In Love, Never Say Never (Ashton Fuller and Scarlett Stovall) novel Chapter 148

“It’s too early to go to bed now. Let’s go out for a bit.” Ashton said before putting down the bowl.

I glanced at the clock and saw that it was eight o’clock. Sure, it’s still quite early, but…

I stood up and said, “But it’s still raining!”

“We’ll go when the rain stops.” He was really stubborn about his plans. After putting the bowl down, he dragged me along to sit on the sofa.

After a brief moment, he said, “I think you should start going for walks and stuff. Pregnant women need adequate exercise too, you know? Slow walks that last for about an hour or two should be sufficient.”

I blinked. Where is he learning all this information from? It was then that I noticed the title of the book that he was reading earlier was named ”The Shears’ Pregnancy Encyclopedia.”

Huh?

So that’s the book that he was so immersed in?

As his gaze fell upon my surprised expression, he coughed and said, “Let’s go out for walks every day from now on.”

I nodded. “What other books did you buy?”

He paused for a moment before replying, “Just the ones that Jared recommended me. And look, the rain has stopped. Go and put on something warm.”

“Do I really need to go?” I whined.

He nodded at me, his gaze firm. “I’ll wait for you here.”

Gosh. It seems like I won’t be able to refuse him. After getting a jacket upstairs, I left the villa with him. The villas were spaced out wide apart in the villa estate to allow for sufficient green space in between.

After walking a short distance, a familiar sense of lethargy soon crept up my legs. I stopped and turned to look at him. “We’ve walked long enough. Let’s go back!”

“It hasn’t even been ten minutes!” He dismissed my pleas sternly. “We’re going to walk for at least another fifty minutes more!”

The pavement was still wet from the rain, but the air felt warm. One could see the reflections of the street lamps lined up along the paths. It was a great place to have a walk at.

It’s just that I don’t want to! I’m lazy!

Unfortunately, with him dragging me on, I had no choice but to follow. The two of us stayed relatively silent, and all that accompanied our walk was the chirping of birds in the surroundings.

As I walked with my head low, I suddenly asked, “Ashton, have you thought of a name for our kid?”

The baby would be due in just a few months’ time.

After some thought, he turned to look at me. “How about Scarla?”

My Grandma named me Scarlett because the color scarlet symbolized courage, passion, force, and joy – qualities she hoped for me to have.

Locking gazes with Ashton, I said, “Scarla… Does that name symbolized a fiery girl like the color scarlet?”

He chuckled, “You could say that.”

“But that’s a girl’s name. What if the baby turns out to be a boy instead?” I said. Even after having a few pregnancy checkups, it did not cross my mind to check the sex of my baby at all, so I was not sure about it myself.

“Well… If it’s a boy, we’ll think about the name after he’s born.” He scoffed, kicking a branch off the ground.