I pursed my lips and let out a giggle out of nervousness, much to his confusion.

“What are you laughing about?” he asked.

“Oh, it’s nothing! Why are you suddenly okay with me helping Marcus out?” I said, trying my best to appear calm.

Ashton took a deep breath. “You’re willing to trust me even after all that has happened, so what right do I have to complain? Besides, you chose to be with me, didn’t you?”

“Yes, I did.” I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry in response to that. Had Ashton not been forced to tell the truth, we might never truly be able to trust each other our entire lives…

“How are the babies? Have they been behaving? Did they give you a hard time?” Ashton lowered his gaze as if he wanted to rest his head on my tummy through the screen.

I tilted my phone slightly downwards so he could see it and gave it a little rub as I said, “They’ve been really good. I haven’t felt them kicking at all.”

When I didn’t get a response from Ashton for quite a while, I tilted my phone back towards my face and saw his camera pointing at the ceiling.

probably too tired and fell asleep while

silent next to my pillow. I then lay down on the bed and imagined him being next to

babies didn’t move much that night, so I was able

my phone had switched itself off automatically when its battery died. Looks like Ashton got a

the living room to

with a stack of documents the moment I stepped

down, Emma. What are you talking about?”

Here, see? Your admission to the bar came in the mail this morning, and along with it an internship invitation from a law firm!” Emma said while handing

I exclaimed, feeling overjoyed as I read through

that I had almost forgotten about the bar exam! This is a really pleasant surprise! Looks like my hard work

a moment to calm down, I began reading through the internship invitation. “Tinsel

sound so familiar? I feel like I’ve heard this name

in K City’s

from her and

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