In Love, Never Say Never

In love, never say never chapter 791

“Scarlett, you’ve been asleep for two days,” the soft voice said. “Please wake up!”

I wanted to say something and to open my eyes, but I did not succeed.

I felt something moist inside my bone-dry mouth. After some time, my face and limbs were being cleaned gently by a damp towel.

I couldn’t help but fall back asleep again due to my extreme fatigue.

My dreams were incomprehensible and confusing. The next time I opened my eyes, my surroundings were clearer to me than they were though I was still feeling groggy.

Ashton slumped over my bed as he was asleep. His hair looked rather greasy as though he hadn’t showered in days.

“Ashton!” I croaked. My voice was hoarse but I was surprised that I managed to say that.

I smiled at the realization that I was still alive. It feels so good to be alive!

At the sound of his name, Ashton straightened himself up. He looked haggard and unkempt. I reached out to caress his face and felt a cluster of tiny beards poking out of his chin.

I chuckled. “Haven’t I just shaved for you? They’ve grown back.”

Ashton clutched my hand tightly and gaze at me with his deep dark eyes. He did not speak for a long time; his eyes welled up with tears of relief.

“You’re awake!” he said with a choking voice after a long while.

I nodded with a smile as I had escaped death yet again.

“It’s so good to see you!” I tugged his hand and held it tight.

Ashton got up and hugged me tightly. He poured me a glass and made sure I finished it. “You’ll get to see me every day from now on,” he said, unable to conceal the joy in his voice.

I felt much better after hydrating myself. I could think clearer and move my body freely now. Not to mention my throat felt a lot more comfortable and moister. “If I could fit you in my pocket, I’ll get to see you every day,” I said, wasting no time in teasing him as soon as I got my voice back.

Ashton brushed my nose gently in response to my mischief. “You’re in a playful mood. It’s good to see you back to your old self.”

He hugged me again and it was tighter than before. I felt squished into his chest.

I let him hold me and savored it. The entire spectrum of emotions surged through me and I felt lucky to be alive just to experience them again.

No matter what happens in this life, I will never leave him again. He was all I could think about during the few minutes in the freezer. As I approached death, even the rhythm of my pulse had chided me for taking his love for me for granted, and that I should not push him away and pick fights with him.

It was my good fortune to have met him in my life.

“Ashton!” I whispered as I held his neck and looked at him.

He grunted and hugged me again. There was an unspeakable joy behind his wearied eyes.

“I love you so very much,” I said. Since the day we met, over our marriage spanning a decade, I have never told him this. If I didn’t say it now, I didn’t know when I would be able to do that.

I was not going to have any regrets on my deathbed again.

Ashton gazed deep into my eyes. He nodded and planted a kiss on my forehead. “I won’t disappoint you.”

I smiled again, just feeling grateful for being alive.

As I placed my head on his chest to savor the peace that came with it, the incidents of that night suddenly returned to haunt me. “What happened that day I went to the hospital?” I asked.

Who the hell wants me dead? The temperature in the freezer would have sealed my fate within two hours.

If Ashton had not appeared in time, I would not have made it out alive.

“I was having dinner with Joe and the rest when Nora called me,” he explained. “They’d found out that you were missing when they arrived at the hospital. We looked through the surveillance and found out that you were taken to the morgue. As there were no cameras down there, locating you took quite a bit of time.”

Ashton’s voice was low and hoarse as if he dreaded reliving the memory of that night. I was unable to imagine how he must have felt when he found me, frozen half to death like fresh seafood.

Or possibly something worse!

“Did you find out who was behind it?” I asked, looking up at him.

Ashton frowned as his gaze grew cold. “The hairy crabs and matcha that you had consumed were laced with sesame. We’re not sure if this was planned by someone intentionally.”

I frowned. I was aware that I was allergic to sesame, but I had never told anyone that, including Ashton. In fact, the only person who knew that I was allergic to sesame was Grandma.

When I grew older, I basically did not touch sesame at all. Occasionally I would have had mild reactions if the food was seasoned with a trace amount of sesame. It wouldn’t be too serious if I have had a tiny bit.

Be that as it may, it was impossible that anyone could have predicted my allergic reactions. The thing that bothered me more was what happened in the hospital.

It was obvious that that man had meant to kill me. Was the whole rigmarole of drugging me and shutting me in a morgue improvised? Or was it planned in advance?

In love, never say never chapter 792

At that thought, I could not suppress a bitter laugh. “They’ve thought things through, haven’t they? They even had the courtesy to keep my body in one piece.”

Ashton grimaced in anger. “Something like this will never happen again.”

I snuggled against him, confident that he would be investigating this thoroughly. “If you managed to find out who it was, I’d like to meet the person!”

Ashton grunted. His cold gaze resumed. “Take care of yourself and just leave the rest to me.”

I did not feel like going back to sleep now that I was up, maybe it was due to the fact that I had been sleeping so much I felt sick of it. “Not many people would hate me to the point of plotting my murder. The people who would actually dare to carry it out are even scarce.”

I couldn’t figure out who would be that bold to do such a thing.

Nora entered the ward. Her eyes looked swollen like she had been crying for a long time.

At the sight of me sitting up in bed, she paid no heed to Ashton and ran over to my other side and threw herself onto me. “You’re finally awake,” she sobbed. “You’ve been asleep for three whole days! I’d thought that you have left me behind and don’t want to take me to K City anymore.”

It hurt my still frail body to be embraced by two people at the same time.

It was a good thing that Armond arrived in time to pull Nora off of me. “She just woke up. Are you planning on knocking her out again?” he chided Nora.

“Don’t be preposterous!” Nora shoved Armond indignantly. “Scarlett is fine. She’ll always be.”

She wiped her tears at that. “I’m sorry, I did not know that you are allergic to sesame,” she said guiltily. “If I knew that the matcha cheese had that amount of sesame in it, I would rather die than to have caused you to have that reaction!”

and patted her hand. “It’s not your fault, Nora. It was mine for not noticing in the first place. Anyway, it

to blame. “If you did not have that allergic reaction, we wouldn’t have come to the hospital, and you wouldn’t be abducted. It’s all my fault. If we ever

him?” Armond

cast a meaningful

did not understand. “Couldn’t you see what he looked like from the surveillance? Even if

Ashton explained. “The man who took Scarlett into the morgue wasn’t the same man who had administered the sedative.” He frowned, deep in thought. “The man

was silent for a while. “Does the

but patted my back

Nora said, in an attempt to keep the conversation positive. “Let’s eat before we do anything else. There’s still plenty to do in Lavelian Village. We would have to go back there after

the project in Lavelian Village

has.” Armond

doubtful but did

food for me, then she and Armond

much of an appetite as I had just woken up. Nora’s cooking was delicious, but I could

chastised as he saw me giving up after

I don’t feel like eating,” I

“I’ll feed you.”

glared at him. “Did the doctor say when I could be discharged?” I asked, in an attempt to

few more days, as you’ve just

couple more days. At the thought of Lavelian Village, I grew serious. “Ashton, any leads on the case on Lavelian

mentioning that he considered

you think that I am fulfilling somebody else’s wish

done by the same person?” I asked, my eyes

at the base, Nora’s fall, and the numerous attempts on my life. These events appeared unrelated at first glance, but upon closer inspection, they seemed to be

delay the press conference. Nora’s accident would halt the project at Lavelian

Ashton would bring my body back to K City and never

something that I did not understand. “Was everything intended to

was in no hurry to answer. His gaze fell onto the bowl of soup before me. “Shall I feed you?” he

a few more spoonful. “Alright, I’ve eaten. Tell

say

“Mrs. Fuller

being elsewhere, I

However, my legs were not in use for too

out and caught hold of me. “What are you

to the washroom,” I answered, trying not

bathroom. He then

I said hurriedly, pushing him away. “Please wait for me outside.” I was hoping he would leave

the matter? I’ve seen every part of you before, haven’t

is that the

Please let me do this on my

changing your urine bags for the past two days,” he said. “You are my wife, I should be taking care of you. I’m

married for so long, there wasn’t

but a whole other thing when I’m completely conscious. I pushed him gently. “That was different but I’m awake now. I can do

“Be careful then,” he

I nodded.

timeless good looks and graceful slender build, I would have assumed he was an old

he become so meticulous and

examined me one more time before declaring that I

at the hospital. He had even brought over all of my toiletries. Joseph

edge of the bed and watched him pack my clothes. “Ashton,

placed my

a moment’s pause. With his

placed the toiletries into the basin we paid for during my stay at the hospital. It was used to hold the water to clean my face

to bring that home?” I asked.

gone to waste if it was left here at the

the nitty gritty aspects of whether or not a basin would

as she entered to perform her daily

past couple of days. She appeared to be a mute, as she had always greeted me with a smile and nothing

walked up to her and placed the basin on her tray of tools. In a few

I did not understand much and

the car, I teased

my seatbelt for me. “If I remained distant and aloof, I would be missing out on the joys of life being around

grasp on me. “That’s dangerous,

not trust my

but did not

soon as I got better, I began to keep myself occupied again. Ashton took it upon himself to investigate my abduction quietly. As I did not have connections and resources, it

in charge of the project in Lavelian Village, I had to

day’s rest at the villa, I packed

She spent her time either tailing behind

to do when the project started. Even Nora

climbed into bed and complained, “After working hard for the entire day, I don’t even get a room,

say never

like me to bring it up with Mr. Murphy tomorrow?” I teased. “You would enjoy some benefits if you were a member of Murphy

I do with those benefits?” she retorted. “I would prefer to have the title of Mrs. Murphy. Plus, I don’t need to be paid as I have plenty of

without saying anything. “Armond would be done with work by this time, wouldn’t

so,” I

up for me,” she said with a wink. “I won’t

were all

that I had forgotten to inform him that morning that I would be heading out to Lavelian

I crooned

my ears.

did. “How about you?” I asked while thinking

have!” he

to Lavelian Village this morning. It’s been

the joy in his voice diminishing considerably. “I have to spend the night alone, don’t

This man…

alone, too.” I laughed. “Where did you go, by the

the most subtle way of changing the topic

with Joe,” he replied frankly. “Can you come

but decided against it. There was

I can,” I said apologetically.

said. “There is something that I have

at A City for almost two months. I dreaded to think about what his desk in K City would look like by now. The losses

asked. It’s a hectic period for both of us; we would have to fend for ourselves for the time

said glumly. “Joseph will remain here. You can