In Love, Never Say Never (Ashton Fuller and Scarlett Stovall) novel Chapter 96

Rebecca felt unjust. Upon seeing Ashton leaving, she insisted she didn’t need Joseph’s help carrying her up. While limping, she stared at me and said, “Scarlett, you did it on purpose.”

I uttered, “I’m sorry, it wasn’t intentional.” The reason I’d pulled her earlier was that I was panicking.

After Joseph had left with Rebecca, Ashton came out of the office with a first aid kit in his hand. He came and crouched down next to me.

Staring at me, he said, “Give me your hand.”

I pursed my lips and extended my hand towards him. All I could feel was a burning sensation due to the cuts and grazes. I wasn’t aware when it had started bleeding.

At that moment, Ashton took my hand and looked at it. His brows furrowed deeply upon seeing that it was covered in blood. “Bear with me. This might hurt a little!”

I nodded and bit my lips slightly.

The skin’s upper layer was torn apart, exposing the tender flesh beneath it. Feeling the stinging pain from the antiseptic-soaked cotton swab, I retracted my hand instinctively as he was midway cleaning. However, he gripped onto my hand and uttered, “It’ll be fine in a while.”

I raised my eyebrows. “Just bandage it and get it over with.” It would hurt more if he started being meticulous about it.

After he applied the dressing, he looked up and stared at me in concern. “Is your knee hurt too?”

I shook my head, hoping that he wouldn’t touch it. Furthermore, it wasn’t obvious as I was wearing a skirt.

He ignored my words and lifted up the hem of my skirt. A big red patch revealed itself and it was a real eyesore.

“Don’t you feel pain?” He asked angrily.

I pursed my lips and replied, “Nope!”

Right after, he applied a little pressure on it and that had me gasping in pain. I couldn’t help but exclaim, “Ashton!”

With his head lowered down, he attended to the wound and replied in a soft tone, “I’m here.”

It was obvious that he did that on purpose.

While pursing my lips, I lowered my head without saying a word. He lifted his gaze at me, then made sure the wounds were well bandaged before he tidied up the first aid kit.

He took out all of the breakfast boxes that Joseph had brought earlier. There was pumpkin soup, steamed buns, dumplings, and soy milk.

I had no idea what was going through Joseph’s mind. What made him think we could finish all these? Besides, I had already eaten earlier.

Ashton placed all of the food in front of us, looked at me, and said, “Finish all of these, then lie down and take a nap.”

I raised my head and looked at him. After letting out a deep breath, I uttered, “Ashton, are you raising pigs here? How are we able to finish all these foods?”

He nodded and raised his eyebrows. “Yes, two!”

I…

I had dug my own grave.