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.

a few steps back and got ready to charge

Bang!

both Joseph and

make a peep. Instead, he stood up after a few seconds as though nothing

the clicking sounds rang out again from the

and went behind the cooking

he bent down. When he got up again, he was carrying

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

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small, thin hands together with a white nylon rope. The red marks and blood-stained rope were a gruesome sight

to break free from them. We could see where the

dazed and confused, he croaked weakly,

him on the couch and untied the ropes around his wrist. To appease my feelings of guilt,

the couch in horror and started sobbing. Soon,

Joseph said soothingly. After placing Shaun on the couch, he hurried off to call the paramedics. I pulled Shaun gently into my arms

“Audrey, I’m only going to say this once, so listen carefully. The louder you cry, the more painful it

death frightened Audrey so much that she quickly clasped

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

read my mind. She straightened up and

my head. Poor Xavier. How many of Emery’s threats and scares has he had to endure these past six years? It’s a good thing boys are tough. If it had been a girl, she

the right time to be making jokes, so I

ten minutes, Shaun finally slowly opened his eyes and looked

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

up, avoiding my embrace and leaning against the back

his body twisted, it tugged at the injuries on his body. He hissed

arm at once to help him

did not even dare to meet

fresh in his mind. He had to respect me and was

him, but he shrank away immediately. I could only give up on the thought and withdraw my hand. Then, I moved to another couch so that

I moved away, he shifted

darted around uneasily as if

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

on, they were calm and steady toward strangers.

thought crossed my mind, I began to worry about alarming him once again. Hence, I lowered my

stared at the floor and was

treated him as an adult. It’s my fault for not carefully thinking things through. In truth, he’s still a child who’s just a little 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 question him either. We should wait for the

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of the couch, so she gently turned his hand over and pushed the lollipop she had prepared earlier into his palm.

eyes gave an almost imperceptible flick toward Audrey after she

through the air. It was coming from downstairs. The paramedics

were outside, they bumped