“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.
felt like a dream. When I was roused from my sleep, it was
shone through the bedroom windows and cast an array
As I lay on the bed for
the covers aside. To my surprise, there was a
quickly calculated my menstrual cycle. In the past four years, I’ve experienced inconsistencies with my period schedule
rose to my feet and changed into a fresh set of clothes. After changing,
made me feel uneasy. Now that I wanted to have a child of my own, I would
a shower to find Ashton in the living room. Flora had
me. “You are awake?” he
“Aren’t you going to visit the office today?” I
a break these two days,” Ashton nodded, “And I will be able to take my annual leave after making the final
a delicate kiss on
sudden, I thought of the sandalwood box that we had brought home from Cameron. “Ashton, should
box had been left unopened in the house for a long
from lazing around the house. He
I turned to
never planned on opening it. It seems like Cameron recognized it because it used to belong to the Murphys,” he replied after a brief
does it involve
can it belong to the Murphys? The box was always by Granny’s side!” I exclaimed
as he continued to fiddle with the box’s latch in an attempt to open it. “I figure that the box can only be opened if
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