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

snowed heavily on

reflected light, and it

woke up early the next morning, but to be precise, I could not get much sleep. “Do you feel unwell?”

Be careful when

at the time before getting

heavily, there was a thick blanket of snow covering

not seem like a good idea to

hug. I took a whiff of the familiar scent and knew that it was Ashton. Turning to look at him, I asked, “Ashton, is Jared

shoulder. “Summer is having her school holidays. Since we are too busy to spend time with her while she’s at home, we might as well let her

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

the thought of how Summer and I would be spending more time apart in the future popped into my mind. Feeling worse

looked me in the eye and

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

there is afraid of turning up late for work?” Hugging

squirming in his arms for a while, he finally got changed while I went to

coming up soon. Shouldn’t you try to finish your work as soon as possible? Didn’t you say that you were going to bring me out?

can go out with

I headed downstairs. Flora had already prepared breakfast, and Summer was already awake because of the body clock she had adopted in

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