In Love, Never Say Never

In Love, Never Say Never Chapter 1580

We sat in three cars on the way back. Ashton and I naturally sat in the same one, and he kept playing with my fingers the whole way home. Somehow, I felt anger rise up in me at his nonchalant demeanor.

I pulled my hand out of his and sat up straight with my hands folded on my lap. I might as well have written the words, ‘Don’t touch me’ in marker pen on my face.

It may be true that he have gotten rid of his prejudices about Shaun, but he also tried to make me look like the bad guy. Solving one did not mean I could forgive the other issue.

Traditionally, women were known to be detailed and have a practically perfect memory, so there was no way he was going to fool me.

Ashton turned around instinctively at my harsh reaction and paused at my impatient expression. He smiled casually. “If you’re still angry about me making a decision about Shaun on my own, you can pretty much stop now.”

“Really? Go ahead then, what’s your excuse?” I said as I folded my arms over my chest. I was interested to see what arguments he had cooked up this time.

He had his own ups and downs when it came to business, but when faced with his wife’s temper, he knew exactly what to say and do to get me to forgive him.

“Haven’t you realized Audrey’s feelings?” Ashton asked me with a hint of a smile hovering on his lips.

“Feelings?” I asked, surprised.

Right as the word left my mouth, I discovered what Ashton was talking about.

Audrey clearly had some different feelings toward Shaun.

I had always been purposely avoiding the topic. For starters, I was under the impression that even though she had been influenced by media from other countries, that didn’t mean that she would mature so quickly. Secondly, since we were talking about Shaun right now, there were so many uncertainties that I had to take into account. If I didn’t think about it, it wouldn’t happen… or so I thought.

To me, a child’s idea of love was fickle and unstable. I knew she would eventually change her subject after her feelings reached their peak.

Obviously, the only exception was a kid’s love for their parents.

Ashton looked away without answering me. He shifted into a more comfortable position and said casually, “Being a father has taught me a lot of things, and I’ve been thinking about a lot more things as well. Audrey’s only six, but I’ve already thought about her marrying out of the family, of how she might meet a*sholes in the future. I haven’t been able to relax since thinking about the things she could go through. That’s why, when Shaun started becoming the target of her affection, I wasn’t willing to give him a chance even though he saved her. Even if I became the bad guy, I didn’t want to let anyone hurt my daughter.”

I felt like laughing as I wondered when Ashton had suddenly become such a sentimental person.

Still, I did relate with him when it came to worrying about Audrey.

“Then why did you change your mind, Mr. Fuller?” I asked jokingly.

Ashton looked at me and took a deep breath, displeasure evident on his face. “Haven’t we settled everything by now? You’ve been calling me ‘Mr. Fuller’ for a few days now. Is it really appropriate?”

“Why wouldn’t it be?” I shrugged with an innocent look on my face.

It had always been rather fun to mock Ashton a little from time to time. Appropriate or not, I felt like I should have been allowed to have some fun once in a while.

I can stop calling you ‘honey’ and start calling you ‘Ms. Stovall’

about it. It sounded rather interesting, so

button on his shirt. He then began taking big breaths as he pretended to feel

becoming, what with the whole childish act

a bit helpless. “Oh, definitely. I think

simple joke scared me badly. My smile immediately froze

He opened his eyes and turned toward me. At the sight of my pale face, he placed a hand over mine and said seriously, “I’m just kidding. Don’t take that seriously. I’m as fit as a fiddle. I haven’t paid you back for all

Say Never

tone changed and became much calmer. He looked down in sorrow. “I’m just fighting a

I still found his sudden sorrow interesting and looked

attention, he smiled and said self-deprecatingly, “Do you want to know about the ridiculous ideas I’ve been having recently? I started thinking about going back to the past and making different

and

At the very least, it meant that Ashton was beginning to let go of his dark past. Whether it was realistic

absentmindedly. He

begin to overthink. The more one overthought, the more one

happy with the life I’m leading right now.

almost as if I could see the altar and the

gone anywhere recently, like a sweet-talking 101 class, perhaps. He had recently become much too smooth with

him, there was an underlying innuendo directed at me.

decided not to

my hand out of his grip again and became serious. “Let’s talk about

getting rid

can stop Audrey from ever falling in love and getting married, right? Since we’ll have to go through this sooner or later, then we

bit off with what he was

going to marry our

Audrey’s only six! Are you going to

about that,” Ashton said seriously. He actually started thinking about it out loud with a frown on his face. “I guess it’s not a problem to have ten, or maybe twenty. Ah, but if Audrey gets John’s bad habit of falling in love with everyone he

him hurriedly. “Are you thinking of raising a harem or something? Ten or twenty? What I meant was that you’re wrong for thinking that you can reduce the risks of her getting hurt by doing this. Kids grow up and they change throughout their whole lives. How could we force her

looked at me before nodding seriously. “You’re right. We’ll have to keep it a secret

My mouth fell open.

was definitely not what

and Audrey had become the treasure trove he was protecting from

helped the human race evolve, but it seemed to have the

we gave them clothes, food, and a roof over their heads, that still didn’t give us the

hope he was just joking out of concern for

had gotten rid of his previous attitude and sat with his fingers intertwined on top of his lap. His stare pierced through the gap between the door and the driver’s seat as he glared at the car in front of us, which Shaun happened to be inside of. “That kid is determined. He’s not going to take the

Love, Never Say

already mellowed out into a gentle smile. “But I know you wouldn’t want that, which is why I decided to bring him home. It’s less of a problem whether they actually fall in love or not. Rather, it would give us the opportunity

had already been carved into Ashton’s bones, but I had