his shoulder. “The Lavelian Village project keeps running into problems. I’m in charge of everything, so can you blame

was out of your control. It won’t do you any good to keep stressing out over it. Besides, you now have your hubby’s money to use whenever you like. Who cares if you quit your job or end up

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 of money out,

you like.” He grinned at

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

sliding down to pinch my hips.

the bathroom. “Armond wants to know what you think about the Lavelian Village project,” I told him as I picked up his razor from

back up against the sink. “He employed my very own wife in his own

so I made him sit down on a chair. Without thinking too much about it, I

would award its’ project to Murphy Corporation. Besides, he’s just asking about your opinion, not sniffing out

of the razor near his skin. I could tell from his fond gaze that he was

movements were somewhat clumsy. Thankfully, I hadn’t cut his skin, and I quickly handed him a warm towel to wipe off the

with a shaved jaw. I held his chin in one hand and turned his head from

hand squeeze my hips as he spoke in a low, gravelly voice, “Are you trying to seduce

blanked. Upon realizing that I had put on nothing but a

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 waist only served to make the situation appear

to help you shave.”

I just genuinely want to hold

the eye. “I think you should go

cheek with one hand. Leaning in, he left feather-light hints of kisses on the corner of

“Ashton!”

massaged one of my ears. “Fuller Corporation is planning to pull out of the project to minimize our losses as much as possible, and then let another company take over it. When that’s all settled, go back to K City with me, Scarlett.

the very end.” I preened in his embrace, my eyes fluttering close at the relaxing motion. “I don’t want to go

he sighed. “You’re free to do whatever you want in K City. Didn’t you mention that you wanted to pursue a postgraduate education? You can try that, and if all else fails, you can come back to Fuller Corporation and take

my lips. “But I can’t just

that Armond sent to bewitch me

raised an eyebrow, quickly taking the chance to climb off of his lap. “Go take a shower and sleep early

many suspicious things about the Lavelian Village project as if someone was causing trouble on purpose. Thus, I didn’t want

as I sat back down in front of

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

never say

getting old. If it weren’t for these, I’d have turned into a

charming smirk grew

out of the

bottles of lotion, skimmed over the instructions, and then glanced at me. “I’ll help you

I…

folks claimed that our relationship would improve with

onto his palm, pulling me into his arms once more. “You can leave these sorts of

onto his wrist. “What

helping you put lotion on.” His smile was disarmingly handsome, and one of his hands was already starting to slip under

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 get along and cooperate with

I bit on my lower lip, suppressing

seemed stubborn in not talking about the subject

after all. Pushing him away, I crawled back into

he laughed wryly. “It’s as if Mr. Murphy is your husband instead of me. You’re just trying to twist my

of the profits if I stay with Murphy Corporation,” I argued from under the covers. “I

his arms. “Can’t I

earn my own income.” I squirmed

taught a lesson tonight,” he joked. After saying that, his hands started

my body had reached its limit after several rounds of lovemaking, and I begged

their movements as he buried his face into the crook of my neck, chuckling in satisfaction. The grass is always greener on the other side. People often fail to realize the bliss and happiness they own

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

on their own will. I distantly registered the sensation of something being

I heard Ashton say before he placed a

as my eyes flew open. Burrowing into his arms, I reached up and kissed him again, saying drowsily,

and all my credit cards at the villa. I’d never thought that he would be

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

pushed himself up to hover over me, swiftly stealing my breath

days were inevitably boring due to the project Lavelian Village being put on

antsier

recovered and was discharged from the hospital. She wasted no time in going to the Murphy Corporation and inviting Linda

need to take the higher-ups’ opinions into account. You might as well enjoy some delicious food and take your minds off

Even her makeup

come home every night and keep me company,

“But the longer this project stays on hold, the more our company will

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 month’s worth of salaries.

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Murphy’s the one who should be worrying about this, not you. Let’s just forget this nonsense and go grab some

off the car, “Ms. Oberick, is there really a need for us to eat here? One meal cost at least a month’s worth of my

I know you’ve eaten at fancier restaurants back in

help it. I’m tight on cash