“Yep,” I said with a forced smile. Of course, I swallowed down what was supposed to come after it; that his skin was just as thick.

Holden caught sight of my expression and immediately figured out I was mocking him. His eyes narrowed and he whined, “Scar! Why are you mocking me again-”

Suddenly, a pair of hands roughly shoved a piece of fruit into Holden’s mouth.

Holden frowned and chewed. “What is this?”

“Dragon fruit,” Ashton said coldly.

“Sh*t! I have trypophobia!”

After that, he made a beeline for the bathroom.

After a series of loud retches, the sound of the toilet flushing rang out.

Ashton glanced at me and shrugged innocently. “I had no clue.”

Holden walked out of the bathroom. “Sh*t. Ashton, are you a proper man or not? That was below the belt!”

leaned against

saying goes, do stupid things, win stupid prizes. God’s teaching you a

a long time ago and I’m only standing here because I won! If not, I’d probably have been chopped up and fed to the fishes. No one can teach

his comfortable perch on the sofa and lay down casually, completely making

second before he bounced back up like a spring. After he sat up straight, he suddenly stared at me intensely, looking almost like

if you keep staring at me like that, the man behind you is going to

hunter right behind him with his rifle pointed straight at Holden’s head. As for me, the poor deer stuck in between, I felt

to hold back my laughter at the mere sight of Holden, so I really couldn’t find it in me to actually be serious on top of

and waved Ashton away. “I’m talking

staring into my soul. “You’re pretty good at keeping secrets, huh? I’ve known

out and pulled him back. “Hey, watch it. Haven’t you heard that you

“But-”

“No exceptions.”

was speechless and sighed heavily in response. “All right, I see what you’re doing. I can’t believe I’ve spent the last six years helping you find your wife and this

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