In Love, Never Say Never

“Oh, yes of course. Thank you for your trouble.”

Just as the words fell from my lips, I heard a familiar voice not far away.

“Scar.”

Ashton and I turned in unison toward the direction of the voice. It was Marcus.

“Marcus? It’s only a few steps. You don’t have to come out to receive me.”

Marcus had his grey silk pajamas on. With a transparent umbrella in his hand, he walked over in a leisurely manner.

“Is this a friend of yours?” Ashton asked. It could have been my imagination, but his voice sounded a few degrees colder.

“I’m her fiancé,” Marcus interjected at once.

I didn’t respond at the risk of sounding like I was overcompensating. The only thing I could do was smile awkwardly.

“Come here, Scar.” Marcus beckoned.

I walked over to him obediently.

even take a step,

It felt very strange.

and rough. He barely exerted any force but when he touched me, it scalded like magma.

Fuller, is there anything else?” I asked while I was rooted on the spot without an attempt to

had a sense that it wouldn’t be easy to wrench myself from his

proudly and haughtily this entire time, but now he

his face as if he

wrist. “Sir, please let go of her at once.” Marcus’s voice rang with cold fury in

his eyebrows but did not insist. In the end, he did as he

went over to Marcus and stood under

his umbrella to better shield me as he turned to address Ashton. “Sir, I’m wondering

to explain lest he misunderstood. “When I was shopping at the mall with Emery, I ran into Mr. Fuller’s son

few minutes, I had briefly described the

a misunderstanding,” he said to

deeply at me for a while before he turned around

without thinking. “His mood changes quicker than the weather. I do not know how to

he gave my shoulder a pinch. “It’s cold

that, I realized that we were huddled together rather closely under the umbrella. Subconsciously, I retracted my neck

resistant towards Marcus’s attempts

sensed my distance, for he lowered his arm from