In Love, Never Say Never

Her last remark was obviously referring to the woman standing next to Mitchell.

Emery had a sharp tongue, so her words always hit their mark. Upon hearing her snide comment, Mitchell immediately felt embarrassed and humiliated. Hence, he pulled his hand back from the woman’s grip and thrust his hands into his pockets. After which, he cleared his throat and bent over to look at Summer. “Is she your daughter?”

Mitchell didn’t seem like a good person, so I subconsciously pulled Summer in front of me in a defensive manner. “ You’ve misunderstood. She’s my daughter.”

He straightened up and raised one of his brows, looking at me. “And you are?”

Emery aggressively stood in front of me. “Stop looking at her with those eyes. She’s taken by someone you can’t afford to offend. Don’t get any ideas up in that horrid head of yours.”

“Oh?” Mitchell smirked scornfully. “I didn’t know that there’s someone the Ziegler family can’t afford to offend in K City?”

Emery sneered in mockery, “It’s a parent’s duty and responsibility to educate their children. We have no obligation to eradicate illiteracy. Goodbye!”

Mitchell turned blue in the face while Emery dragged Summer and I away from the store.

As we left, we could hear the man shouting in dissatisfaction. “Emery, don’t be so cocky! Do you think I wouldn’t be able to find out if you don’t tell me anything? You better watch out!”

A bad feeling washed over me, and I turned back to have a look at the man. Mitchell was already making a phone call, his eyes burning with fury. When he realized I was looking at him, his facial expression changed abruptly when our eyes met. He shot a sly grin at me, sending chills down my spine. My heart began pounding furiously, and I hastily sped up.

Once I got into the elevator, unease filled my mind when I recalled Mitchell’s look. I turned toward Emery and asked anxiously, “Who the hell was that guy?”

Though her eyes were like burning torches blazing with anger, her expression looked disgusted and a little helpless. “A playboy.”

“Huh?” I didn’t catch what she meant. “What do you mean?”

“His head has been full of dirty and filthy thoughts since he was sixteen. He wouldn’t refuse any women as long as they were pretty good-looking. Aren’t all those qualities of a playboy?” All of a sudden, Emery gritted her teeth in anger. “He used to like me in the past. It makes me so sick!”

On our way back, Emery had told me a lot about Mitchell.

She told me about how the Ziegler family cut their teeth in the real estate industry in K City, and how the Zieglers preferred sons over daughters. I heard details about Zayne Ziegler, who was in charge of the company business even though he was capable of nothing, and Thora Ziegler, the second daughter in the family who was forced to make a living outside of the family. The woman went on to establish the Ziegler Investment, a company that mainly managed the real estate and facilities. Ziegler Corporation and Ziegler Investment almost carved up the whole real estate industry in K City.

Even though Thora did not seem to associate herself with the Ziegler family, in reality, if something were to happen to the family, the Zieglers would definitely help each other. Hence, the relationship among the Ziegler family in K City was deep-seated and intertwined in many ways. The family shouldn’t be underestimated. Mitchell Ziegler was the youngest son in the family, a typically rich and good-for-nothing man from a wealthy family. He was a playboy who spent most of his time enjoying himself with many women, having a lot of casual sexual relationships. He used his social status to take advantage of plenty of women, ruining their lives as he did so. Previously, he was even arrested for rape. However, he was released in the end due to the strong forces of the Ziegler family. He was known as the infamous ‘Devil Incarnate’ within his social circle. Fortunately, the Moore family had been bureaucrats for three generations. If it weren’t for the Moores, Emery might have fallen into Mitchell’s hands too.

“That man is such a jinx. Let’s not go to that store anymore… No… We should blacklist the whole mall,” Emery concluded.

I nodded my head in agreement. “Let’s go somewhere a little farther. The city center isn’t big. It’ll be easy to run into an acquaintance of some kind.”

As for an acquaintance like Mitchell Ziegler, it was better not to see him anymore for the rest of our lives.

In love, never say never chapter 1182

Ever since I found out about the finance project, Ashton had openly become busy. Sometimes, he only went back home once every three days. I was hardly able to see him during the day.

Even he had been working hard and putting much effort for days and nights, the development of the company in the construction industry was still at risk. A few accidents had happened at the construction site, causing many workers to become disabled even they had been through secret treatment. Hence, they had filed a claim of injury against Fuller Corporation for getting workers’ compensation. However, an attorney had confirmed that there had been no human operation error from Fuller Corporation, allowing the claims to be denied.

In the end, the workers decided to file a complaint with the media, and things took another drastic turn due to how the media was framing things. Public opinion switched over to bias towards the weak. Fuller Corporation was forced to issue an official apology statement and make compensation.

Such an issue had a huge impact on Fuller Corporation’s corporate image. The media companies had been digging out news, regardless of the truth.

Besides sending Summer to school and picking her up after school, I still had to finish my daily revision for the bar exam. Although my daily life routine was simple, I still understood Ashton’s situation.

He had taken a big step from J City to K City, struggling hard to succeed. Now, he was facing greater difficulties. Perhaps he would be defeated miserably in less than two years.

I waited for Summer in front of the school as usual.

As soon as I picked her up, I turned around and saw John standing by the street with his hands in his pocket. He was dressed in a pure white suit that did not compliment him well. I wondered why he had picked out such a horrible outfit.

“Uncle John!” Summer recognized him at first sight. She broke free from my hands and ran over to John. They were so close to each other, looking almost like father and daughter.

silver-gray sport compact behind him. I looked at it, confused. The Fullers’ car is supposed

my chauffeur?”

disappeared into thin air.” John put on a faint smile. As

help but roll my eyes

was going to pay a visit to the Fullers, but after getting into the car, I realized

the Stovall

he only answered after stopping at a red light. “Your name is on the Stovall family register. Have

season, my godfather patrolled a lot. We hadn’t

make your trip

he curled his lips slightly. “I had to come personally to make

curiously. He sounded strange, but I couldn’t

He raised his head, looked at the rearview mirror, and teased Summer, “I missed Summer so much. I couldn’t wait to see her. Of course, I

grinned from ear to ear. Undoubtedly, I didn’t raise any objection and let John fetch us back to the

we only needed forty minutes to reach the destination,

laughing joyfully the whole time he was with

it was half-past eight at night. If it were any other day, I would be tucked Summer into bed by now. The young girl was worn out after playing with Louis for such a long time. She leaned on me and rubbed her eyes

a little to make Summer feel more comfortable as I prepared to return home. “John, get a chauffeur to send us home, please.

say never

Louis stopped him and stated, “It’s not safe to make your way back in the middle of the night. Why don’t you spend the night here? The weekend is just around

from his seat and replied,

up at the stairs and craned over, announcing in a courteous manner, “The room

Emmas had gotten the room

a seer or something? Why does it feels like they’re trying to get me to stay

suggestion and asked John to bring my suitcases upstairs while I

stopped me. “Are you trying to text Ashton? That won’t be necessary. I already

seemed to be telling the truth, I was

I lie?” John scoffed with a straight face, convincing me it

the notification of my phone running out of battery popped up. Consequently, John snatched my phone away from me and offered, “I’ll return

closed the door shut. When I was about to call

myself to sleep, I asked her to join me in the room because I had always

knew Emma had something

to calm down and asserted in a serious tone, “Emma, feel

pretty sure something was going on behind the scenes. “If that’s the case, I’ll be frank then.” Emma held my hand and stared at me with a determined look. “Please teach me the way to

dispersed into thin air because she had brought up something beyond my expectations. I asked with widened eyes, “Is that necessary when both of you are

off quickly. “Of course! John merely considers me his wife, but he doesn’t really care about

was there during your blind date with John. Isn’t this kind of relationship

him! You can’t really

and glared at me, asking earnestly, “Are

After all, we’re a family! I can’t possibly turn you down, can I? I’ll do everything I

say never chapter

my brain, prompting me to ask in a serious manner, “Is this part of

of acquiring your aid when John told us you would be spending some time here with Summer. Are things fine on your

Wait! That’s

Spending some time here? What do you mean? Aren’t we merely here for

thought, she added, “Since there are so many rooms, you can stay here for as long as

doubts arose in my mind, but I dared not jump to conclusions. In the end, I asked, “Do

confusion once more, Emma reached for her phone

my Facebook account, I began gathering news regarding

because the only news available were the ones

figure out the

returned to John’s room with Emma in an attempt to confront him, but the man

we both knew there wasn’t anything else we could

…

informed me that John and Ashton