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.

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

heavily on

light,

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

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

getting out

to the balcony. As it was snowing heavily, there

a

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

my shoulder. “Summer is having her school holidays. Since we are too

that he was right, I still felt uneasy at the thought of being apart from a

more time apart in the future popped into my mind. Feeling worse than before, I peaked at Ashton and muttered, “Ashton, let’s have another child. Can

second before he looked me in the

to avoid his eyes in embarrassment. Nudging him, I tried to change the topic. “You

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

finally got changed while I went to wash up. Even after

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? If you keep doing this, when will we be able to have a date?”

can go out with you

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

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