Never Too Far Novel

Chapter 1831-1840

Josephine hadn’t accepted even one gift that Luke gave her throughout the time he pursued her, and neither did she ever give any suggestive remarks. Luke had been one-sidedly pursuing her all this while.

“Although Josephine and I have only known each other for a few days, my love for her is no less than yours. You should back off!” Ethan warned Luke.

“Why should I?” Luke immediately blew his top. He was still reluctant to give up on Josephine and her grandfather’s connections. He couldn’t just let go, considering how his company needed those connections to build up its network.

This happened to be something about Luke that Ethan had seen through. “It seems to me you’re not in love with Josephine. You have your eyes on her grandfather’s authority and connections, huh? Someone like you does not deserve to love Josephine.”

Luke was completely triggered by Ethan’s words. He suddenly roared, “Ethan Quarles, this is my territory. You’d better not mess with me, or I will make life a living hell for you!”

Josephine was taken aback by how Luke suddenly threatened Ethan, and she quickly tried to persuade Luke to calm down.

“How am I supposed to stay calm? I’ve been pursuing you for a year, and now someone else got in the way and took you away from me! Do I look like a pushover?!” I need to teach him a lesson! he thought.

Seeing how agitated Luke was, Josephine took a deep breath and insisted, “Luke, it doesn’t matter who came first. I was the one who fell for Ethan and actively pursued him. It has nothing to do with him.”

Josephine’s words seemed to have stabbed Luke right where it hurt. It felt like he had lost his sanity at this very moment as his dignity as a man was trampled on. No matter what, he knew he needed to vent his anger toward Ethan. His fists were already clenched as he stared at Josephine with an unwilling gaze. “Josephine, do you really like him that much?”

It was obvious that Luke had lost his temper after being embarrassed. He was also no longer patient or polite toward Josephine.

She firmly answered him, “Yes, I love him.”

Suddenly, Josephine was roughly shoved by Luke, whose clenched fist was already swinging at Ethan’s face.

When he raised his fist, Josephine, who had been pushed aside, almost instinctively pushed back. Luke couldn’t stop his punch in time.

Bam!

The fist socked Josephine straight on the cheek, hurting her so badly that she fell back into Ethan’s arms.

Ethan wanted to protect Josephine, but his hand was a second too late. As he tightly hugged the woman, he sent Luke flying when he kicked out with his long leg. However, the corner of Josephine’s mouth was already torn as it started bleeding as she lay against his chest.

“Josephine!” Ethan’s heart was broken as he called out to her. He wanted nothing more than to punch himself across the face when he saw the blood trickle from her mouth.

Meanwhile, Luke got up and started panicking. He didn’t expect to hit Josephine in the face.

He finally came back to his senses when he saw the pale woman drenched in cold sweat, leaning against Ethan’s chest with blood trickling from the corner of her mouth. “Joey, I’m sorry! I’m so sorry!”

He tried to approach her, only to hear the other man angrily yell at him. “F*ck off! Stay away from her!”

Ethan’s gaze shot at Luke like a sharp knife, and he protected Josephine in his arms with his torso so that Luke wouldn’t hurt her anymore.

Josephine’s cheek hurt so badly that she couldn’t speak, but still, she uttered in a hoarse voice, “Let’s go.”

“Josephine, I’m sorry! I didn’t mean to do that. I wasn’t trying to hit you.” Luke finally realized that he and Josephine couldn’t even be friends after his punch.

She glanced back at him. “Luke, I know you didn’t hit me on purpose. I willingly took the punch on his behalf.”

Ethan’s eyes narrowed when he heard that. “Don’t ever do something so stupid again,” he grunted as he held her close. His heart ached for her.

Josephine tried to put on a smile, but the movement tugged on her injury, making her hiss in pain.

“Alright, stop talking. I’ll take you to the hospital.” Ethan helped her out of the private room after saying that.

Luke was left to blame himself. He truly did love Josephine, but he no longer had the right to seek her hand.

Josephine went for a check-up at a nearby hospital. The examination showed only skin swelling and a cut on the corner of her mouth. However, half of her face had become swollen, making her too embarrassed to see anyone. She didn’t want to see Ethan, as she wondered if he would find her appearance ridiculous and unattractive.

“I won’t eat dinner. I want to go home. D-Don’t bother walking me back. I’ll take a cab,” Josephine said as she held onto her swollen face and tried to leave quickly.

Seeing through her thoughts, Ethan couldn’t help but chuckle and ask, “What? Do you think I will find you unappealing because of your appearance?”

She remained silent without responding, prompting him to state firmly, “I will only feel sorry for you, never disgusted.”

“I can’t face my parents right now. I’m afraid they’ll think I’ve been bullied outside, especially if I tell my grandfather. I can’t go home.” Josephine quickly thought of this and looked at the man who didn’t mind her appearance. “Can I stay in your hotel suite for two nights until my swelling goes down?”

“Of course,” Ethan replied, thinking he needed to buy a villa as soon as possible. He couldn’t keep letting this girl stay in the hotel with him forever.

Back in the car, Ethan thought about what Josephine had said to Luke earlier and turned to ask her, “Are those words you said earlier genuine?”

Josephine blinked, immediately recalling what she had said earlier. One side of her face blushed as she mumbled, “I just wanted to dispel Luke’s thoughts of pursuing me.”

She hadn’t given much thought to whether it was sincere or not. Those words had just come out without much consideration.

“Anyway, I’m touched tonight,” Ethan said happily, even though she had suffered.

Josephine blinked. She was willing to take that punch for him. She would have been heartbroken if Luke had punched Ethan in his handsome face.

Forget it. I’ll take the pain!

Since she had insisted on bringing Ethan here tonight, she could not possibly let him get hurt.

Josephine told her mother she had to stay temporarily with her colleague to complete their work. Her mother asked who the colleague was and whether it was a man or a woman. Josephine replied that it was Wren, and her mother agreed.

With a swollen face, Josephine followed Ethan back to his hotel. He ordered a big meal when they arrived since they were both hungry.

Josephine went to the bathroom and looked at her swollen, red face in the mirror, feeling bitter inside.

When will the swelling go down? I’m not pretty right now.

They had a romantic dinner seated by the French windows, but Josephine couldn’t shake off the feeling of misery. She lowered her head and ate her food in small bites. However, it occasionally tugged at her wound, causing her to gasp in pain.

“Take your time,” Ethan urged her on the other end.

Josephine put down half of her hair to cover up her swollen face. Ethan saw her small actions, but he didn’t know how to comfort her. Truth was, he genuinely didn’t care. Even with half of Josephine’s face swollen, it didn’t affect his fondness for her.

After dinner, Josephine suddenly remembered that she had to work overtime to finish her article that night. “Goodness, I still have to write a news article. I need it early tomorrow morning.”

Josephine finished eating and sat on the couch, thereafter turning on her computer to start working. Her slender fingers danced on the keyboard, showing her experience in writing news articles.

It was said that hard-working men were the most handsome, but hard-working women were equally charming. Ethan sat at the table, holding a glass of red wine, admiring how this woman worked seriously. He couldn’t take his eyes off her.

Josephine’s hair covered one side of her swollen face, but the other side remained delicate and beautiful under the light. Her gaze exuded a professional and competent aura. Ethan felt sorry for her and brought a glass of water over, placing it in front of her. “Take a sip of water before you continue writing.”

Josephine picked up the water glass and murmured gratefully, “Thank you.”

Meanwhile, Ethan sat on the couch, staring at her screen. She blushed a little and mumbled, “Don’t look.”

It was because she was writing a piece that mentioned the relationship between the sexes. Although she had never been in a serious relationship, her words were delicate and sharp when she wrote this type of article, as if she were an experienced person in love.

Truth was, Josephine was a girl who often burst out with dirty jokes among her colleagues, and sometimes with her friends too.

“Why can’t I look?” Ethan couldn’t help but ask with a smile when he noticed the headline she wrote, ‘Who likes doing the deed more, men or women?’

“I just don’t want you to look.” Josephine covered her computer and blushed.

“Where did you get the experience to write these news articles?” The man did not let her off the hook and continued to ask.

Josephine’s face turned red upon realizing that Ethan had seen what she wrote. “Have you never heard of someone imagining things?” she stuttered.

Ethan burst out laughing. “Are you writing based on your imagination?”

“We conducted a survey report.” With that, she moved her computer to the couch to write. While writing, she muttered, “I will also have to send the manuscript to my desk later.”

Ethan was slightly surprised to hear that. “It’s so late. Are you returning to the company?”

“Yeah!”

“I’ll have someone else send it for you. It’s too late, so don’t go.” Ethan felt sorry for her. After all, she got beaten up today and needed rest.

“Really? Thank you!” In fact, Josephine didn’t want to face her colleagues now. Their imagination was even richer than hers. They would surely spread rumors about her being the homewrecker who got beaten up by the original partner. There would be no reasoning with them.

It was not until 11.00PM that Josephine handed the manuscript to the person Ethan had summoned. After that, she went into the bathroom and looked around. She didn’t know if it was because of the medicine she applied or her young age, but the swelling on her face had disappeared. She looked no different from usual, except that it was still red.

After coming out of the bathroom, Josephine looked at Ethan, who was in the master bedroom. She thought she should go over and say a few words before closing the door and going to bed.

She saw that the bedroom door was not closed, so she walked over. However, before she could knock, a warm figure with only a bath towel wrapped around the waist appeared before her eyes.

He had broad, sturdy honey-colored chest muscles and solid, tough muscle lines below the abs. After the shower, there were even some blood vessels showing.

At that sight, Josephine mused, What a great body! He’s parading it for me?

Ethan looked at her dumbfounded expression and was open about it, ruffling his wet hair and asking with a smile, “Like what you see?”

Josephine gulped discreetly, forcing herself to move her eyes away and stare at the floor. She blushed and mumbled, “I’m returning to my room. Goodnight.”

“Wait a minute.”

stopped

man suddenly picked up a bag and handed it to her.

Josephine took the bag and saw a thin, burgundy nightgown

was still unsure about her

took a step back. “T-That’s alright.

ugly enough. She couldn’t possibly show

handsome guys she usually saw were nothing compared to

quickly took a shower and put on the nightgown that Ethan had given her. It fit her

the couch outside. She wasn’t sleepy and wanted to watch some news, so she decided to go and get

her room. However, life was nothing if not unpredictable. Just as she headed toward the couch,

them met in the dimly

blank. She hugged her chest

which men couldn’t help but fantasize about, was hidden underneath her formal work clothes. Josephine searched through the couch cushions, but the more she hurriedly looked for her cell phone,

phone. All he had to do was make a call and they would be able

him with a pleading expression.

phone and discovered it was wedged into the gap in

must have accidentally pushed it

it but couldn’t. At that, Ethan quickly approached her. Bending down, he offered, “I’ll do

of an alluring scent emanating from her as her pretty face blushed. She took two

that two people dressed like

and romantic happen

were long and he quickly picked up her phone. Josephine took it gratefully and

It looked as if it was made to be easily torn off, arousing thoughts of

other hand, Josephine was getting nervous and flustered. Ethan had just moved the couch with force, and now it was diagonally in front

back

calloused palms filled with manly strength touching her waist through her thin nightgown. Before she could react, he had picked her up in his arms. She covered her forehead, feeling both

other, with Ethan’s hand gently rubbing her

I’m fine,” she replied, but at the moment, she was more focused on the fact that

going back to my room,”

straight back to her room. “I’ll carry you back to your room, so you won’t fall again,” he

today.” Josephine was rather speechless at

“Do you remember

didn’t have a good

I’m a jinx reborn and whenever you’re around me, you

covered her face in regret. “I take back that statement!” she muttered. “I was just angry at the

meant that her chest was not covered. Coupled with her being held in Ethan’s arms,

The woman emanating a light fragrance in his

she was ashamed. At this moment, the man leaned over and kissed

eyes, only to see Ethan holding her head between his hands, his burning gaze

blinked her beautiful eyes, not understanding what he

looked at her and

what he meant and buried her face in the blanket.

embarrassed woman before him. He didn’t tease her anymore

down. It was just that she had a feeling of being

…

the bathroom. She was relieved to see that her face was much better. However, she still had to stay with Ethan for two

she could ask for a day off today. She couldn’t help

by my side? It shouldn’t be difficult to

had already gotten up and

take

Ethan turned around and added, “Is

take a whole week off?” Josephine was overjoyed upon hearing that. Taking time off from the TV station was

suddenly realized that becoming her

didn’t need a week off. Three days would

a phone call to Atticus

days off. She held her face and looked at the scenery of the bustling traffic in the distance. Being able to have a day

on! Let’s go downstairs for breakfast,”

suddenly thought, Can I

to go shopping during her time off. Usually, she didn’t have

shopping with

course.” Ethan smiled. He wanted

she had in her bag to apply some light makeup, mainly covering the slightly red half of her face.

the feeling of being envied by others because when

clothes for her, which Josephine could tell were intended as gifts. She didn’t refuse and willingly went along with it this

had given him something to hold over her head and had to be prepared

that Ethan would get tired, but it turned out that she was the one who

he finally took her to a real estate agency, where he wanted Josephine to help him choose a house. He wanted to settle

“Why

and said, “Because of

Josephine was shocked.

settle down in this

exhausted from walking around.

of her shirts over her pajamas before pushing the door open. She knew it looked a little odd, but

that moment, the man was elegantly opening a bottle of red wine at the

he going to get

like a

love drinking, but she didn’t want to miss this beautiful moment. Drinking a glass with Ethan

walked over and sat on the chair as she waited for him. Meanwhile, Ethan poured half a glass of wine

“Delicious.” Josephine smiled.

raised his glass and clinked it with hers, enjoying the wine. Josephine looked at his sexy and charming jawline, not to mention the throbbing of his Adam’s apple when he swallowed the wine,

did. Even his drinking a glass of wine could make people

took the initiative to clink her glass with his. Ethan smiled and took another sip.

each other under

alcohol, and just like that, she greedily stared at the man’s face. She found a small mole on the tip of his nose, adding a different sense of dimensionality to his

good-looking?” Ethan

do you

chuckled deeply. “Can’t get enough of

puffed her

confession?” Ethan asked

before pursing her lips and smiling. “You can think of it that

date, then!” Ethan stated in

blinked and didn’t pretend anymore. “Okay, but I have to ask you two questions and

aback but he hoarsely

a formal

momentarily before shaking his head seriously and

family approve of you dating a girl from a family

a moment. After giving it some thought, he stated, “My family hasn’t made

nodded and said, “Okay, then.

fate, so she was determined to seize the opportunity. Whether she was after his money or his person,

put down his glass and stood up. He leaned close to Josephine, his handsome face closing the distance. Josephine’s breathing hitched as

Josephine was a little confused as to why it was only a brief kiss, but the man chuckled and explained, “Your lip

Ethan had noticed that

“I’m going to bed. You should get

Ethan gently

turned back and replied before going to her

Jared thought Ethan had returned, not knowing the latter was still in

in the

here for half

seems you’re serious about

“We’re officially dating now.”

lunch in the afternoon and get to know each other!”

meet!”

At 12.00PM, Jared brought Ellen along, who was already five months pregnant and had a slightly protruding belly. However, her figure was

The two men had their own way of greeting each

and fallen in love with Ethan at their wedding, which

you caught my bouquet, didn’t you?” Ellen asked

proudly. “Yes,

together. It means that the next wedding will

but still yearned for it in her heart. After all,

so!” Josephine murmured with a

similar age and had many topics to discuss. Their personalities were also similar and their other halves were good friends,

parted ways. Jared accompanied Ellen to have a prenatal check-up in the afternoon while Ethan took Josephine for a drive

There were lively discussions about her relationship with Ethan and

was labeled as a vixen who seduced the major shareholder to get promoted

in every group where she was present. She would harshly criticize Josephine and reveal how the young woman had seduced Ethan at the dinner table. It

help but ask

sent by Wren.

asked, ‘Where did

groups is talking about you.

‘What?’ Josephine felt overwhelmed.

spreading rumors and

sports car

and replied,

really dating

the group that said, ‘How could Josephine do this? Seducing the boss to

replied directly, ‘Sorry,

the group chat shocked all the employees who

Katrina came in. ‘Josephine, how shameless can you be? You say you’re dating, but do you have any

enough! We

you post a selfie with Mr. Quarles.

who didn’t like Josephine were eager to kick her while she was down. They were convinced that Josephine was putting on a

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