Chapter 17

With a sigh of relief, I lay down and got ready to sleep.

The next morning.

I woke up earlier than usual.

Ashton had not woken up yet and he was sleeping very soundly. Even then, his sleeping posture was very pleasant to the eyes. His neat and short black hair revealing his classic facial features which were well-defined.

It was the first time that I looked at his face so carefully.

His eyelashes were very long, his lips were tightly closed and the corners of his lips were turned down slightly!

This facial expression was an indication of constant alertness.

It had been said that people who slept with this posture were persistent and insistent on getting their way.

Indeed, Ashton fitted that description.

He had a broad chest, wide shoulders, and a narrow waist. Additionally, his legs were well-proportioned and slender!

His level of alertness was extremely high even when he was sound asleep.

He opened his pitch-black eyes suddenly with not the slightest bit of sleepiness and staring straight at me.

As our eyes met, I was taken aback for a moment but quickly returned to normalcy.

After a while, his tense body relaxed. His eyes narrowed and he stretched out his hand. “Come here?”

away, without the slightest embarrassment of being caught looking at him in his sleep. “You get more sleep.

and gone to the market. The box of fruits that John brought earlier was still in the yard and it was

some in. John was right. They were all fruits from R

When I was a kid, I always

I washed some and packed them for her. After checking the time,

hospital, I would send them to

to look and saw it was Ashton in grey pajamas. He was

don’t you sleep in?” It was still early and there was nothing for

compelling air about him. Sure enough, he looked at me for a long time

and told him plainly, “Later, I shall be going to the hospital to see

to be irritable and cranky when they are feeling unsettled. Humans are the same and we haven’t done it

desire, “Shall we go to the

I said nothing

be; he would

His hands moved

he continued and if

he turned on the shower

was not surprised,

was low and seductive as he caught my hands and our fingers

We did not speak.

rolling in the tub for nearly an hour, I lay limp in his arms. He washed me and dressed me in

living room and placed me on the sofa before going back to bathe

 saying – A hungry wolf

quite a few times. While Ashton was in the bathroom, I answered the call, feeling quite tired. “What’s

tone of his voice, I realized that he had woken up too

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