I was momentarily dumbstruck. Who was he referring to?

“What?”

Without saying anymore, he lowered his head and kissed me deeply. It was as though he wanted to swallow me alive.

He was being moody.

I noticed it when we were at the hotel. But, why?

I thought he was tired from work. But now, he didn’t seem to be tired at all.

In the bathroom’s permeating heat, his raging desire was full-on.

“Ashton!” I said, but he had already lifted me up in his arms.

He stopped his movements altogether. He stared at me with his dark eyes, and he was breathing heavily.

I was obviously bewildered.

“Are you angry?” I asked cautiously.

He looked at me with narrow eyes, but his gaze was soft and gentle as always.

“You don’t want to do it?” he asked hoarsely. His voice sounded restrained.

head. “I want it.

his arms around me. With a low voice, he said,

headed straight to the bedroom and gently put me on

me to sleep with him, but this time it felt

couldn’t fall asleep. My heart ached as I lay next

past midnight when I was woken up to the sound of Ashton groaning

frown on his

having

woke him up.

up and saw that it was me, he wrapped his arms tightly around me and said

momentarily startled, then I reached out my hand to comfort

me as I wiped the sweat from his forehead. I asked, “Did

me and drew in a deep, shaky breath. “There’s nothing but darkness. You’re

one who was drowning in pain. For the past four years, I had Summer, who helped mend my broken heart. But he was suffering

I huddled into his arms. “I won’t go anywhere as

I were like two puppets that had sunk to the bottom of the sea. We needed each other to endure the darkness that engulfed

you up and you were just an imaginary character because I was too lonely. The villa in J City always felt empty whenever I went there.

I took his hand in mine, interlocking our fingers together. “I’m

how to thrive in the world of business and taught me how to face my enemies. But he never taught me how to love someone. I’m sorry that

shook my head as tears fell from my eyes. “I was

accepted my life the way it was. But I never

loved him. But I didn’t love him the way

and didn’t fake a miscarriage to deceive him and left him, he wouldn’t be in

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