In Love, Never Say Never

I walked in closer to the couch and saw a picture frame placed upside down on the ground beside the balcony. There were shards of broken glass everywhere. Ashton cherished all his parents’ belongings. There was no reason for such a thing to happen. Didn’t he call for the maids to clean this up?

Driven by my curiosity, I crouched down and put the broken shards away carefully. The photo frame held a wedding picture of Ashton’s parents.

Only Ashton and I were here recently. He was the culprit who broke the frame because I wasn’t here to do it.

Why?

To avenge them, Ashton never let his guard down. Not even a second. Hatred followed him wherever he went. It was a constant and painful reminder that he had to seek revenge for his parents. This was one of their few photographs left protected by the frame, but he broke it into pieces.

Right when I was lost in a daze with the picture frame in my hands, a series of footsteps came from behind. They were light, but audible for me to notice someone was approaching me slowly.

I had many enemies in this world, but none would follow me here to the family home.

After calming down my wild thoughts, I turned around slowly.

Ashton’s tall figure blocked my sight. His eyes were cold as though he didn’t recognize me. A suffocating hostility filled the room.

A shiver ran down my spine. He was looking at me like his nemesis.

In midst of panicking, I blurted out, “Why are you here?”

I regretted saying those words the moment they left my mouth. Ashton came to the family home the most, so it wasn’t odd for him to be here.

I, however, shouldn’t be here. Instead of staying in my room at the Stovall residence, I was standing in front of him.

He lowered his gaze. His aloofness intensified by his silence. I finally realized he was looking at the picture frame in my hands.

I handed him the frame. Time froze for a few seconds. He took it and placed it aside without sparing a glance.

“You’re mounting an investigation on me.” He sounded indifferent, yet terrifying.

Deceiving to a genius like him was equivalent to self-deception, so I told the truth.

“Yes.” I didn’t think I was wrong. “Since you refused to tell me the truth, I can only look into it on my own. Was I wrong to do that?”

Ashton furrowed his brows as anger filled his eyes. “I’ve told you before. You only need to take care of yourself; I’ll handle the rest.”

“Yeah. I know you’re omnipotent. But I can’t sit by and watch you risk your life. Ashton, this is not your problem. It’s ours. Why do you always have to shoulder everything yourself?” I released all the pent-up frustration that I had been suppressing at him.

“We promised to be honest with each other. Why won’t you believe me? You teamed up with everyone to deceive me. You thought you had a flawless plan, but I’m no fool. I know you’re hurt. Am I a selfish woman in your heart? Do you think I would accept all your arrangements, knowing how painful it has been for you?”

I really couldn’t comprehend why was he behaving like this. Everything was finally getting better. Even the walls he had built around himself had crumbled.

A deafening silence enveloped the night. I could hear my voice echoing in the room.

Ashton was an unmovable mountain to me. The darkness from the endless abyss residing in his eyes was pushing me away. I couldn’t pick up his emotions at all. The man I loved was hiding himself from me behind an indestructible barrier.

This time, he did it. He locked me outside his formidable fortress successfully.

A few feet separated us, but it felt as if we were living in two different dimensions. And it was as if we were living in different worlds. For a long time, I thought my efforts had paid off, and I was beginning to understand him. In the end, he still pushed me away. We stared at each other in silence for a long time. Suddenly, Ashton had snapped out of his daze. He walked to the cabinet and took the picture frame.

“What will you do if you lose your faith one day?” His voice was laced with a tinge of sorrow.

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His words came out of the blue and I didn’t know how to reply. After being dumbfounded for a few seconds, I tested the waters. “Is this related to your parents’ death?”

He ignored my question. “There will be a charity auction tomorrow at Subis Auction. The philanthropist who has a connection with Armond will show up. I’ve already booked your flight ticket.”

I was confused. “I’m not asking you about this. All I want to know is what is keeping you busy these days. Is there anything else besides business and revenge? Are you really okay? Can I believe the report for your checkup?”

Ashton was way too intelligent and detail. Since he followed me to J City, he would’ve everything planned out. Millie’s friend might be trustworthy, but K City was Ashton’s territory. Altering a medical report was a piece of cake to him.

All my life, I took every step with caution, like treading on ice. I dealt with Armond’s schemes and Ezra’s endless and deliberate attempts to make my life a living hell. Never in my wildest imagination did I expect the man I loved would keep secrets from me. I couldn’t even figure out when he was telling the truth or lying to me.

In the face of my confrontation, Ashton remained calm. A moment later, he whispered, “I’m just carrying out my fate.”

With his back against me, he drooped his head and stared at the photo in his hand.

He took in a deep breath and placed the frame back on the cabinet.

While watching his every move, it shocked me to see red gushing out from his palm. The blood was dripping onto the floor.

flipped it over. My heart sunk when I saw the deep cut

broken shards from the frame all this

lifelessly at the red in his palm as if he didn’t feel the

the top of my lungs without a care about my image. “Silas, quick, get

people who cared for us more than the

I couldn’t bring myself to question him anymore

was expressionless when I bandaged his wound. Sitting face

agonizing it was to suppress emotions. Without an outlet to release the unbearable intensity one was experiencing, one would resort to self-harm to minimize

was suffering was way worse than losing

injured. He waited outside the room with the maids and

I could hear our breaths. I fell into a daze,

too. His ice-icy heart

me in this room. However, he couldn’t bear to see me in tears after I showed him

and took me into his arms. I stayed in his

the earliest flight back to K City,

bedroom, I glanced back and

up at the airport and

K City posted articles about this. It was said

know how Ashton got his hands

flight ticket and invitation card on the coffee table in my bedroom. The flight was scheduled at seven in the evening, so I had the entire day to

never say

planned to spend the weekend with Summer. However, ever since she realized she was gifted in mathematics, she would shut herself in the study

afternoon. They planned to immigrate to M

tiptoed into the room to avoid disturbing Summer. Then, he halted in his tracks and stood a

some time, she finally our presence in the room and turned

with a wide grin. Putting away her pen, she walked toward us slowly to greet him politely. “Mr. Jackson, you’re

smiled and ruffled her hair gently. “I’m here. Did

at her homework before turning to us with a smile plastered on her face. “No worries. I’ve done the questions thrice and I’m just doing some revisions today. Mr. Cress said he will arrange a new study plan for me

me. “Summer, Mr. Jackson and Ms. Alder are going to M Country, so they can’t visit you that often from now on. Spend some time with Mr. Jackson tonight

me. The child seemed to be lost

in her expression, but

hesitant, Jackson knew what to

grew wider. “Yeah!

was supposed to be a long conservation

out of the room, the man couldn’t help but whisper, “Don’t you think

is more reserved

this. Didn’t you notice how fast her maturity rate is? She wanted to voice her objection to your plans just now, but she kept her dissatisfaction to herself. I’m worried that she’ll inherit Jared’s

wild guess made me anxious. I immediately stopped walking and turned to him.

was normal for them to share some resemblance. However, if she became someone scheming like her father, she wouldn’t

the case on the surface, but it

the darkness from hell, while Summer was the fruit of their love.

talented and progresses rather quickly learning new stuffs. It’s normal for her to be matured at such a young

glanced in the study’s direction and seemed to be

“We mustn’t trust Jared fully and don’t entrust Summer to him. One year is enough for him to change her completely. After going to M Country, I’ll video call her every week. Make sure she answers the calls so I can observe

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him. Besides, Summer had developed a dependency on

we can do. You studied psychology in M Country. If you meet

love Summer as much as you do.” Jackson smiled

then, he was fixated on fighting for the child’s custody that

gone, the journey would be smooth for the rest of

packed my stuffs and left

Moore family drove here and parked by the roadside. Soon after, Emery got

trip, right?” She didn’t care about

looked at her in

in J City last night. How did she know about

together.” She quickly got into my car and sat in the seat furthest away from the door. Seeing how I was still confused,

words, she pulled me

arm tightly, as if I would

chauffeur drove, she kept checking the

relief and let go of my arm

teasing her. “It

rolled her eyes in disgust at me. “What nonsense

kept my mouth shut before

Millie for my protection. Since Emery was traveling with us, she