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

it snowed heavily on New

snowflakes reflected light, and it brightened the

I could not

okay. Hey, it’s snowing outside. Be careful when you go out, okay?”

getting

balcony. As it was snowing heavily, there was a thick

not seem like a good idea to

took a whiff of the familiar scent and knew that it was Ashton. Turning

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

my mind. Feeling worse than before, I peaked at Ashton and muttered, “Ashton, let’s have another child. Can we

froze for a second before he looked me in the eye and smirked. “Sure! We shall create one

eyes in embarrassment. Nudging him,

late for work?” Hugging me tighter, he

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

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

can go out with you

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

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