In Love, Never Say Never

I beckoned to the maid waiting to come over to clear the glasses of water, and gestured to Audrey, instructing, “Bring her to Mr. Gregory’s room.”

Excitedly, Audrey hopped over and took the maid’s hand, demurely allowing herself to be led upstairs to Gregory’s room.

I watched their departing figures until they had fully vanished upstairs, then turned back to gaze soberly at John. He looked a lot warmer and kinder than Ashton, but something about him raised my suspicions.

I vainly probed my memory in an attempt to uncover just what inspired my current feelings of uneasiness. In the face of John’s apparent sincerity, however, I found myself defenseless.

John and Ashton each maintained their respective versions of the truth. However, the identity Marcus had bestowed on me back then was clearly Carlette. My mind was in a whirlwind, uncertain of who I could trust.

“Don’t you trust me?” John persisted. His voice penetrated the fog of emotions in my head as if he could see right through my suspicion.

I felt strangely relieved that I no longer had to keep up my facade of confidence. I raised my head and met his eyes, saying gravely, “I’m sorry. I don’t think I have the capability to make a decision now.”

awkwardly, then confessed, “To tell the truth, I’ve seen this DNA report

He looked down, his nails digging into the flesh of his thighs. In a low

words pierced my heart like a

I could not bear to face the fact that my family had utterly abandoned

that mean that our familial ties couldn’t even endure

if one could call it that, any loss would mean absolutely nothing to me. Without any ties

I no longer had any earthly attachments, nor was I under any obligation to

I don’t know how

I’m thankful

blanched. He gave me a long, hard look, then said tersely, “I won’t leave either Audrey or you here. Now that I’m here, I’m taking you

of Scarlett’s friends and family that domineering? I thought in

shrugged, then shook my head helplessly at John. “I’m sorry, but I can’t go with