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.

a silver-gray sport compact behind him. I looked

chauffeur?” I

put on a faint smile. As he spoke, he held

married, he was still full of nonsense. I couldn’t help but roll my eyes at him before getting into the car

directions. I naturally thought John was going to pay a visit to the

the Stovall

eyes on the road, so he only answered after stopping at a red light. “Your name is on the Stovall family

my godfather patrolled a lot. We hadn’t had the chance to see him when we paid a

don’t have to make your trip all the way here personally. You could have just called. I would have

curled his lips slightly. “I had to come personally to make sure nothing could go

He sounded strange, but I couldn’t put my

relief. He raised his head, looked at the rearview mirror, and teased Summer, “I missed Summer so much.

ear to ear. Undoubtedly, I didn’t raise any objection and let John fetch

only needed forty

Summer, laughing joyfully the whole time he

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

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

love, never say never

the night. Why don’t you spend the night here? The weekend is just around the corner. Let the little girl keep me company for the next two days. John, go

up from his seat and

over, announcing in a courteous

and felt slightly awkward because Emmas had gotten

something? Why does it feels like they’re trying

wouldn’t be home, I decided to go along with their suggestion and asked John to bring my suitcases upstairs while I carried

a text message, but John stopped me. “Are you trying to text Ashton? That won’t be necessary. I already told him I would

to be telling the truth, I was doubtful.

course! Why would I lie?” John scoffed with a straight face, convincing me

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

I could respond to his offer. On his way out, he closed the door shut. When I was about to call it a

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

Emma had something else in

and asserted in a serious tone, “Emma, feel free to tell me everything, okay?

asked Louis, as well as the rest, to get Summer and I to spend our weekend here, I was pretty sure something was going on behind the scenes.

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

flushed and shrugged my hands off quickly. “Of course! John merely considers me his wife, but he doesn’t really care about me… It feels as though something’s missing between us! We might seem like a lovely pair, but we’re not

differently from her usual calm and collected self. I teased her in return, “I was there during your blind date with John. Isn’t this kind of relationship the kind you’re looking for? What changed your mind over the past six

in love with him! You can’t

then turned around and glared at me, asking

be. I held my chest high and announced, “Sure! After all, we’re a family! I can’t possibly turn you down, can I? I’ll do everything I can and get him

never say

the timid woman, a thought flooded my brain, prompting me to ask in a serious manner, “Is this part of John and your plan to keep

I haven’t had the chance to bring this up in front of him!” Arching her brows in confusion, she denoted, “I thought of acquiring your aid when

That’s not the

time here? What do you mean?

you can stay here for as long as you want! Isn’t it great? You can teach me the

couldn’t pay attention to the things she had to say. A few doubts arose in my mind, but I dared not jump to conclusions. In the

arching her brows in confusion once more, Emma reached for her phone from her pocket and handed it over

into my Facebook account, I

Ashton’s latest situation because the only news available were

out the reason Louis had insisted on keeping me

I returned to John’s room with Emma in an attempt to confront him, but the man I was looking for was nowhere to be seen. When we approached the

and heaved a long sigh; we both knew

…

informed me that