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?”

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

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

just fill the fruits in a plate and brought some in. John was right. They were all fruits from R Province. The tomatoes were not very big but they

mangoes were great too. When I was a kid, I always liked

a lot. Macy had always said that she craved for them, so I washed some and packed them for her. After checking

hospital, I would send

stairs, I turned around to look and saw it was Ashton in grey pajamas. He was tall and slim and looked

 still early and there was nothing for

eyes seemed cold but there was a compelling air about him. Sure enough, he

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

to be irritable and cranky when they are feeling unsettled. Humans are the same and we haven’t done it for a

voice was full of suppressed desire,

I said nothing

be; he would

back no more. His hands moved around my waist and

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

to the bathroom!” As he spoke, 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.

was not surprised, “Ashton,

was low and seductive as he caught my hands and our fingers

We did not speak.

an hour, I lay limp in

me into the living room and placed me on the sofa before

 have finally had a good understanding of the saying –

quite a few times. While Ashton was in the bathroom, I answered the call, feeling

tone of his voice, I realized that

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