“So, what are your plans?” he asked softly.
“I plan to tell everyone that my hubby is an excellent man. He is an excellent man that makes every woman fall heads over heels for him,” I joked teasingly.
In the blink of an eye, his lips met mine as he kissed me affectionately. “Say it again,” he demanded as his eyes darkened.
“Hubby!” I beamed with a bright smile.
That night, I became much bolder and eager to take the initiative. In the latter half of the night, Ashton’s spirit seemed to double in vigor. Along with his heavy panting, his movements seemed to become more frenzied.
In a delirious haze, my fingers twisted in the sheets. “Ashton, will you give me a child? I want to have a child with you,” I said with heavy breaths.
Amidst the heat of the moment, Ashton’s movements came to a screeching halt. A flicker of coldness flashed across his eyes.
I froze at his icy expression. “You can’t do it?” I asked in confusion.
Upon my question, the coldness in Ashton’s eyes faded away. “I can. I’ll give you as many children as you desire,” he shook his head with a faint smile.
I grinned in response. The faint recollection of the child echoed in my mind as I felt a slight stab of pain in my heart and body.
Gently, Ashton pulled me into his embrace. “Scarlett, we should take good care of each other,” he rasped.
I nodded in agreement as fatigue overcame my body. Right before I drifted into a deep slumber, I could feel Ashton wiping my body tenderly.
like a dream. When I was roused from my sleep, it
shone through the bedroom windows and cast
lay on the bed for a brief moment, I felt a hint
my surprise, there was a puddle
stunned as I quickly calculated my menstrual cycle. In the past four years, I’ve experienced inconsistencies with my period schedule and volume.
set
deal, the arrival of my period made me feel uneasy. Now that I wanted
emerged from the room after a shower to find Ashton in the
Ashton turned around to greet me. “You are awake?” he asked
going to visit the office today?” I asked gently as I sidled closer to rest my
days,” Ashton nodded, “And I will be able to take my annual leave
pressed a delicate kiss
the sandalwood box that we had brought home from Cameron.
had been left unopened in the
house. He nodded in agreement as
it before?” I turned to
seems like Cameron recognized it because it used to belong to the Murphys,” he replied
it involve the
it belong to the Murphys? The box was always by
the box’s latch in an attempt to open it. “I figure that the box can only
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