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?”

without the slightest embarrassment of being caught looking at him in his sleep. “You get more sleep. I’m going

Eriksen must have gotten up early and gone to the market. The box of fruits that John brought earlier was still in the yard and it was too big for me to move

in. John was right. They were

too. When I was a kid,

so I washed some and packed them for her. After checking the

hospital, I would send them to her

I turned around to look and saw it was Ashton in grey pajamas. He

 was still early and there

Sure enough, he looked at me for a long time and said softly;

mobile phone and told him plainly, “Later, I shall be

to be irritable and cranky when they are feeling unsettled. Humans are the same

voice was full of suppressed desire, “Shall we go to the

I said nothing

no matter how proper and well-dressed a man might be; he would become

no more. His hands moved around my

this is the living room!” If he continued and if Mrs.

bathroom. Then, he turned on the shower

not

he

We did not speak.

tub for nearly an hour, I lay limp in his arms. He washed me and dressed

carried me into the living room and placed me

 saying – A hungry wolf

While Ashton was in the bathroom, I answered the call, feeling

that he had

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