I shrugged, my gaze sweeping over the many skincare products lined up on the dressing table. “I’m getting old. If it weren’t for these, I’d have turned into a hag a long time ago. You wouldn’t want to bang a wrinkly lady, right?”

He squinted at the products, raising a curious eyebrow. A charming smirk grew on his face as he slowly approached me.

Sensing his strange actions, I stared at him suspiciously out of the corner of my eye. “What are you doing?”

He picked up one of the bottles of lotion, skimmed over the instructions, and then glanced at me. “I’ll help you put this on.”

I…

That was the lotion that Nora had gifted me. Her old folks claimed that our relationship would improve with this. Despite the expensive price tag, she thought we had to catch up with the trend and try it.

He squeezed some lotion out onto his palm, pulling me into his arms once more. “You can leave these sorts of things up to me in the future, Mrs. Fuller.”

Panicking, I grabbed onto his wrist. “What are you doing, Ashton?”

“I’m helping you put lotion on.” His smile was disarmingly handsome, and one of his hands was already starting to slip under my negligee.

of its AI technology recently? Even if you try to withdraw now and find another company to collaborate with, you’ll still face the same

little rant didn’t distract him at all. I bit on my lower lip,

about the subject anymore, but he finally replied, “Just the

after all. Pushing him away, I crawled back into bed and

your husband instead of me. You’re just trying

stay with Murphy Corporation,” I argued from under the

wrapping me in his arms. “Can’t I just give you however much money

different! I want to earn my own

a lesson tonight,” he joked. After saying

its limit after several rounds of lovemaking, and I begged him, “Ashton, I can’t… Ah! If you keep this up… I won’t go back to K City with

hips finally halted their movements as he buried his face into the crook of my neck, chuckling in satisfaction. The grass is always greener on the

like how someone might be admiring the scenery, but someone else might be admiring the

sleepy as the night dragged on, my eyes closing on their own will. I distantly registered the sensation of something being put onto

say before he placed a gentle kiss

eyes flew open. Burrowing into his arms, I reached up and kissed him again, saying drowsily, “We’re already an old, married couple,

away from K City, I’d left my wedding ring and all my credit cards at the villa.

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