More Than A Favor

More Than A Favor

Chapter 33

I let out a sigh. “No, just in my dream.”

“Listen Elaine, you’ve got great taste. You’ll kick yourself if you let Ashton slip away. Shoot, if I was 50 years younger, I’d be after him myself,” Chloe joked.

I cracked up. Chloe was such a riot.

“I’m not kidding! Better move fast before that widow snatches him up,” she

warned.

Since it was just me and Chloe at the table, I had to ask, “Mrs. Sutton, where’d Ashton go?”

“Out having drinks with a buddy.”

I sipped some chicken soup, savoring it. “Isn’t drinking bad if he’s driving?”

“Oh, he just helps out with the taxi sometimes. It’s not his regular thing,” Chloe explained. Then she gave me a look. “So are you really thinking about marriage?”

“No, that was just the dream,” I clarified. Chloe rolled her eyes at me again.

I didn’t see Ashton for the rest of the evening. But just as I was drifting off, I

heard him come in.

Chloe’s voice followed: “Make sure everything’s locked up. We’ve got a young lady staying with us now.”

“All locked. Get some sleep.” Ashton’s voice was deep and clear – especially nice to hear at night.

I smiled, then heard Chloe add, “Ashton, better hurry up. Elaine’s already dreaming about marrying you.”

I bolted upright in bed. I never said that!

Chloe was such a gossip, spreading stuff around like that.

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able to face him. While I was still processing this, I heard Ashton’s response: “Got it. I’ll

I was speechless.

I was awakened by no ises outside. It wasn’t Ashton’s voice but a

accent.

young lady. Young women’s voices were usually soft and clear.

a knack for recognizing people by their voices. Yet somehow, I had failed to realize

hadn’t reached that point. I still found myself thinking about Logan–though not out of love, but resentment. I thought of him more often than

intently to the conversation outside.

Sutton, where’s Ashton?” the woman

early this morning,” Chloe replied, her voice accompanied by the sound of running water.

hadn’t gotten up yet.” The woman’s voice carried a hint of

do you care whether Ashton’s up or not? He’s not interested in

wouldn’t be able to handle such directness, but the woman outside didn’t seem fazed. Instead, she

This woman was

I know is that he tossed you out like a rag

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mercilessly.

old. What do you know?”

that people need dignity,” Chloe said sharply, earning my silent applause

care of you quite a bit. You don’t. have to help

it. “Yes, you’ve helped me, but only because you wanted to

under the covers. Chloe’s

I heard you took in a pretty lady. Is that true?” Synthia shifted the topic to

and delicate. Plus, she’s a proper and decent lady. I’m quite fond of her,” Chloe said, praising me to the skies. Instinctively, I touched my face. My skin was indeed smooth and

meet

for me, probably worried I’d steal her beloved Ashton

their neatly painted toenails, into my slippers and stood up. I was wearing a white silk nightgown, its thin straps

sleep, giving me a lazy yet alluring

yawned, and stepped outside. “Mrs. Sutton, your place has terrible soundproofing. I

I

turned to look at me. Her eyes filled first with amazement, then quickly with jealousy