In Love, Never Say Never

I saw it with my own eyes. I didn’t just think he did it. I knew the man did it! I looked at Joseph, but he was standing behind Ashton calmly, as if he didn’t do anything.

Well, maybe he didn’t, but how would I know that? Joseph worked for Ashton long enough, so he was an expert in hiding his emotions. I wasn’t sure if he was actually innocent or putting up an act.

I racked my brains and calmed down. “Where’s the volunteer?” I asked Ashton. I wouldn’t believe he didn’t have anything to do with it until I saw the volunteer.

Ashton knew that was coming, so he looked to the mechanical door on his right. “Open the door,” he instructed coldly.

The door opened. I gave Ashton another glance before going into the room. I had to go through another couple of rooms before finally seeing the volunteers who were taking the risk for me.

It was a room that measured a hundred meters square, and it was divided into four equal parts. The volunteers were kept inside the glass walls. There was nothing but beds and desks inside. The volunteers were wearing patient attire and living their lives inside as if they were merchandises on a shelf. It made it easy for the researchers to observe the medicine’s effect.

“They’ll go back safe and sound after the experiment. And they’ll be paid a million as thanks. Also, the Fullers will take care of them for the rest of their lives,” Ashton said coolly as if he was just listing his grocery list.

I knew he was doing it for me, but I couldn’t accept that someone else had to be sacrificed for it. It didn’t even take one minute before I wanted to leave.

Ashton sent his men away and came up to me. “Just pretend you’ve never seen this. I did this, so it has nothing to do with you. If someone’s gonna get bitten in the *ss, it’s me.”

It was the law of equivalent exchange. Ashton made it sound so easy, but what he did was controlling someone else’s life with money so nobody else needed to take the risk. It was insane. People should be equal, but I couldn’t tell him that when I saw the resolve on his face.

That was what we’d do for love. I did the same thing for Summer back then. Ashton was making the same choice for the same reason. Telling them to stop at that point would mean death for those volunteers. They had no choice but to wait for the antidote.

“I want to leave.” I didn’t know what else to say, though I was relieved Ashton didn’t risk himself for me.

I was immersed in my own thoughts on the way out. My questions were answered, but I still had that feeling of unease. Did I miss something?

I glanced at Ashton as I went into the car, but he didn’t seem different. I wondered if I was being paranoid.

Ashton buckled himself calmly. He didn’t even look at me, but he said, “I know what you’re thinking.”

A pause later, he stared at me coldly, but his anger was directed at something else. “I’ll risk my life for you, but we have to live until we get our vengeance. I won’t do anything that’ll hurt us. Do you think that’s selfish of me?”

He was a heroic man, but at the same time, he looked so melancholic. I was seized by an urge to hug him, to tell him everything was okay.

Then I felt more at ease. As long as he was safe, nothing else mattered. I smiled and held his hand. “I’m glad that you know what you’re doing. Professor Sanchez said that the toxin has mutated, so we don’t really know how long I can hold out. We’re just delaying the inevitable. If you had risked yourself for me and died, who’d fend for baby and me?”

Ashton thought about what I said, though he never did reply to me.

There was no traffic in the dead of the night, but Ashton was still driving carefully. Something about him made me feel uneasy. I could still remember how he looked that night no matter how many years had passed. He was as calm as a pond on a windless day, but I could feel his love for me underneath that façade, still going strong as ever.

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If he had to make a choice between revenge and dying for me, I had no doubt he’d choose the latter, but that was just hypothetical. No need to waste a life on something imaginary.

It was quiet the whole way through. Ashton parked the car at the roadside when we approached the crossroads near the Stovall residence.

I saw Millie’s car, so I unbuckled myself. When I was about to go out, Ashton suddenly said, “You’re mistaken.”

Well, that came out of nowhere. “Sorry?”

Ashton gazed into my eyes. “You’re the most important person to me. Nothing else matters. Yes, you might have guessed it wrong this time, but that doesn’t mean you’re always wrong. I’ll risk my life for you if you were ever in trouble, and nothing can stop me. You’d better give up on dying, or I’ll dump everything on you. You can try handling my job.”

I was surprised he would go so far for that, but he was right. I was too at ease the moment I came out of the lab. I even started thinking that I should leave my life in the hands of fate. Naively, I thought everything I cared about would be alright as long as Ashton was there.

But I forgot about the fact that Ashton could never accept my death. Even the thought of it was torture for him. There was nothing more devastating than watching the person he loved waste away while he could do nothing.

It was then I realized he needed someone to tell him everything was fine. Even though I knew everything was not fine, I looked him in the eye and told him otherwise. “I won’t. Even if I am going to die, I’ll send Thora and her backers to jail before I do. I’m not going to leave my kids alone. They’re too adorable for this world.”

Ashton stopped frowning and started smiling. He knew the kids were more important to me than anything.

same question three times just to get my confirmation.

and, before he realized it, kissed him on his cheek. Then

Millie’s car feeling all smug, she revved up the engine and took me back to the Stovall residence. I looked back at Ashton, who was still in his car. He was becoming farther and farther away, but still, his gaze was

wasn’t until he disappeared from my sight did I turn back to Millie.

looked at me calmly. “Mr. Fuller

you

I wanted was for him to be safe and sound, and

me to see, then I would go with the

fell as I asked, “How much did he pay you? Holden told me skills and loyalty are the most important things for

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palpable. After a few moments of silence,

wound down her window, lit a cigarette and took a long drag before turning to me and said, “It was indeed someone who works for Ashton that knocked you off yesterday. My contract with you is to keep you safe, and investigative work is not part of our deal. If you have doubts that I’m taking double salaries, feel free to

calm and collected, as though she had already anticipated that her secret would be exposed any time. That, or this

him to learn that I was now

we can still work

head a little and was quick to come

her way of apologizing

I chose to re-establish mutual trust

move on. Since investigative work is not your strong suit, will you

“Certainly.”

Let’s just

out the window before starting the car

lights flashing by,

do I do with

elaborate lie so that I could wait for the research of my antidote without worrying, and to stop me from

full of plot holes, it was not without

was facing, I kept a tight lid about “my death”

kept himself busy and

speed up the investigation covertly. However, before any useful information could

into Moore Corporation, making him the second

had their cameras zoomed in on the sudden appearance of a new

life by the press, resulting in some tabloid’s exploitation of our stories to boost

further with an in-depth report about the possibility of

he also sounds like a gentleman with no scandal. His only two previous relationships during university time ended on

looked at her with distaste, but kept my comments to myself on this

of news might actually serve as a nice addition to the rumors already circulating around Ashton and Thora, which showed that he and I were drifting further apart. If

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for Elliot, I had made myself pretty clear when he visited the Moore Residence last time. I assumed a seasoned

away in your own office,

you remind me.” Finally tossing the magazine away, Emery sighed. “It’s Hunter. He’s been following me everywhere and pestering me to

you. You two are already divorced, there’s no need to hold back.” Emery had her fair share of pain and grief from this marriage. She

him, I’ll deal with it later,” she said while shaking her head as her attention shifted elsewhere in the next moment. “By the way,

readily, and we left my office in

the mutation of the poisoned cells in my body to make his story more believable, they changed my treatment plan and

the restaurant, Emery asked for their most

Ms. Moore. The room is

Guests who could afford such a room that

no need for such extravagance. Let’s just go

in assent. “Alright then. But I want you to bring

leading us down a long corridor

on both sides of the corridor. A few familiar faces could be spotted along the way when the waiters flitted in and out of the rooms. They were all prominent businessmen and politicians in K

the corridor. The manager stopped at the room right across and said to us, “We’re here. Please take