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. But

With a

me in his arms, he headed straight to the bedroom and gently put me

first time for me to sleep with him, but this time it felt

My heart ached as

woken up to the sound of Ashton groaning in pain. I sat up in bed and turned

was sweating profusely. With a frown on his face, he

was having

him up.

saw that it was me, he wrapped his arms tightly around me and said in a low and hoarse

startled, then I reached out my hand to comfort him.

in bed, he hugged me as I wiped the sweat from his forehead.

drew in a deep, shaky breath. “There’s nothing but

years, I had Summer, who helped

won’t go anywhere as long as you

I were like two puppets that had sunk to the bottom of the sea. We needed

I was too lonely. The villa in J City always felt empty whenever I went there. I would then go to the cemetery to visit Grandma and Grandpa’s graves. Their tombstones were so real and clear that it made me wonder again if I was in a dream. On the

his hand in mine,

continued, “Scarlett, Grandpa taught me how to thrive in the world of business and taught me how to face my enemies. But he never taught

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

perfect. For the past seven years, I had accepted my life the way it was. But I never

But I didn’t love him

him what I was in my mind and didn’t fake a miscarriage to deceive him and left him, he wouldn’t be in his current state of

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