I nodded and smiled bleakly. After another thirty minutes of conversation, the voice on the other end of the line got softer and softer. She was probably getting sleepier by the minute.

A while later, I heard Ashton’s deep, low voice over the phone. “She has fallen asleep. I’ll send her back to her room first—wait for me to come back!”

I nodded. “Alright.”

I couldn’t help but yawn too—it had been a very long day. Five minutes later, I heard Ashton’s voice again. “Are you very tired today?”

I nodded and replied miserably, “Just a little!” I had been working from morning till night, and my entire body was wracked with fatigue.

“Have you washed up yet?”

I shut my eyes and nodded my head hastily. “Of course, I have.”

An odd thought floated into my head that very moment, and I found myself thinking about Armond and Nora. Rather hesitatingly, I ventured, “Ashton, what happens when you men can’t…you know…”

I heard him suck in a deep breath on the other end of the line. After a short pause, he asked, “Can’t what?”

Hearing his suggestive tone, I knew he was thinking all sorts of rubbish again. I opened my mouth and said, “It’s like this. Armond and Nora are in a relationship now, aren’t they? But Armond seems to have some sort of trauma regarding intimacy. I think it stems from something that happened to him in the past. What do you think he should do?”

After all, who could understand a man better than another man?

suppose. Why are you poking your nose

and replied in a dissatisfied

to A City tomorrow. What do you want

and Japanese cuisine! I’m absolutely craving them right

that—she kept talking about them last night, and now

then, sleep earlier. Make sure to shut the door

of his nagging, I said consolingly, “Alright, alright, I got it!

bathroom to wash up. Perhaps it was because work had tired me out too much,

next morning. September in A City meant lots and lots of sunlight—the dews on green leaves on the trees glistened in

indeed, so I felt very relaxed when

finalized matters regarding the details on the second floor of the base that morning. Since there was nothing going on that

we would be turning our attentions to other projects. The completion of the base construction marked the end

fire and ice in some aspects, she was flawless when it came to her job,

looked as though she had just seen something she liked. It was a genuine smile, and

her gaze, I saw a man emerge from a black Bentley at the

got it at

I ran over to him at once and jumped into his arms. “Didn’t you say you were only going to arrive tonight? When did

nose with his knuckle and said, smiling, “Are you really going to have both

shook my head. “Of course

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