Although I made it up that Joseph’s ears would flinch, his hesitance had betrayed him entirely.

Inwardly, I knew that Joseph was loyal to Ashton and refused to reveal anything to me because Ashton warned him against it. Well, both the master and the subordinate are stubborn. I don’t think Joseph will say anything even if I torture him.

Besides, since we had let go of the past, I thought I could persuade Ashton to open his heart to me.

“Fine, fine. I’ll let you go this time. Get in.”

After Joseph left, I returned to my room and sat on the couch for a while.

When Ashton came out of the bathroom, I looked up at him and saw that he only covered the lower part of his body with a towel. I reckoned he would then put on some clothes to cover his body.

However, when Ashton saw that I stared at him, he narrowed his eyes and grinned with naughty intentions. “I have reasons to believe that you’re hinting something at me.”

As his wife, I certainly knew what was on his mind when he glanced at me that way.

 

as expected, Ashton walked toward the wardrobe once he

I immediately dismissed his

time. Apart from the fact that he always came home late, we rarely spent time with each other in these years. Perhaps that was also why I only noticed his gunshot scar earlier

stood up and followed him to the wardrobe. Then, I leaned against

that I came closer

into each other’s eyes. As we grew older, we got used to it and felt comfortable about it. Pursing my lips, I

his left leg. In no time, he could tell that I had noticed the secret

had to admit that Ashton didn’t hide it from me purposely. On the contrary, I didn’t notice his scar earlier because I

wished to find out if he

tell me about the unpleasant things that he went through. Despite that, I thought it

they said, the first

my parents’ accidental death had come to light. When I rushed to the city,

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