In Love, Never Say Never

“Mm.” Ashton took the laptop from him and placed it on the desk.

Glancing at my watch, I realized there was five minutes left before the half an hour was up. “Gregory, it isn’t time yet. Why did you stop playing?”

Gregory shook his head. “I’ve finished my coding. I want to play with Audrey.”

He took Audrey’s hand and offered, “Do you want to play with me?”

Audrey hopped excitedly. “Yeah!”

They exchanged gazes and laughed merrily before heading to Gregory’s room. Soon, we could hear their giggling from afar.

Ashton’s voice rang out behind me. “Is something up?”

“Yes.” I met his gaze before walking in slowly and sat down in a chair against the wall. “Since you’re recuperating at home, we need to talk.”

for Joseph

outsider. He

Ashton turned and sat down in his chair. “You can begin

calm, so I didn’t know where to begin. Lowering my head, I gathered my thoughts before looking up to speak.

“What status?” asked Ashton.

the Stovall family’s live-in son-in-law,” I raised my

term “live-in son-in-law.” He looked dazed for a moment before coming back to

my words, so I could continue with my

serious,” I replied. “The kids should grow up together, and my brother can’t handle his business alone. I was thinking, why don’t you resign from your current

of replying to my question, Ashton narrowed his gaze and scrutinized

and charged forward. “I’ve suffered from two miscarriages and taken countless hormone injections before giving birth to the twins for you. Are you

logical and touching words I had just

to trick Ashton, but

at once. Ashton’s resolve was swaying, so I hurriedly pressed on, “No matter how unreasonable I am, you’d always understand and accept me. Ashton, you said that yourself. Even if you don’t trust