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.

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

genuinely thinking about it. It sounded rather interesting, so I

the first button on his shirt. He then began taking big breaths

childish act even at his age. I burst out laughing and said, “What? Are

head around, looking a bit helpless. “Oh, definitely. I

joke scared me badly. My smile immediately froze

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

Say Never

became more serious, his tone changed and became much calmer. He looked down in sorrow. “I’m just fighting a battle

he meant, but I still found his

know about the ridiculous ideas I’ve been having recently? I started thinking about going

and didn’t

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

hobby,” I said absentmindedly. He clearly had way too

became too free, they would begin to overthink. The more one

with the life I’m leading right now. Having a wife and kids is

so pure it was almost as if I could see the altar and the priest asking us to exchange

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

based on what I knew about him, there was an underlying innuendo directed at me. The moment I

decided not to do

his grip again and became serious. “Let’s talk about the actual issue right now. It’ll be hard to

getting rid

to go through this sooner or later, then we might as well keep an eye on him since young. We’ll be able to get a proper look at him and lower

little bit off with what

the boy who was going to marry our daughter in the future sounded

fickle creatures. Audrey’s only six! Are you going

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

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

looked at me before nodding seriously. “You’re right. We’ll

My mouth fell open.

was definitely not what

and Audrey

human race evolve, but it seemed

Even if we gave them clothes, food, and a roof over their heads, that still didn’t give us the right to decide their whole lives for them. It seemed more

was just

of. “That kid is determined. He’s not going to take the easy way out, but he’s also extremely versatile. What happened today might leave a mark on him. Both you and I know that the seed of hate flourishing in him is only a matter of time. There are two ways to settle this: first, we could

Never Say Never

look at me, the piercing gaze had 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 to see whether he would grow

to have a perfect plan for everything had already been carved