In Love, Never Say Never (Ashton Fuller and Scarlett Stovall) novel Chapter 1446

I heard her footsteps as she waltzed up to me. “His injuries look rather serious, so I’m surprised that he recovered this quickly. It’s just as well, so my courtesy call doesn’t come to waste.”

With that, she received the fruit basket from her agent and pushed it in front of us. “Oh, the traffic accident was a prank taken too far on my part. I hope we can see an amicable resolution to this. Let’s take it that it never happened.”

Her flighty tone told me that she was not at all apologetic.

This was not an olive branch. It was obvious that all she wanted was for us to turn a blind eye to it.

My face dimmed as I spoke coldly, “Who let you out?”

“Of course, it was the protector of the people, the lovable boys in blue.” Rebecca shrugged wantonly before she loosened her grip and outright chucked the fruit basket aside. She then leaned in with brazenness. “So long as I draw breath, you can expect no peace!”

“Enough!” My fists tightened until they trembled. “I’ll say this once again. I’m not Scarlett Stovall. Even if I was, you’ve no right to treat anyone this way!”

“Hmph,” Rebecca sneered, then stood herself upright with arms akimbo. “You’re afraid, Scarlett, as you should be.”

She paused before she laughed even more gleefully at this point. “The last time was just the appetizer. Look forward to the full course!”

With that, the woman turned and strutted off in the most pompous manner possible. “We’ll meet again, Scarlett. Very soon!”

The insouciance of her tone sounded like she was doing a lap of honor.

I attuned myself to my own breathing with my eyes closed, hoping to calm my emotions. I would have confronted her had Marcus not held me by the wrist. “Calm down. She meant to provoke you. It’s better to not act impulsively because we don’t know who’s backing her.”

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Marcus’ car had to be scrapped. It was inconvenient for him to drive, seeing as to how he had just recovered from a serious ailment, so we could only hail a ride back.

We were barely past the first intersection when our cab was swiftly surrounded on all sides by several black sedans.

Out stepped men in formal dressing. It was obvious that they had no good intentions. However, our driver was so unnerved as he articulated himself properly, “Who… Don’t be stupid… This is a law-abiding society… I’ll call the police!”