Marcus did not respond and kept his silence. He probably could not find the right words to say. Hence, I kept silent while I continued to stare at the fireworks.

Ashton got out of the bath and hugged me from the back.

“You really like fireworks huh,” he asked in a deep, sexy voice.

I nodded as I took in the lingering smell of the body wash on him. “This is going to be a long winter. Let’s head to R Province when you are less busy. I miss the watermelon and rose plants at the yard.”

“Sure,” he nodded, hugged me at his chest level, and lowered his chin onto my shoulder.

“Who were you on the phone with?” he probed as he took a glance at my phone.

I regained my senses, looked at my phone screen, and wanted to off the phone to end the call with Marcus.

However, Marcus had already ended the call. It was just a lit screen on display.

I felt a tinge of guilt and replied, “A friend called.”

Luckily, I had deleted Marcus’ number from my contacts. Even though my reply was vague, Ashton would never have guessed for it to be Marcus.

He did not probe further. “Go take a shower and sleep early tonight!” he nagged in a gentle tone.

my phone aside, and

His scars had faded.

bed! The bed is a place for sleep,”

up close, his gaze seemed darker, nose bridge higher

swallowed my saliva to moisten my dry throat, turned my gaze

while he switched

I took a sniff at the fragrance emitting

tensed body leaned into his embrace

lifted my chin. I could still see his charming features and dark gaze under

last time we

a

I regained my senses.

K City with strong winds blowing as I woke up in

sharp eyebrows resembled those of

for a few seconds before my

and continued to hug me. “It’s snowing. Let’s

ceiling and wondered how great it would be to

up to wake myself fully. Meanwhile, there was the sound of a kids’

balcony to observe Sally and her engaging in a snowball fight. Despite their age gap, they were equally agile.

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