In Love, Never Say Never

Elliot, being the perfect gentleman, accepted her kind gestures graciously while maintaining a respectful distance from her.

Their lukewarm exchanges did not escape Marshall, and he involved me in the conversations. I deflected them all by playing dumb.

As time went by, Elliot started to ignore the passionate gazes from Katharina as his vision fell on me overtly.

Sensing he was about to say something from the corner of my eye, I stood up abruptly. “Excuse me, I’m going to the washroom.”

I moved my chair, strode purposely, and bumped right into Ashton and Thora when the waiter opened the door. My feet were suddenly glued to the ground.

Of all days, Lady Luck has to choose today to let me stumble upon all these people that I’ve been avoiding!

“Ms. Stovall, you live such a busy life. While holding on to your ex, you’re also flirting with.” Thora made a snide comment after she noticed Elliot in the room.

Ashton glanced at me briefly before he shifted his piercing gaze around the room. His vision fell on me again as I caught an inexplicable yet meaning look in his eyes.

Hold on a second. I did nothing!

I instinctively balled my hands into fists and tried to explain myself. However, before I could utter a word, a figure zoomed past me from behind and stopped next to Ashton. “Mr. Fuller, what a pleasant surprise to see you here! I have missed you so many times trying to secure a meeting with you at your office. Now that you’re here, please join us. And I’m not taking no for an answer this time!” Marshall said cheerfully, while holding onto Ashton’s arm.

“Such an honor to meet you too, Ms. Ziegler. Please come in. This must be my lucky day!” Marshall was so all over himself he had completely failed to comprehend the complicated relations between the few of us.

The next moment, a sense of despondent overtook me as I watched Ashton and Thora sat down together.

What’s this? The Last Supper?

As though he was in a contest with Elliot, the expressionless Ashton’s mere presence exuded the demeanor of a victor.

Resigned, I reluctantly returned to my seat at the table.

Emery was the only person who found the whole situation amusing. She stifled a chuckle and muttered, “Things are about to get really interesting.”

“Just zip it.” I rolled my eyes and poked at her arm as a warning.

“Mrs. Fuller,” an oddly familiar male voice called. I turned around in surprise. A third person was with Ashton and Thora.

The bespectacled man was now smiling ambiguously at me, suggesting he knew me well.

“Do we know each other?” I gave him a mental thumbs up for openly addressing me as ‘Mrs. Fuller’ in front of Thora.

The man then removed his sunglasses and stared into my eyes merrily. He had a burly man with a crew cut. After a few seconds, his identity finally struck me.

He was Joe Quinn, the person who used to pull out all the stops to sabotage my relationship with Ashton, was now calling me “Mrs. Fuller” so intimately.

I was astonished. “When did you come back?”

Joe had distanced himself from Ashton after he got married. I took it as a sign that he wanted to retire from the corporate world. His sudden appearance caught me by surprise.

The man said sullenly, “I never left K City, Mrs. Fuller. It’s sad enough that you and Mr. Fuller didn’t come for a visit before. Now it’s just plain hurtful that you think I’m no longer living in this city.”

It was rather amusing to see a man in his thirties with manly stubble on his chin to pout like a teenage girl.

Is this still the Joe Quinn that I used to know?

“Um…” I was at a loss for words.

“Mr. Quinn, I believe today is an important day for Ms. Stovall. You should leave your reunion for another time.” Thora chimed in. “It’s great to see that you are finally letting go of your failed marriage and started dating again. Your effort is really commendable, Ms. Stovall.”

The woman paused for effect, then turned to Elliot. “Mr. Jacobson, you made the right decision to go out with Ms. Stovall. Everyone in K City knows all the virtuous qualities she possesses.”

In love, never say never chapter 1352

I really admired Thora’s flawless choice of words that masked her sarcasm perfectly to make it sound like a heartfelt compliment.

The mere mention of my marriage with Ashton was bound to confuse those who did not know me well. A simple search online would produce results of me clinging on to him like a jealous ex-wife.

Thora is still holding grudges on the fact that I had previously forced a kiss on Ashton.

On second thought, she might have miscalculated her move to tarnish my image in Elliot’s mind. If she succeeded, her master plan would backfire and give me more legitimate excuses to continue latching on to Ashton.

Ziegler. Everyone in K City knows how devoted I am with love. I’ll never let

expression darkened instantly as she struggled to control her anger. “What if your love

it’s natural that you don’t understand the ins and outs of a couple’s married life. As we overcome the trials and arguments in our relationship together, we build a rapport and strengthen our love for each other. This emotional bond is exactly why we, and other married

proves that the man has normal functioning organs, nothing else. No sane man would reject when a woman offers herself to him for sex. One should know that schemers

your partner must be exemplary. But come to think of it, I haven’t seen much of your current relationship being reported by the paparazzi. Ah, your tight security must have stopped them from obtaining any sort of materials. Why don’t you share with us

sarcastic retort, Thora was livid

in the VVIP room knew Thora and Ashton were always seen in each other’s company at various public events. Despite that, the two had zero interactions in private. In her presence, Ashton never failed to maintain his distance out

have to worry about suffering a backlash if

of how sound Thora’s argument was, moral and the law were on my

was instantly

you ask me, I think it’s

we get to gather here with everyone. Why don’t we set aside our differences make a toast to

a prolonged silence, Marshall stood up. “I’m

inhaled sharply and looked at him with disdain. Such an idiot for making the

that Emery was wasting such wonderful wine on this person got under my skin, but there was nothing I could do right now other

and Elliot remained eerily silent and motionless

approached the former. “Mr. Fuller, I heard Fuller Corporation has successfully won the bid for a

love, never say

grateful that the ball was no longer in my

flattery and replied flatly, “I prefer

laugh at

Marshall had arranged for Elliot to sit next to me, he was destined to fall on the wrong side

hand was still hanging in mid-air; his smile froze awkwardly

the receiving end of adulation. It was no wonder that he looked as

air in the room once again

her brows. She didn’t want to offend Marshall, but she couldn’t go against Ashton too. At

Elliot intercepted, “Mr. Tiedemann, I think Mr. Fuller is tipsy. It would be wiser to continue the discussion about the land another time. Why don’t

timely rescue, a broad grin crept across Marshall’s face as he turned around and said, “Mr. Jacobson, I appreciate you getting straight to the point. I’m willing to absorb another extra five percent on the

as long as it’s a

to have the situation under control while

drink to a deal successfully struck, Ashton intervened, “If I may, Fuller Corporation might not be the best in the city, but we have a team of top analysts. Those

sudden snide remark. His expression was now as dark as

they could have the resources to

was determined to interfere with Marshall’s

completely unfazed as he raised his wineglass and clinked gently with Marshall’s. “Mr. Tiedemann, you heard the man. It’s time to pull up your socks and

on Marshall’s face eased up instantly. “Thanks

to gain an

Clink!

and announced while buttoning up his coat. “Excuse me.

could respond, he

guests in the private room exchanged puzzled looks with one another,

teased playfully, “He’s still that same eccentric man. I suppose I just

shook her head in exasperation to show her disdain

didn’t concern me since I was no longer having depression. I now had a newfound understanding of exerting

say

grew stern as he hurled a cup to the floor and sneered, “It’s great for youngsters to have dignity these days, but he’s going to be taught a lesson sooner or later for being this

glanced in his direction. “Well, that will have to depend on the man’s capability

you don’t

remark to myself. However, my downcast gaze was enough to express my

shrewd businessman like him would not risk offending his two benefactors on the same

liberty to speak on behalf of Ashton. “Mr. Tiedemann, Ashton is not in the best mood today, but he means well. You’re the senior,

my bag. “It seems that Ms. Ziegler still does not know Ashton well enough to

back to the table with a wide grin. “Ms. Ziegler, don’t forget to foot the bill before you leave. Even though I’m quite close to Mr. Fuller,

came from a noble family, and she had always enjoyed privileges in all of K City, except in the Ziegler family. Even though Emery was from the Moores, she was superseding Thora by using her identity as The Jade’s owner. Fuming with the obvious attempt to embarrass her, Thora and

the response, Emery beamed with delight as

at her and muttered, “Thanks for

She

called Thora out to foot the bill. I know you’re retaliating against her for mocking

ask the manager to put the bottle of DRC on

something else. How did you manage to learn all the trickery of

I’ve never been a conscientious businesswoman anyway,” she smirked. Her lips formed a devilish grin as she led me to