In Love, Never Say Never (Ashton Fuller and Scarlett Stovall) novel Chapter 1300

“What do you plan to do? Don’t scare the teacher. I’ve already asked Emery to check and Mr. Cress isn’t a bad person. It’s not easy for Summer to open up to someone. You better not mess it up,” I nagged.

“Alright, I know what to do,” said John, waving his hand dismissively. He immediately changed the topic. “Let’s talk about your business. You haven’t asked me to do anything in quite a while. What do you have for me this time?”

“I knew I couldn’t hide it from you.” I shrugged and lifted my wine glass to toast him. “Teach me how to do business!”

“Business? What kind of business? Aren’t you the boss of a law firm now? On top of that, you are also the lady boss of Fuller Corporation. What else can I teach you?” John was teasing me. His shrewd eyes scrutinizing me closely, like he was trying to look into my soul.

I pursed my lips and put down my glass. I responded with a laugh, “Since I took the initiative to talk to you about it, it’s definitely not a small business. You’ll help me, won’t you?”

John took in a deep breath. “Are you short of money lately?” He asked incredulously.

“Yes! Very!” I nodded vehemently.

To put things into perspective, hiring a mercenary of Millie’s caliber was way more costly than hiring a high-level manager in Ashton’s corporation. In addition to that, I hired a small team of bodyguards to protect Summer. That was a huge expense for me too.

However, my main objective for collaborating with John was not to make money. In fact, I needed John’s network of contacts to get a chance to approach the Trivetts.

John’s incredulity went up a notch after hearing what I had said. He looked at me like I was some sort of prehistoric creature. From his expression of disbelief, you could hear his thought without him saying it out loud – Are you kidding me?

To be fair, I was the second major shareholder of Fuller Corporation, a daughter of the Stovall family, and I had financial backing from Cameron and Zachary Moore. If a person like me was short of money, then the rest of the population would all be poverty-stricken.

After being stared at for a while, I shifted my gaze out of guilt. “Okay, I’ll tell you the truth. Pitcoin came to Ashton and I need to see the perpetrator who started all of this.”

“You want to get close to Herman Trivett?” John’s expression suddenly changed to a stern one, and he rejected me in a heartbeat. “No way.”

The smile on my face froze. “Why?”

John’s face darkened, and he didn’t bother to be polite anymore. “Scarlett, you are awfully full of yourself, aren’t you? I opened up a law firm for you and let you have a job. I did all this so that you could settle down, not for you to use it as a platform to act recklessly!”