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.

that it was likely to snow again. After all, the city would

snowed heavily on New Year’s

snowflakes reflected light,

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

Be careful when

before getting

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

not seem like a good idea

a whiff of the familiar scent and knew that it was Ashton. Turning to look at him, I

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 might as well

thought of being apart from a child who had been under

thought of how Summer and I would be spending more time apart in the future popped into my mind. Feeling worse than before, I peaked at Ashton

me in the

Nudging him, I

turning up late for work?” Hugging me tighter, he planted a kiss on my cheek

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

say that you were going to bring me out?

can go out

breakfast, and Summer was

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