As he spoke, he pulled me against his chest and pressed another kiss to my lips.

I pushed him away and said, giggling, “You know, if you ever have to stop working, you could always become a model to support Summer and me. After all, you certainly have the looks for it!”

His lips curled into a smile that looked a little sinister. “Was that supposed to be a compliment?”

I shrugged, nonplussed. “You can think of it as one?”

He wriggled closer to me, his voice sounding even deeper now. “Well, since you think that way, I think you can find out how this male model performs for yourself. What do you think, hmm?”

I froze for a second. Before I could react, he had already pinned me under him again…

 

I finally woke up at seven in the evening. Dusk had already fallen outside. I took a shower and came back outside, and Ashton helped me to dry my hair. After that, he handed me a particularly thick piece of clothing and told me to put it on.

 

Seeing the reluctance on my face, he said, “It’s autumn. It gets very cold at night around here, and you might catch a cold if you don’t dress warmly. Put this on!”

I grunted in reply, too lazy to continue arguing with him.

I found Rebecca standing at the door in a thin, figure-hugging dress. She looked at Ashton with a rather pitiful expression and said, smiling awkwardly, “Ash, you’re finally done

and looked at her.

I arrived this morning, so I’m feeling a little peckish. I didn’t want to bother you, but it’s my

gentle, and she sounded as though she

had hoped, Ashton frowned slightly and replied, “Next time, just give me a call immediately. That will

tone, “It’s alright. I’m not that cold!”

brows together and said again, “It’s even colder outside than in

It wasn’t something he could help—he tried to sound stern and

brought along a windbreaker when I came. Joe said the climate here is very nice, and that I wouldn’t have

I should go fetch her a coat. I sighed and returned

but be a little exasperated at Rebecca. She was milking

be more generous to her, but my heart burned with a fit of

and put on an obsequious expression. “Thank you, Ms.

a calculated move on her part. She kept calling Ashton by that infuriating nickname, ‘Ash’, but when it was my turn to be addressed, she insisted on calling me

dispel the unhappiness in me, I snapped, “It’s

and walked straight into the

already there. When she spotted us, Nora flew over and took my hand immediately. “I knew

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