Oh dear, I shouldn’t have mentioned his name. It looks like John hasn’t visited her in a while.

Without asking any further, I reminded her to take care of herself before hanging up.

Ashton held my hand and reassured me, “Don’t brood over it. Have a good rest when we get home, alright?”

I nodded. Then, I looked at him and commented, “In books, it often portrays that a man would do anything for the woman he loves. Why don’t I see that happening in real life?”

John liked Hannah. After so many years with her by his side, he was already used to her company. Yet, why did he have to leave her to fend for herself when she was in her most vulnerable state?

Did he not know that an emotional wound hurt more than a physical one?

With one hand on the steering wheel, Ashton gave me a side glance. He challenged, “Hmm, although there are ghosts and gods in books, do we see them in reality?”

I shook my head.

Chuckling softly, Ashton emphasized his point. “Well, it shows that we can’t trust everything in books.”

Feeling resigned, I kept quiet.

It was late in the night by the time we returned to the villa.

turn darker. Earlier, Sally mentioned that it was likely to snow again. After all, the city

snowed heavily on New Year’s

reflected light, and

the next morning, but to be precise, I could not get much sleep. “Do you

Hey, it’s snowing outside. Be careful

time before getting out of bed and heading to

snowing heavily, there was a thick

like a good idea to

enveloped me in a warm hug. I took a whiff of the familiar scent and knew that it was Ashton. Turning to

are too busy to spend time with her while she’s at

at the thought of being apart from a child who had been under my watch all this

time apart in the future popped into my mind. Feeling worse than before, I peaked at Ashton and muttered, “Ashton, let’s have

looked me in the eye and smirked. “Sure! We shall create one

and I tried to avoid his eyes in embarrassment. Nudging him, I tried to

up late for work?”

went to wash up. Even after I was done, he was still

as soon as possible? Didn’t you say that you were going to bring me out? If you keep doing this, when will we be able to have a

“I can go out

I headed downstairs. Flora had already prepared breakfast, and Summer was already awake because of

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