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.

at the door in a thin, figure-hugging dress. She looked at Ashton with a rather pitiful

looked at her.

I’m feeling a little peckish. I didn’t want to bother you, but it’s my first time here, and I’m not familiar with the area. Joe told me not to run around by myself, so I thought maybe

gentle, and she sounded as though she genuinely didn’t want to create trouble

not taking good care of her. As she had hoped, Ashton frowned slightly and replied, “Next time, just give me a call immediately. That will be alright with

slightly and said, still in that aggravatingly gentle tone, “It’s alright. I’m not that cold!”

even colder outside than in here! You’re going to get sick if

adoration in his tone. It wasn’t something he could help—he tried to

here is very nice, and that I wouldn’t have

I sighed and returned to a room, emerging with a random coat in my hand. Shoving it into Ashton’s hands, I said coldly,

wasn’t exactly angry, but I couldn’t help but be a little exasperated at Rebecca. She was milking this for all it was worth, and worse still, Ashton

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

turned to me and put on

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

the unhappiness in me, I snapped, “It’s alright. Let’s

them and walked straight into

and Armond were already there. When she spotted us, Nora flew over and took my hand immediately. “I knew all of you were still in the hotel, so I suggested

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