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.

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

it snowed heavily on New

reflected light, and it brightened the

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

I’m okay. Hey, it’s snowing outside. Be careful

he looked at the time before getting out of bed and

meantime, I headed to the balcony. As it was snowing heavily, there was a

a good

scent and knew that it

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

I still felt uneasy at the thought of being apart from a child who had

apart in the future popped into my mind. Feeling worse than before, I peaked at Ashton and muttered,

a second before he looked me in the eye and

Nudging him, I tried

for work?” Hugging me tighter, he

for a while, he finally got changed while I went to wash 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?

go out with you any

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

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