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?”

being caught looking at him in

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

brought some in. John was right. They were all fruits from R Province. The tomatoes

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

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

hospital, I

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

 still early and

compelling air about him. Sure enough,

down my mobile phone and

and his voice was raspy. “Cats tend to be irritable and cranky when they are feeling unsettled. Humans are the same and we haven’t done it

full of suppressed desire, “Shall we go to the

I said nothing

man might be; he would become

back no more. His hands moved around my waist and

living room!” If he continued and if Mrs. Eriksen came home, we would be

the bathroom. Then, he turned on the shower before putting me on the edge of the bath.

not surprised, “Ashton,

was low and seductive as he caught

We did not speak.

hour, I lay limp in his arms. He washed me and

into the living room and placed me on

 the saying – A hungry

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

realized that he had woken up too early and had nothing

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