Chapter 17

With a sigh of relief, I lay down and got ready to sleep.

The next morning.

I woke up earlier than usual.

Ashton had not woken up yet and he was sleeping very soundly. Even then, his sleeping posture was very pleasant to the eyes. His neat and short black hair revealing his classic facial features which were well-defined.

It was the first time that I looked at his face so carefully.

His eyelashes were very long, his lips were tightly closed and the corners of his lips were turned down slightly!

This facial expression was an indication of constant alertness.

It had been said that people who slept with this posture were persistent and insistent on getting their way.

Indeed, Ashton fitted that description.

He had a broad chest, wide shoulders, and a narrow waist. Additionally, his legs were well-proportioned and slender!

His level of alertness was extremely high even when he was sound asleep.

He opened his pitch-black eyes suddenly with not the slightest bit of sleepiness and staring straight at me.

As our eyes met, I was taken aback for a moment but quickly returned to normalcy.

After a while, his tense body relaxed. His eyes narrowed and he stretched out his hand. “Come here?”

the slightest embarrassment of being caught looking at him in his sleep. “You get more sleep.

that John brought earlier was still in the yard and it was too big

as well just fill the fruits in a plate and brought some in. John was right. They were

great too. When I was a kid, I always liked to eat that with chili.

that she craved for them, so I washed

still in hospital, I would send them to

it was Ashton in grey

sleep in?” It was still early and there was nothing for

air about him. Sure enough, he looked at me for a long time and said softly; “I

still. I put down my mobile phone and told

irritable and cranky when they are

of suppressed desire, “Shall we go

I said nothing

proper and well-dressed a man might be; he

no more. His hands moved around my waist and explored, sliding up

If he continued and if Mrs. Eriksen came home, we

he had already picked me up and stepped into the bathroom. Then, he turned on the shower before putting me on the edge of the bath. He put his arms around my waist as he

not

low and seductive as he caught my hands and

We did not speak.

I lay limp in his arms. He washed me and dressed me in some

living room and placed me on the sofa before going back to bathe

 good understanding of the saying – A

few times. While Ashton was in the bathroom, I answered the

awake?” Hearing the tone of his voice, I realized that he had woken

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