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.

stepped aside, revealing a silver-gray sport compact behind him. I looked at it, confused. The Fullers’

chauffeur?”

air.” John put on a faint smile. As he spoke, he held Summer

help but roll my eyes at him before getting

K City, the Stovall residence and where the Fullers stayed were located in different directions. I naturally thought John was going to pay a visit to the Fullers, but after

to the Stovall residence?” I

stopping at a red light. “Your name is

referring to Louis. During the festive season, my godfather patrolled a lot. We hadn’t had the chance to see him when we paid a

to make your trip all the way here personally. You could have just called. I would have brought Summer

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

I tilted my head curiously. He sounded strange, but I couldn’t put my finger on

heaved a long sigh of relief. He raised his head, looked at the rearview mirror, and teased Summer, “I missed Summer so much. I couldn’t wait

raise any objection and let

only needed forty minutes to reach the destination,

adored Summer, laughing joyfully the whole time he was with the

an eye, 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 with

little to make Summer feel more comfortable as I prepared to return home. “John,

say

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 the corner. Let the little girl keep me company for the next two days. John, go get them to

up from his seat and replied,

Emma showed up at the stairs and craned over, announcing in a

slightly awkward because Emmas had gotten

does it feels like they’re trying

along with their suggestion and asked John to bring my suitcases

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

the truth, I was doubtful. Thus, I asked, “Are

I lie?” John scoffed with

phone running out of battery popped up. Consequently, John snatched my phone away from me and offered, “I’ll return it to you once it’s

On his way out, he closed the door shut. When I was about to call it a day, someone knocked on the door. A voice sounded, “Scarlett, have you

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

up our conversation, I knew Emma had something else in mind

I thought about the incident that had occurred, I forced myself to calm down and asserted in a serious tone, “Emma, feel free to tell me everything, okay? You

John had brought me over and 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

because she had brought up something beyond my expectations. I asked with widened

and shrugged my hands off quickly. “Of course! John merely considers me his wife, but he doesn’t really care about me… It feels

behaving 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

have fallen in love with him! You can’t really explain the reason behind having feelings for someone,

me, asking earnestly, “Are

to 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

say never

I was about to share John’s secret with the timid woman, a thought flooded my brain, prompting me to ask in a serious manner, “Is this part of

thought of acquiring your aid when John told us you would be spending some time here with Summer. Are things fine on your end? Why are you running away from

That’s not the

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

any difference?” After Emma gave it a thought, she added, “Since there are so many rooms, you can

but I dared not jump to conclusions. In the end, I asked, “Do you

confusion once more, Emma reached for her phone from

into my Facebook account, I began gathering news

situation because the only news

I couldn’t figure out the reason Louis had insisted on

room with Emma in an attempt to confront him, but the

heaved a long sigh; we both

…

has just informed me that John and Ashton are