In Love, Never Say Never (Ashton Fuller and Scarlett Stovall) novel Chapter 336

I was still recovering from the shock of what had just happened. My entire body felt completely numb.

Jared continued chattering next to me, but I didn’t register a single word he said. When Cameron and Zachary arrived in the room, Jared turned to look at me with a rather complicated expression on his face.

Cameron was the first to open his mouth. “Are you alright?”

I looked up at them and said in a dull tone, “If the both of you want to file a lawsuit against me, please go ahead.”

Cameron shook her head frantically. “No, we’re here to take a look at you! Ms. Stovall, you…”

Zachary interrupted her impatiently. “Alright, you’ve seen her. Let’s go and visit Rebecca now! This matter is over as far as I’m concerned.”

Jared helped me to bandage my wounds. As he gazed darkly after their retreating backs, he said with a frown, “I suppose the Moore family won’t be filing a lawsuit against you, then.”

Truthfully, I wasn’t afraid of what they might do to me. I bowed my head and stared at the wound on my arm.

Looking up at Jared again, I asked, “Nothing will happen to Ashton, right?”

He burst into laughter. “He didn’t sustain injuries to his lungs, so he’s fine. He’ll be alright after a few stitches, don’t worry about it.”

I nodded, still feeling a little uncertain.

Ashton jumped down from his hospital bed after the stitching and said to me, “Come on, let’s go home!”

I gaped at him, feeling rather stunned. A complicated mix of emotions surged up within me. “Ashton, you must be knocked in the head!” I exclaimed. “You’ve just come out of the operating room, and you’re looking for death again? Don’t you think your injuries are bad enough as they are?”

It was already three in the morning now. Mrs. Eriksen and Sally had returned to the villa. Jared and Joe went home, too. As for Rebecca, the Moore family had hired a night nurse to look after her.

I remained in the hospital with Ashton. When he tried to sneak out against doctor’s orders, I managed to stop him with an angry yell.

He looked at me, stunned. With a frown, he demanded, “Aren’t you tired of being cooped up at the hospital?”

I pursed my lips and shoved him back onto the hospital bed. The injuries on his abdomen had been bandaged and were healing well, but I felt my heart ache just looking at them. “Lie down on your back,” I ordered. “We’ll leave the hospital only when the doctor discharges us.”

Ashton lay back down obediently and patted the space next to him on the bed. “Lie here with me, or we’ll go home right now.”

I pressed my lips together in exasperation. There was no use in arguing with a sick person. Besides, I was pretty tired. To his delight, I lowered myself into his bed, trying to put as much distance between us as possible.

However, Ashton snuggled closer to me and wrapped his arms around my body. In a low voice, he mumbled, “Sleep tight.”

Hearing his voice, the tears I had been holding back started flowing down my cheeks uncontrollably.

I turned around to face him, my face wet with tears. “Ashton, don’t you dare do this for me in the future. I don’t need it, and I don’t want you to get injured because of me.”

He tilted my chin up and looked deeply at me. “Does your heart ache?”