My Extraordinary Wife

Chapter 71

Lucas had an inkling that he was never going to get the gentle and playful Ashlyn back, ever again.

His heart ached terribly as he thought of how aloof and distant she had become.

However, he then recalled how much he had enjoyed Ashlyn’s cooking so he dragged himself up and walked over to the dining table.

When he took a sip of the chicken noodle soup, an inexplicable sense of contentment started to spread through him.

Though it was not very obvious, one could tell that he was feeling moved, based on the crack in his expression.

He had long gotten used to Ashlyn over the past few years, whether it be her cooking or her body.

He could even vividly recall the fragrance of her skincare products.

Finishing the bowl of noodle soup, he stood up to wash the dishes. To which soon after, he grabbed himself some medication for his tummy.

He then turned in for the night, only to end up tossing and turning; no sleep came to him.

His burning anxiety grew deep, along with the night.

Ashlyn had always been a light sleeper.

Hence, she was laying wide awake, the moment a dark figure opened the door to her room. She stayed perfectly still, laying turned on her side.

Though the person was moving very lightly, Ashlyn could easily tell from the sound of the familiar footsteps that it was Lucas.

night.

I’m very sure that

operandi; there was

at the sleeping woman. She had turned on a night light, and her face was bathed in the warm orange

and distant during the day, but now, she looked as harmless as an

stop himself and pressed his lips

still felt as soft and as full as he had remembered, and immediately, a familiar sense of

onto an oasis in the desert. That was how much he had thirsted for her lips, for her

couldn’t believe what

for so long just so he could sneak a

wanted to push Lucas away, but suddenly, a familiar feeling started blossoming from her

soon enough, it had spread throughout every cell in her

Not again!

is it that every time this man is somehow involved, it

charm does this man

it not been fed enough, all these

palpitations

why she had so readily agreed to

too naïve and had greatly underestimated the potency of the

had kissed Lucas during the day, the

in close vicinity, it had

body growing warmer, and it was

Very, very unbearable.