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.

mentioned that it was likely to snow again. After all, the city would experience a few heavy snowfalls every

it snowed heavily on New

white snowflakes reflected light, and it brightened the

be precise, I could not get

Be careful when you go out, okay?”

time before getting out of bed

it was snowing heavily, there was a thick blanket of snow covering the plants

a good idea

the familiar scent and knew that it was

while gently rested his chin on my shoulder. “Summer is having her school holidays. Since we are too busy to spend time with her while she’s at home, we

knew that he was right, I still felt uneasy at the thought of being apart from a child who had been under my watch all

the future popped into my mind. Feeling worse than before, I peaked at

me in

to avoid his eyes in embarrassment. Nudging him, I tried to change the topic. “You should get changed. Otherwise, you will

of turning up late for work?” Hugging

his arms for a while, he finally got changed while I went to wash up. Even

as possible? Didn’t you say that you were going to bring me out? If you keep doing

can go out with you any

Summer was already awake because of the

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