In Love, Never Say Never

In Love, Never Say Never Chapter 1574

“What? You’re at my door? How could you show up uninvited? Do the Fullers not know about basic manners at all?”

The shrill voice from the other end made me take my ear away from the phone. I furrowed my brows, feeling utterly displeased.

She sounded like a different person from my first impression of Yuna. Is she truly the university professor that we’ve met?

“What’s going on?” Emery asked with concern upon noticing my scrunched-up face.

“Nothing…” I took a deep breath, trying to recollect myself.

I guess it is my fault for not informing them before I come. Perhaps she doesn’t want to let others see her house in an unprepared state. That’s why she lost her temper.

A few seconds later, I put the phone back to my ear.

It seemed that Yuna had realized her misbehavior, as she had passed the phone to her husband, James. “Mrs. Fuller, I’m so sorry. My wife’s having a difficult time at work recently, so she’s in a bad mood. Please forgive her. You’re welcome to visit us anytime. But, what Yuna failed to mention was that we’re currently at our house in Jazona, as our parents wanted to see Shaun. We’ll be here for quite a time. I’m sorry for having you come so far for nothing…”

With that, I was left with no choice but to appoint for the next visit and end the call.

Fortunately, Audrey did not make a fuss out of it. She figured it was just a matter of time for her to meet Shaun. At that moment, all she wanted was to get back to the air-conditioned car.

Just when we were about to leave, a loud thud came from inside the door.

What’s going on? I thought there isn’t anyone at home? Thinking that I had misheard, I turned to Emery and Gregory only to see them showing the same befuddled look like mine.

At that instant, I could not help but suspect what James had told me.

Are they really away from home? Or could it be that they’re afraid to let us in the house since we’ve made a surprise visit?

As we exchanged looks and wondered what the hell was going on, we heard some noises coming from the other side of the door again.

Click… Click… Click…

It was a slow and rhythmic tapping sound. It was as if something was hitting the ground.

Joseph leaned his ear against the door cautiously. After a while, he turned to us with a stern look. “There’s someone inside!”

Something’s wrong. Even though Shaun is quite a mysterious person, he’s still Audrey’s saver. With that in mind, I immediately instructed Joseph, “Kick the door down!”

I pulled Audrey aside while Emery pulled Gregory to the other corner. After that, Joseph threw a heavy kick on the door.

Bang!

The door did not budge at all.

Joseph took a few steps back and got ready to

Bang!

door was knocked out of its frame, causing both Joseph and the door to slam onto the smooth

a peep. Instead, he stood up after a few seconds as

moment we stepped into the house, the clicking sounds rang out again

sound and

he was carrying Shaun in his arms. The

bone structure could be seen clearly due to his skinny body. However, the most mind-blowing part was the fact that his body was covered

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fact that he was already looking so frail, someone had still tied his small, thin hands together with a white nylon rope. The red marks and blood-stained rope were

managed to break free from them. We could

and confused,

untied the ropes around his wrist. To appease my feelings of guilt, I

Shaun, Audrey walked over to the couch in horror and started sobbing. Soon, her face was

Don’t cry…” Joseph said soothingly. After placing Shaun on the couch, he hurried off to call the paramedics. I pulled Shaun gently into my arms and held the glass of water to his

the girl to meet her gaze. Wagging a finger at Audrey, Emery said, “Audrey, I’m only going to say this once, so listen carefully. The louder you cry, the more painful it

mention of death frightened Audrey so much that she quickly clasped a hand over her mouth, not

If it had been me, I wouldn’t have had the heart to scare a child just to shut them up. I suppose it does take a person

and shrugged. “See that? Certain teaching methods work on

past six years? It’s a good thing boys are tough. If it

right time to be making

slowly opened his eyes and looked

the first time I met him. Now, I could see the desire to live

he stubbornly struggled to sit up, avoiding my embrace and leaning

it tugged at the injuries on his body. He hissed in pain and clenched his

held his arm at once to

not even dare to meet my gaze. Instead, he stared fixedly

Fullers’ rules were still fresh in his mind. He had to respect me

the thought and withdraw my hand. Then, I moved to another couch so that he could sit more comfortably without trying to keep his distance from

moved away, he shifted into a more comfortable position, and the pained

around uneasily as if he was

looked like a little frightened mouse that would be startled by even the slightest movement

calm and steady toward strangers. Whatever it is, we’re partially responsible for

worry about alarming him once again. Hence, I lowered my

floor and was silent for a

taller than Audrey. We should count our lucky stars that he hasn’t broken down after going through so much. It’d be a torment to ask him to relive the painful ordeal of how he got injured. If an impatient person like Emery can restrain herself from pressing a child for answers, I shouldn’t

Love, Never Say Never

and pushed

imperceptible flick toward Audrey after she retracted her hand. There was tenderness in his gaze, just

air. It was coming from

outside, they