In Love, Never Say Never

“Okay, remind me again before we go.” After a short pause, I glanced at him. “Ashton, can I ask you a question?”

He raised a brow. “What is it?”

“I’ve always thought that you’re angry with your grandpa because he broke you and Rebecca up, but I realized that wasn’t true. Can you tell me why you were so mad at your grandpa?” Some incidents of the past were etched in my memory. I remembered he hadn’t shown up during his grandfather’s funeral.

His gaze darkened a little at my question. After staring at me in silence for a while, he said, “It’s been so long. I don’t really remember why I was so mad at that time.”

Baffled by his answer, I was tongue-tied, so I stopped questioning him.

The following day.

Ashton and I went to Fuller Corporation together. The number of reporters waiting downstairs had reduced significantly. They must have left because of the lack of newsworthy information over the past few days.

Sasha’s parents were not around as well. I reckoned that they were taking care of their granddaughter at the hospital.

The lobby that used to be clamorous was now back to normal.

The moment I stepped through the entrance, Stella skipped to my side and spoke while looking at me. “Mrs. Fuller, you’re here. Isn’t it great that Sasha’s grandparents stopped coming over? You’re amazing!”

Overcome with excitement and joy, she completely overlooked the man beside me. For a moment, I thought she was about to twirl around me in delight while holding my arm.

After a while, Stella finally spotted Ashton. She hurriedly let go of me and greeted him respectfully, “I’m sorry, Mr. Fuller. So sorry.”

Glancing at her indifferently, Ashton reached out to hold my hand. Without a word, he brought me into an elevator.

In the elevator, Ashton gave me a sideways glance. “Now I know you have a way with both men and women.”

His comment befuddled me. My cheeks flushed red when I finally wrapped my head around his words. “Cut the nonsense. I worked with her yesterday while dealing with Sasha’s parents. What are you thinking?”

He chuckled and pulled me into a hug. “That my wife is very sociable.”

I rolled my eyes at him. “Stop teasing me!”

Later in the evening, I thought of Summer after preparing dinner, so I called Cameron. The phone rang for quite a while before it was picked up. “Hello, this is the Moore Residence.” Zachary’s voice sounded on the other side of the phone.

The landline phone didn’t display the caller ID, so he spoke rather formally. I froze for a second. “Dad, it’s me, Scarlett.”

The man remained silent for a short while before asking gently, “Letty, have you eaten? Are you coming home tonight?”

I chuckled. “I’ve just finished cooking. I’m staying at Ashton’s tonight. Have you guys had your dinner? How’s Summer today?”

“Mmm. She’s fine, and her fever’s gone. I guess she’ll recover soon. Your mom and aunt are cooking dinner in the kitchen now. We’re going to eat soon. Is Fuller Corporation alright?”

I nodded and chatted a little longer with him before ending the call.

Just as I was about to have my dinner, my phone rang with a call from Armond. Picking it up, I greeted him. “Hello, Mr. Murphy.” I habitually addressed him the way I did at work.

I heard a sigh from the other side. “You can call me by my name when we’re not at work. I heard from Nora that you’re in K City. Are you free to have lunch with me tomorrow?”

His words reminded me of the promise I made to him in Epea, which I put off up till now. Without a second thought, I agreed, “Sure. Let me know the time and the venue. I’m free tomorrow.”

He hummed without saying a word.

After hanging up the phone, Ashton’s dark eyes were fixed on me. “Was that Armond?”

I nodded. “When I was in Epea, I promised that I would give him the sandalwood box my grandma gave me once we returned to our country safely. Perhaps he’s interested in that box.”

Ashton’s forehead creased slightly. He kept quiet for a second before asking, “Haven’t you thought about why your grandma has the sandalwood box?”

I nodded. “I’ve thought about it, but I can’t figure it out.”

With his intense gaze still fixed on me, he said, “The way you met Armond seems deliberate to me. Scarlett, it does no harm to stay alert, no matter what you do.”

I was perplexed, yet his words made sense to me, so I nodded my head in agreement and hummed several times.

He dropped the subject afterward.

Alba Street.

Heirloom Cafe.

Following the address Armond gave me, I arrived at the restaurant, and a waiter guided me to the table where Armond was. It was already late autumn in K City. He was dressed in a casual Korean-style outfit. His hair was neat and chic. A beige trench coat was draped over the back of the chair next to him. His look made him look as dashing as a Korean idol.

The restaurant was equipped with air heaters, so I removed my jacket and put it aside. “Have you been in K City for a few days already?” I asked, looking at him.

He nodded with a half-smile. “I wanted to ask you out a few days ago, but there’s a lot going on in Fuller Corporation, I thought you might be busy, so I postponed it.”

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I smiled at him. The scandal about Fuller Corporation had spread like wildfire in K City. Many people in the industry heard about it, so I’m not surprised that he knew it too.

He waved at the waiters and asked them to serve the dishes. As we chatted away, all the dishes were served. The man looked at me and said, “It seems like the Lavelian Village project can’t be completed anytime soon. Are you going to stay here or return to A City after this?”

I shrugged. “I haven’t thought about it. I’ll see how things go after I go back during the holiday.” Thinking of Nora, I glanced at him while asking, “I thought you would bring Nora along this time. “

He smiled without answering me. “Did you bring the box here?”

“Of course I did, but there’s something I need to ask you first.” I had been pondering it for so long, yet I just couldn’t get to the bottom of it.

“Go ahead.” He nodded.

“The box that you put up for auction back in J City… was that your grandpa’s?”

nodded his

him the box? Can you help me ask him whether he

his expression fell, giving off a

him, I asked

solemn as he looked at me and said, “Is Winona your

tombstone in the cemetery in J City crossed my mind. “Armond, I’ve always felt

instead of making up excuses, he stared at me and nodded. “Yeah, before we met in the cemetery, I saw you in

conversation back to

a faint smile. “Yes. On top

furrowed my brows slightly, waiting for him to go on, but the man seemed to have no intention of telling me

box out and handed it to him. Despite my desire to

the time, he was an approachable and amicable man. Even though he was

there were times when I felt he was distant and out of our reach. The man

the box in his hands, he examined it once and found that it was fine. With a brow raised, he glanced at me. “I don’t know much about your Grandma. I only want this box out of curiosity. Does Ashton

my head, I replied, “He

together. The man seemed puzzled as he said, “Didn’t he

staring at him.

shrugged

else to do, so I drove home straight away. As soon as I reached home, Ashton called me. His voice was deep and

at my watch. It was already in the afternoon, so he was about to

“Are you coming home?”

As usual, his voice was music to my ears. My

to eat tonight? I’ll

thought, he answered,

Oh God, this man…

on the other end of the phone lashed out at me the moment I picked up the phone. Utterly baffled, I hesitated for a moment before asking

woman hummed in response a few times. Her voice

like I’ve told you before, I’ll help you as much as I can. The police have

if you’re reluctant to help. Are you delaying it on purpose? Once Sasha’s cremated, we’ll have no evidence, and you’ll insist that she had committed suicide, won’t

Sasha’s autopsy report. Pulling myself together, I said, “Mrs. Brooks, I really

never say

silent for a while.

it wasn’t necessarily a good thing to be soft-hearted. Letting out a

Fuller,” Joseph greeted me politely

went straight to the point. “Mr. Campbell, has Sasha’s autopsy report

ready. The police concluded it

response. “Is there

mentally ill. Perhaps the woman had

she decide to commit suicide all of

death insurance, which took effect last month. If she was determined to have died by accident, her parents and daughter would have been the beneficiaries. With the amount of compensation from our company, her

planned everything before she jumped

the police would carry

blue to ask for my help. I

and hung up the phone. Right away, I called Sasha’s mother back. I could tell from her tone that she was anxious. Unable to discuss the matter over the phone, I

Ashton

the dining table, I served him keenly and put a

me with narrowed eyes. “Tell me. Is there something you want to

on a smile while gazing at him. “No, nothing. Do eat more. You’re

my voice trailed off. Breathing a sigh, I said, “Fine, I want

brow at me. “Sure,

and I want to help her,” I said while

acknowledgment. “What

out. It’s concluded that she committed suicide. According to the company policy, how much compensation is her family going

considerations. In fact, the company doesn’t need to take any responsibility for her case. As a

suicide. Her death was not an accident, so the company

a foundation where you can apply for a sum of

trying to say, but the moment I heard about

a weight off my chest to hear that there was a solution for Sasha’s

next day, I headed to the

chemotherapy, the already haggard-looking child looked even frailer now. Most of her hair had dropped, and

my hand eagerly. “Mrs. Fuller, you’re finally here. The doctor said that we need another five hundred thousand for Renee’s chemotherapy, but Sasha’s compensation is only two hundred thousand, and we’re unable to scrape up the remaining three hundred thousand. Mrs. Fuller, I beg of you,

couldn’t let the matter go. “Mrs. Brooks, please don’t do

my words as tears kept rolling

bed woke up and saw us. In a week voice, she asked, “Grandma, I

to the water dispenser only to find that there was no water in it. Taking the empty blue container, the woman headed to

you come to visit me?” The child’s voice echoed in the ward and broke me out of my reverie. Turning to look at the

“Yes.”

little girl grinned, revealing her two cute snaggleteeth. “Will you visit

good care of yourself. I’ll come

me sweets the next time you visit me? Grandma says that I can only eat sweets when I’m sick, but she hasn’t given me any even though I’ve

say

out with some difficulty. I walked over

replied, “It’s actually not that different from tap water. Once you boil it, it is safe to drink. A bucket of water outside costs me eight, so I can buy more meat for Renee with that

them. Not knowing what else

supplies for children’s use, then headed back to the hospital. However, I did not see Sasha’s mother. As soon as I entered Renee’s room, I could see she was up. She looked at

socks that I had just

thought for a while before she replied, “Uncle Shane came over just now and wanted to take Grandma’s money, so she ran to

words. Previously, Joseph had said that Sasha had a brother who was addicted to gambling. He had probably come to ask for some of Sasha’s compensation money. Clearly, the only thing that mattered was gambling in his

call to the company. Soon, someone delivered some water over. Since Renee probably had to stay in the hospital for quite a long time, I bought a few more coupons of mineral water for the water

was young, she

longer until she fell asleep. Then, I headed for Moore Residence since Summer was on vacation recently, so she was probably hanging around with Emery. As Ashton constantly pampered her with many new clothes and toys, there were

up and send them over to the orphanage.

while dressed in