In Love, Never Say Never

In Love, Never Say Never Chapter 1046-1047-1048-1049-1050

In Love, Never Say Never Chapter 1046-1047-1048-1049-1050

John hesitated for a moment before replying, “I’m John Stovall, thirty-five years old, not married, but I have a son. He is still an infant. My income is not bad, and I owned several companies, cars, and other properties. Besides, there’s someone I love.”

I was flabbergasted. What is he doing? Why did he say that?

Emma nodded and turned to me. “So John is also looking for a partner for marriage, just like me. As his sister, do you have anything to ask? You can ask me whatever you want to know about.”

Me?

Taken aback, I gave her an awkward smile and said, “No, I think you’ve misunderstood me. I’m not here to judge if you’re suited for John. This is a private matter between you and him, so it’s not up to us to decide. If everything goes well, both of you are the ones who are getting married, not us. We are just bystanders.”

Emma pursed her lips and did not respond.

John also turned quiet all of a sudden.

Seeing their behavior, I sighed inwardly. I could feel a headache coming.

After a pause, I looked at them and asked, “Would you like to go for a walk together? Maybe you guys can find a café and chat about each other’s hobbies and lifestyle.”

“No, thanks. My hobby is reading, and I don’t have any other hobbies,” Emma replied curtly.

John also gave a terse answer. “I like to sleep with young women and spend money on them. Other than smoking and drinking, I have no other hobbies.”

I took a deep breath and shot daggers at him. Is he out of his mind!

To my surprise, Emma replied, “Great. We wouldn’t interfere with each other’s life then.”

What!

I stared wide-eyed at both of them, and it suddenly dawned on me that they’re perfect for each other.

Feeling like a third wheel, I started to rack my brain for an excuse to leave.

However, Joe suddenly appeared in the restaurant with a pretty lady beside him, who looked about twenty years old. Her clothing and bag were all high-end products, unlike the women whom he would casually date.

As soon as they entered the restaurant, they found us and came towards our table. It seemed like Joe was here for Ashton. They clapped each other on the back and greeted one another. Then, they sat down at our table, and now we were a group of six.

When Joe saw me, he was stunned for a second before saying hi to me. I initially thought that I would need to introduce Emma to him, but he said, “Hi, Ms. Lyons. What a coincidence. What brings you here?”

“I’m here for a blind date.” Emma was still as straightforward as ever.

Joe rubbed his nose, looking a bit uneasy. Something is not right.

I looked at Joe and smiled faintly. “Mr. Quinn, are you not going to introduce the beautiful lady to us?”

He smiled and gave a simple introduction. “She is Zelene Harrett, my fiancée.”

That took me by surprise. I did hear the rumor saying that he was engaged, but seeing his fiancée with my own eyes caught me completely off guard.

In just a few days, he had already gotten over Rebecca and found himself a socialite fiancée. Well, I did not expect him to be so level-headed.

Zelene looked at us and smiled politely. “Hello, everyone. Nice to meet you all.”

“Seems like you have high standards in choosing your partner. Not only do you want someone with good family background, but also a young, good-looking appearance. No wonder you told my father that we were not suitable for each other,” Emma said casually, making everyone’s jaw dropped.

Her words obviously meant that she had gone on a blind date with Joe before, but they did not get together in the end. And he probably chose Zelene because she was younger and more attractive than Emma.

What a small world!

Coming to think of it, the social circle of the elites in K City was indeed not large. There were not many prominent families here, so it was quite normal to have a situation like this.

I glanced towards John subconsciously, but he looked completely unperturbed. I guess he doesn’t care about Emma at all.

Joe explained, “Oh, Ms. Lyons. Don’t tease me like that. I’m not that superficial, and it’s not because of the reason you’ve mentioned. Although I don’t have a lot of yearnings in life, I still hope to find love. But Ms. Lyons, you had told me that you didn’t want to have any romantic relationship. So, I don’t think we are suitable for each other. And that’s why I went to see Mr. Lyons and told him so.”

Emma did not respond and looked at him impassively as if she was just blurting out her observation and could not care less about Joe not choosing her.

The dinner had not started yet, and the atmosphere was already so awkward that I could cut the tension with a knife.

However, Zelene was completely indifferent as if she was not involved in the situation. She ordered her food politely and turned to me. “Mrs. Fuller, do you want to order anything? The steak here is really good. Do you want to try it?”

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I smiled. “Since you have recommended it, I will definitely try it. Ms. Harrett, you seem to be very familiar with this restaurant.”

She replied with a smile, “Not really, but I’ve been here a few times. So, I remember the ones that I like and always recommend them to friends that come here.”

Surprisingly, Zelene was nothing like Rebecca. With Joe’s personality, I thought he would find someone similar to his ex-crush, but Zelene and Rebecca were like chalk and cheese.

After chattering for a bit, I stood up from my seat and headed to the restroom. When Ashton saw me leaving, he quickly stopped his conversation with Joe and wanted to accompany me, but I declined as I did not want to interrupt them.

A few minutes later, I stepped out of the restroom and bumped into Joe, who was leaning against the wall of the corridor. I thought he was waiting for someone, but I looked around and saw no one. Hmm, who is he waiting for?

After hesitating for a moment, I walked towards him and asked out of politeness, “Are you waiting for Ms. Harrett?”

He lifted his gaze and looked at me coldly. “I’m waiting for you.”

I furrowed my brows, puzzled. “Why?” I don’t think we have anything to talk about. Joe had never liked me. All these years we rarely interacted with one another even though he was my husband’s close friend.

“Can I help you with anything?” I asked, stopping in my tracks.

He arched an eyebrow and cut to the chase. “Can we talk somewhere else?”

I don’t think I have a choice, do I? So, I nodded and gestured. “Sure.”

As we arrived at the stairwell, he put his hands in his pockets and leaned his tall figure against the wall, giving off an aura of grimness. I remained silent and stared at him, waiting for him to speak first.

After a pause, he lit a cigarette and took a long drag on it. “Were you the one who reported Rebecca to the police?”

I frowned. Gosh, is he here for Rebecca? I thought he had moved on! Apparently, he still cares about her.

“I found her by accident, so I called the police,” I told him truthfully. That night, Hannah and I went to the alley out of curiosity. I never thought Rebecca would be like that.

He exhaled slowly and cast an icy gaze at me. “Ashton has given his heart to you. What else do you want from her? Why do you have to push her over the edge? You just want her to die, don’t you?”

Hearing his accusation, I was stupefied. I could not help but ask, “Mr. Quinn, don’t you think there’s something wrong with your logic? She was the one who committed the crime. I did not force her to do it. And I have never harmed her. That night, I saw her purely by chance. I called the police because she was doing something terribly wrong. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that. Are you expecting me to ignore what I saw and let her continue to ruin herself?”

He scoffed, “It’s up to her to decide what to do with her life. Besides, you could have solved the problem in another way, but you chose the one that made her suffer the most. You caused Ashton to completely give up on her and took away the light in her life. Scarlett, you’re even more wicked than I thought.”

I blinked in bewilderment. What? Is there something wrong with him? What does he mean by “you can solve it in another way?” Exasperated, I said, “So, you think that it was my plan to get her arrested so that Ashton would give up on her? Joe Quinn, you’re freaking ridiculous! What makes you think that I would use my precious time to do something that would bring me no benefits but harm?”

Then, I continued, “To be honest, I don’t care about Rebecca at all; she isn’t worth my attention. She’s nothing but a woman who only knows how to cling onto men and leech off them. She could have improved herself over the years, but she didn’t. Even if Ashton likes her, I don’t think any man could put up with a woman like her for long. What kind of man could tolerate her and love her forever? Speaking of which, Joe, didn’t you give up on her as well? What makes you think that you have the right to question me?”

Taken aback, he stubbed out his cigarette and stared at me blankly. After a long while, he replied coldly, “Don’t change the topic. It’s your fault. You didn’t have to send her to the police, but you showed no mercy and did it anyway. Her reputation and her life are ruined because of you. Even if she could get out of jail one day, how can she survive in society? Scarlett, you’re such a cruel woman.”

“Hahaha!” I couldn’t help but burst out laughing at his preposterous reasoning. How ridiculous can he get?

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He was stunned by my sudden outburst of laughter, furrowing his eyebrows at me. “What are you laughing about? Do you find this funny? Did I say something wrong?”

It took me a long while to calm down, wiping away tears from my eyes. “There’s no way you believe the words that are coming out of your mouth, right?” I said sarcastically. “How could you say such a thing so confidently? You say that she’ll lose everything if she goes to jail, but I honestly want to ask you: are you absolutely sure that you have no way of getting her out of there? Is the Kane family so powerless that they can’t rescue a single person from prison? Besides, did you think that she was really going to become famous, even if she hasn’t been sent to jail? Of course not. Everyone in our circle is aware that she’s your and Ashton’s precious little doll. Did you think that she would find a partner among us when you let her fly out of the nest? You know more than anyone else that she’s just going to end up relying on some old man’s money to survive and become nothing more than a toy.

“Admit it. You’ve fallen out of love with her a long time ago and started to resent her. Why else would you tell her such horrible things at the hospital? You wanted to force her to leave you, yet didn’t want to be stuck with the reputation of an asshole, so you just let go of her reins and watched as she made mistake after mistake, until she’d finally reached the point of no return. You are half the reason why she’s turned out this way. You were satisfied with the outcome, but you despised the thought of having to take responsibility for your actions! So, in an act of fake self-righteousness, you came to interrogate me and pushed all the blame onto me, making me out to be the villain in the situation. Although, to be honest with you, you really shouldn’t have wasted your efforts. Even if you force me to take the blame for your actions, you’d still be regarded as a scummy human being in other people’s eyes. So please quit the whole good guy act, or I might just throw up.”

I hadn’t meant to verbally abuse him, but I couldn’t stop myself.

Joe was flushed all the way up to his neck in anger, and I let out an internal scoff at the sight. Nothing about this man was genuine. He’d already committed so many evil acts, yet still insisted that his hands were clean. How ridiculous!

There was no point in continuing the conversation any longer. “You better watch out!” I warned, turning on my heel and walking away.

“You have some nerve—forcing other people to take the fall for you!” he roared out from behind me. “No wonder Ashton is head over heels for you! You’re a conniving, sneaky witch!”

I glanced back over my shoulder at him, flashing a polite smile. “You flatter me, Mr. Quinn. Look, if you really can’t let go of this, I have a suggestion for you: wait until she gets out of prison, then you can bring her back home to be your precious little doll once more. But by that time, she’d be old and wrinkly, and you’d probably refuse to take her in. There’s no way you could appreciate a woman like that, right?”

After saying so, I left him and headed for the restaurant. Ashton was already waiting outside for me, approaching me as soon as he spotted me. “What took you so long?”

Looping my arm through his, I said cheerily, “Just met a familiar toilet and had a chat with him, so I figured I might as well take out the trash! My mood’s greatly improved, and I feel so refreshed.”

“What are you talking about?” His eyebrows knitted together.

“I meant to say that I had a nice trip to the loo!” I grinned.

Sighing in exasperation, he flicked my forehead lightly. “Watch your mouth.”

Joe, who was trailing behind me, brushed roughly past us as he stormed off towards the lobby, spitting out, “Shameless woman!” as he did so.

“What did he say?” Ashton looked at me, perplexed.

I shrugged. “It’s about Rebecca. He didn’t want to abandon her in a distasteful manner and wanted to keep his image squeaky clean. When that plan failed, he got frustrated and took out all his humiliation on me.”

Ashton’s lips pursed as he stared at the back of Joe’s silhouette. “He’s getting married to that woman from the Harrett family soon, so it’s about time he moves on from Rebecca. The Kanes and the Harretts’ future business cooperations will benefit each other greatly.”

I wasn’t interested in any of Joe’s business. “Rebecca’s life has all gone down the drain. She didn’t have any good people around her, and she didn’t have a career of her own,” I lamented.

The worst thing a woman could do was to entrust all of herself to a man and spend all of her time and energy on him only to get dust in return. Then, there was nothing she could do except to wait until she had become useless to him and get thrown away like an old rag.

Perhaps Rebecca’s misfortune had started from the moment Parker entrusted her to the group of friends.

The poor woman had never gotten a chance to plan her life out properly. She had not only lost her pride and independence because of love but had now also lost the motivation to continue living. There was nothing more she could do now except be another rich man’s eye candy, but her beauty could only last for so long. She had already ruined her own life with her own two hands.

“I have to go to A City tomorrow to handle some things,” Ashton suddenly spoke up. “It’s time we start living for ourselves too, Scarlett.”

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A little surprised by his words, I squinted my eyes at him. “A City?”

The corners of his lips quirked up into a smirk. I could see the bloodthirst and fury swimming deep in the depths of his eyes, even if he was doing his best to hide them.

“We can’t let the child’s pain be for nothing, can we?”

Oh. He was finally going to make a move on Armond. After a slight pause of hesitation, I asked, “Can I come with you?”

“Why? Will you miss me too much when I’m gone?”

I nodded, smiling up at him. “I guess. So, how about it? Can I go with you?”

As long as the issue with Armond was left unresolved, we would both have sleepless nights. Although we would have preferred to live a peaceful and mundane life, we knew that we might face even more pain and suffering in the future if we didn’t handle the issue as soon as possible.

So, Ashton agreed to let me accompany him on his trip.

Joe didn’t even stay for the remainder of the meal, merely telling Ashton the date of his and Zelene’s engagement before dragging her away with him. It seemed that their marriage had been confirmed.

I hadn’t expected two weirdos like John and Emma to get along, but to my surprise, they exchanged contact details before they left, and even made plans to eat dinner together tonight at the Stovall residence. John later approached Ashton and me to inform us that he wanted to host a small party to celebrate Kiki’s birthday, thus coming up with the idea of inviting everyone over to the Stovall residence for dinner.

Hannah and Chandler were likely to be there because of Kiki. Hannah had also moved on from everything, so what was John’s motive in bringing Emma along?

After leaving the restaurant, Ashton handled some work issues before going to the shopping mall with me to make sure that we didn’t show up to Kiki’s birthday party empty-handed.

We strolled around the mall for a bit, where Ashton ended up choosing a Transformers toy as well as a customizable black race car. His reasoning was that all children enjoyed driving around tiny vehicles of

their own, and the Stovall residence’s yard was large enough for Kiki to do just that.

We bumped into some familiar faces as soon as we left the mall. It was Sally, and with her was the professor that we’d seen once before at the restaurant, Jim.

Having met once prior to that, the atmosphere between us wasn’t as awkward anymore. Sally waved at us, politely inquiring, “It’s rare to see Ashton in the malls. Did you come to buy something in particular?”

Ashton nodded, but said nothing.

His dark gaze fell upon Jim, an unrecognizable emotion in his eyes as he stared at the man. I didn’t understand these sorts of non-verbal cues between men, so I chose to ignore them.

I couldn’t help but feel like Sally was glancing down at my tummy on and off as she spoke. “I know we’ve all been incredibly busy recently, but I’ve been thinking if we should all return to J City and celebrate the new year as a family. Ashton, you know Uncle Charlie and Aunt Helen are getting older with no children to accompany them. Besides, you’re usually so occupied with work that you rarely visit them. It’d be nice to take a break for a family reunion. I doubt you’ve even been to the old Fuller family home these past few years.”

Ashton nodded, simply replying, “We’ll see.”

“By the way, Jim and I are planning to hold a wedding soon,” Sally told him, sounding slightly apprehensive. “Do you have any opinions about that? We’re both in our late forties already, and we want to start living a happy life…”

“Have the Murphys agreed to you two being together?” Ashton interrupted, turning his attention to Jim.

“That is solely between your aunt and me,” Jim answered, as elegant and self-composed as ever. “The Murphy family has no business interfering with our relationship.”

The Murphys?

There were very few “Murphy” families in K City. Was the Murphy family he mentioned the same as the one on my mind?

Ashton’s mouth quirked slightly, but the rest of his expression revealed no emotion. “Maybe you should wait until next year. It’s still too early to make this decision.”

Sally’s face fell, presumably feeling as confused as I was. “What are you talking about, Ashton? There’s nothing problematic between Jim and me, so I didn’t think you’d oppose our relationship.”

“Scarlett and I are busy. Let’s talk about this another time. I suggest you ask him about his family and find out more about his background before deciding on anything.” Not wanting to continue the conversation any further, he tugged on my arm and we left the mall.

While in the car, I spoke up, “Let’s make a stop at the local pet shop. I think Kiki would like to have a small puppy friend to play with.”

He nodded in response, pressing the gas pedal and driving off.

We sat in silence for a while before I stole an uncertain look at him. “Are you sure Uncle Jim is one of the Murphys that we know of?”

Ashton made a sound of admittance. I continued on, “Did you find out after looking into him, or did you know since the beginning?”

Even though the Murphys had a lot of children and Armond was likely one amongst many descendants, they had always been a very lowkey family that rarely made any public appearances.

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“The Murphys have many children, but there is only one who controls the family fortune and business,” Ashton explained while driving. “Robert Murphy and Armond aren’t immediate family members. Robert has three sons—all three of whom are not employed at the Murphy Corporation. The rest of his grandchildren have all also started up their own businesses in fields of their own choosing. Jim is Robert’s third son and loves literature, so he focused solely on learning literature and arts since young.”

“So, Armond is…”

“He’s Robert’s eldest’s son’s grandson. He was chosen to inherit the family business because he has a strong interest in business and earning money. Unfortunately, Armond was so determined to make a profit that greed consumed his morals, bringing lots of trouble to the Murphy family. That’s why the Murphys have fallen far from what they used to be in the past.”

“I see.” It made sense that not every child in a large family would have the talent to go into business. Some would prefer arts, some would prefer research, and others would prefer to live on their parents’ money and not ever having to work for a living. If you wanted your family to continue expanding and growing, you had to pick and choose among those children the best candidate to manage the family business. Sadly for the Murphys, Armond has no virtues in his business dealings.

There were always blurred lines between right or wrong. Once someone was cornered, they would resort to whatever methods possible to get out of that. Armond was way too ambitious and predatory, and as a result, the Murphy family hadn’t expanded as well as his elders had expected.

“But even so, it shouldn’t affect Aunt Sally and Uncle Jim’s marriage much. After all, Jim didn’t take part in his family’s fight for power.”

“Idiot.” He chuckled, giving me a sidelong glance. “It’s impossible for a family to expand if it’s solely reliant on one person. It relies on everyone in the family’s hard work and effort. If nothing happens to the Murphys, they naturally stay out of each other’s business, but once problems arise, the family

name becomes everyone’s top priority. They will each utilize all their power and resources to defend their fellow relatives. It’s just like a country; everyone usually minds their own business, but if it comes down to a life-or-death situation, we’ll band together and do our best to contribute even the slightest of efforts for our country.”

He has a point.

Once the Fuller family tries to take on Armond, it will become a full-on war.

At the pet shop, I bought a month-old golden retriever puppy so small that it could fit in one of my palms. I was clueless about how I should take care of it properly. The staff kindly wrote down a list of possible situations and what to do when facing those situations on a piece of paper for me. He also advised me to visit the pet shop again any time if I was truly at a loss. They also gifted some dog food and toys along with my purchase.

The sky outside was already dark as I left the pet shop, having given the Stovall residence’s address to the staff and requesting for them to send the puppy to the house. Then, Ashton and I got in the car and headed for the hospital. Summer had gone through her check-up last night and wanted to come home tonight to sleep in her own bed. Cameron had been busy with her own work, so I had no choice but to hire a caregiver for Summer, who had insisted on returning back to the Moore Residence and on Ashton personally picking her up from the hospital.

When we got there, I waited downstairs in the lobby, resting my sore legs while Ashton went upstairs to her ward.

I didn’t expect to see Kristina stumbling into the hospital lobby. She seemed to be in an incredibly bad shape, barely taking a few steps into the building before collapsing onto the floor. Luckily, several observant nurses immediately noticed her and hauled her away to the ER.

Out of curiosity, I followed them over.

Standing at the entrance to the ER room, I waited for one of the nurses to come out before asking, “Excuse me, is the woman inside alright? What happened to her? She looked to be in a horrible condition.”

“Of course she looks horrible, she has lung cancer,” the nurse sighed, shifting the weight of some medical instruments in her arms. “It’s already in its late stages. We kept asking her to come to the hospital for treatment, but her family didn’t take any of our advice to heart. She’s finally come back after her health has deteriorated this much, but I suspect she doesn’t care much for her own life at all.”

“Lung cancer?” I did a double-take. “How could she have gotten lung cancer? What happened?” Kristina had grown up in a healthy, clean environment. Usually, lung cancer patients were workers at chemical plants or had lived in an environment with a lot of dust and air pollution. But Kristina’s life hadn’t been like that at all!

“It was caused by a respiratory tract infection. Probably because of long-term contact with some sort of chemical. Are you her friend? Advise her to receive treatment and don’t let it drag on any longer. It won’t do her any good at all if she continues like this.”

I nodded, in a daze as I watched the nurse walk off. How could Kristina have gotten lung cancer, of all things? I couldn’t believe it.

It was only when Ashton called my phone to ask where I was that I realized what we’d come to the hospital for. I quickly rushed back down to the lobby and spotted him helping Summer into his car. “What happened? I thought you told me that you’d be waiting in the lobby,” he asked when he saw me.

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