In Love, Never Say Never

In love, never say never chapter 796

If I said that I did not want to eat, he would just continue to nag. Thus, I could only reply, “I’ve already eaten. Have you?”

“Yep, I’m eating now!” The sound of glasses clinking together could be heard from his end.

“Are you eating outside?”

“Yep!” he replied.

My hair was still wet, and when I leaned back against it, my back was drenched. I turned and asked, “Who are you with?”

He chuckled lightly and said, “A… girl!”

I pursed my lips. “Is she younger or older?”

“Younger!”

My eyes narrowed as I asked, “Is she pretty?”

“Yep!” he quipped.

My lips twitched. “Is she prettier than me?”

He grinned and said, “Both of you are pretty!”

I inhaled deeply and snapped, “Ashton, be serious. Otherwise, I’m going to hang up on you.”

He laughed loudly and clearly had no qualms about hiding his exuberant mood.

The laughter was pleasing to the ears. I had initially assumed that he was eating with some woman. But from the way he laughed, I could tell that I knew the person he was with!

A childish voice sounded out from the phone, “Mr. Fuller, are you talking to Mommy?”

My heart skipped a beat. It had been so long since I last heard Summer’s voice and held her in my arms.

Tears welled up in my eyes that instant.

Ashton handed the phone to Summer. “Mommy? Is that you? I’m Summer.”

My heart ached, and the lump in my throat prevented me from speaking for some time. A weight pressed down on my chest as I struggled to draw breath.

Due to my silence, Summer became anxious and said, “Can you hear me, Mommy?”

Tears started to flow down my face. Each beaded droplet of water seemed to sting me on its way down. I took in a shaky breath and replied, “I’m here, Summer. I… can hear you!”

Speaking to her brought on another tide of tears.

Summer was elated to hear my voice. She could not contain her excitement as she proceeded to fire off words, “Have you eaten, Mommy? When are you coming home? Mr. Fuller and I have been waiting for forever. Let me tell you a secret – I’ve planted many sweet potatoes in the yard. Grandma says that when they sprout, you’ll be back. They’ve already started growing. Are you going to be home soon, Mommy?”

I choked, and for a moment, I could not breathe. Tears cascaded down my cheeks endlessly as I nodded and said, “I’m going to be home soon. Once I’m done working, I’ll go home to you. Eat well, do your best in school, and listen to what Mr. Fuller says, okay?”

“Okay!” I could almost see Summer nodding earnestly. “I’m a very good girl, Mommy. I can recite many poems now, and I even know how to write and count. Mr. Fuller let me take piano lessons, and I’ve learned how to play ‘Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.’ I’ll play it for you when you’re back. I know how to draw too. I drew a beautiful picture for you, so please come home soon, Mommy. My birthday is almost here. Mr. Jackson says he’ll invite Michael and Mr. Johnson to my birthday. It’s going to be fun. So, you have to come home quickly!”

I nodded and tried to fight back the tears. “Okay. I’ll definitely be back before your birthday. I promise to spend your birthday with you.”

Ashton seemed to be talking to Summer at that moment. “Alright, that’s enough for now, Summer. Let me talk to Mommy, okay?”

Summer was reluctant, so she said, “Can I ask you for a favor, Mommy?”

I nodded as my whole body trembled with the force of my suppressed sobs. “What birthday present do you want?”

“No. I want to ask if I can talk to you every day until you come home. I want to hear your voice. Grandma and Grandpa do too. Grandma cried a while ago because she misses you as much as I do!”

Her voice was full of innocence – pure and naive. I made a sound of agreement to hide the guilt that was gnawing away at me.

I left because I knew that I would not be able to provide Summer with the best quality of life. She would have a much better life with Ashton. However, I forgot that she was just a child. To her, I was the only family she had, and she was frightened that I would leave her.

After a while, Ashton took over the call. He must have known that I was crying. Thus, he lowered his voice and said, “She’s doing well here and is very obedient. Jackson and the rest will come to see her.”

I nodded and choked out, “Thank you, Ashton.”

“You’re my wife, and Summer is my daughter. There’s no need to thank me!”

I could not help but laugh and let out a breath of relief. “When the Lavelian Village project is done, I’ll return and spend Summer’s birthday with the two of you!”

In love, never say never chapter 797

He hummed a response, and his magnetic voice drawled, “I’ll be waiting!”

I grinned. The memory of what happened at the base today surfaced, and I paused before saying, “Ashton, have you heard anything from your investigation into the stolen machines?”

He was stunned by my sudden change in topic and replied, “There hasn’t been much news for now. What’s wrong? Did you find anything?”

I nodded. “It’s one of the walls at the base. A normal cement wall won’t produce an echo when knocked – only fake walls will. However, the back wall of the base has an echo. I studied it today and noticed that the outer part was about three feet wide. Normal walls aren’t that wide.”

He was silent for a moment before replying, “You stay out of this matter from now on. Let Joseph handle it. You should just focus on the project in Lavelian Village since the Fuller Corporation will finish it soon and arrange for a conference as soon as possible.”

I knew he was worried about my safety, so I did not say anything else. At this moment, someone knocked on my door; it was probably Nora.

I hung up the call and went to open the door. Nora was carrying several bags in her hand. When she saw me, she said, ‘I knew you would be at the hotel. I just came from exploring the food street and bought a bunch of tasty snacks. You’ll be sure to love them!”

I lowered my head and glanced at the bags. I reached out to receive them and said with a smile, “You went all on your own?”

She nodded and placed the items down. She noticed that something was off about me and asked with a frown, “Have you been crying?”

I was stunned. I flashed her and smile and said, “I called home and realized how much I miss my daughter.”

moment before exclaiming dramatically, “You and Ashton have a

replied,

cursed, “Holy s**t, you even have a daughter. Why did you argue

long story, and it was better for me to change the topic.

always forbade me from eating it, so I became obsessed. Now that I’m out alone, I want to try everything. I’ll call Armond over to

eyebrow.

he’ll have to. I carried these a long way. It’ll be a waste of my effort if he doesn’t

the dynamic between a couple could not be

walked out of the room. I took the food out of the bags. There were about ten items, and they

seen rising from them.

that Armond was not with her and asked, “What’s wrong? Where’s

room. I called for him multiple times, but he was engaged on another line. He’s probably busy working!” She plopped down

smiled and looked at the warm food on the table. “Then, should we wait

her head. It did not make sense for us to let the food

one of the takeaway boxes and said contentedly, “I finally know what this tastes like. It’s so delicious.

roasted meat. It was extremely fresh and flavorful. Immediately, I could not help but exclaim, “This roasted meat

pan-seared chili scallop in front of me. “Try this. I’m sure it tastes better than those you

nodded and tried one. The spiciness and

feasting on all ten dishes, our

and I’ve never had so much food in my life. All my efforts to

full too. I saw it was only 9 p.m. and realized there was still time

to admire the night scenery. A walk

“Sounds good. We can take pictures of the night scenery too. I have a neon skirt that I

love, never say never

their girlfriends, give in to their cravings, dress up, visit beautiful places,

have wasted my decade of youth consumed by work and hate. I did not even spare

But I don’t think I bought anything nice,”

about it. I’ve got

had filled the hotel wardrobe with a variety of outfits. They were all various shades of pink

help but blurt out, “We’ve only been here for two days. When did you have the time to

many boutiques in Lavelian Village, and they aren’t expensive. Since they’re all so pretty, I bought

lips twitched upon that. “Young lady, these clothes cost as much

and sneered, “Boo-hoo. Don’t try to play the pity card. You’ll definitely earn a commission of one million after the

rebuke her any further. Then, I turned towards the clothes in the wardrobe and said, “I don’t think I’ve ever

Let’s try it out

handed it to me.

sitting

a long neon pink skirt, she looked completely different. She was like Cinderella, who had just been transformed by her fairy godmother. Now,

that kind of

powder compact in my hand and started

flurry of movement, I looked in the mirror and was

and insisted, “No, it looks just right. Don’t

of my comfort zone. I had never applied eyeshadow or drew in my eyebrows.

was too

herself. When she was done, she picked up her phone and started to walk out of the hotel

structures in the surroundings. However, it was not a common sight as there were not

the place was elegant. Thus, there were

the place, and we took turns taking pictures of each other.

unique design attracted tourists. Otherwise, it would still be used as

angle for her photo. Unfortunately, I was not artistically inclined and could only take snapshots. As she spoke,

at Prism building behind her and caught sight of

his hand was extremely familiar as well, but I could not put

shook me out of my trance. She had held her pose for a long time and was getting tired. Thus, she

and

crowded at that moment. She quickly looked in the direction that I was pointing

paused, preparing to chase after him. However, the sea of people soon swept him

me with bafflement. “Did we

shook my head. It was definitely Armond. But what is

never say

at Prism building and asked, “What kind of people usually come

to receive guests. However, this is far from the city and not many people

shook it off. We came to have fun, and so I

up taking photos and exploring all the places that we could. After that, we returned to

and told me, “I’m not planning on going out today. I want to sleep all I

had invested in multiple companies, and she would be able to live comfortably for the rest of her life, even if she never

the hotel, I received a call from Ashton. His voice was gentle and sweet as he asked, “Are you

and answered, “Yes. I’m going to the

you had breakfast?” he

way!” I replied. The hotel

a response and said, “Remember

at his remark. “You’re being too much of a

was quiet for a few seconds before answering in a

that, I was startled for a while and could not help but

deep laughter made the rising sun

already waiting for me at the entrance. I bid goodbye to Ashton

me a beautiful box and said, “Have some

“How did you know I haven’t

a head’s

Okay!

true happiness came from the thoughtfulness of others. Being remembered was the highest form of honor and

the base, Armond was also getting out of his car. I casually greeted him and was reminded of when I

casually asked, “Mr. Murphy, were you at the

at me,

frightened me, but I spoke confidently, “Nora bought a lot of delicious food yesterday. She couldn’t find you in your room, and we thought you went to the night flea market. When she called you, the

softened. He then smiled and replied, “I was busy last night, that’s

a shame. You missed out on all

smiled back at me. “I’ll definitely have