In Love, Never Say Never

However, there wasn’t talk of any romantic liaisons between Marcus and “Scarlett”. I supposed it was because “Scarlett” was married to Ashton.

From an onlooker’s perspective, I thought there was something more to the situation.

I clicked on one of the articles. In it, I saw a photo of the late “Scarlett”.

The similarities in our appearance were uncanny. We looked almost identical other than her healthier glow and stronger-looking physique.

Absorbed in my sleuthing, I didn’t notice that Marcus’ meeting had ended. He entered the office and commented, “What are you looking at? You look like you’re in a trance.”

He stopped right in front of me, lowering his gaze to the phone in my hand. When he saw the contents of my browser, he laughed carelessly. He walked to his desk and asked, “Did you think you were the same person?”

His words unraveled my suspicions.

I left my seat and took a chair opposite him. “Don’t you think we look very alike?” I enlarged the image before passing him my phone.

Six years could change a person’s appearance, but there were embedded characteristics that time could never remove.

chair. He appraised my face seriously for a

had made up flamboyant excuses, I could have argued with him

and denying my suspicions

“Scarlett”, that was where our similarities ended.

stared into his eyes. I recalled that Marcus had never mentioned his past

he’s so close to “Scarlett”, why is he engaged to a woman who

on, I’m getting off work. Let’s

my head, Marcus stood up and began

phone and followed his

all of his decisions unquestioningly. If

drive, a black vehicle suddenly shot out from nowhere, blocking his path. Marcus barely stopped his

vehicle several times instead of confronting

later, it seemed like the driver wasn’t going to apologize or move his car. Resigned, Marcus

knocked on the driver’s window, the car

puzzling behavior. He didn’t want to