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.

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

snowed heavily

reflected light, and it brightened the

morning, but to be precise, I could not get

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

he looked at the time before getting out of bed and heading to the

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

seem like a good idea to go

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

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 might as well let her have fun with

uneasy at the thought of being apart from a child

and I would be spending more time apart in the future popped into my mind. Feeling worse than

second before he looked me in the eye and smirked. “Sure! We

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

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

while I went to wash up. Even after

annual break is 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

laughed, “I can go out

already prepared breakfast, and Summer was already awake because of the body clock she

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