“So, what are your plans?” he asked softly.
“I plan to tell everyone that my hubby is an excellent man. He is an excellent man that makes every woman fall heads over heels for him,” I joked teasingly.
In the blink of an eye, his lips met mine as he kissed me affectionately. “Say it again,” he demanded as his eyes darkened.
“Hubby!” I beamed with a bright smile.
That night, I became much bolder and eager to take the initiative. In the latter half of the night, Ashton’s spirit seemed to double in vigor. Along with his heavy panting, his movements seemed to become more frenzied.
In a delirious haze, my fingers twisted in the sheets. “Ashton, will you give me a child? I want to have a child with you,” I said with heavy breaths.
Amidst the heat of the moment, Ashton’s movements came to a screeching halt. A flicker of coldness flashed across his eyes.
I froze at his icy expression. “You can’t do it?” I asked in confusion.
Upon my question, the coldness in Ashton’s eyes faded away. “I can. I’ll give you as many children as you desire,” he shook his head with a faint smile.
I grinned in response. The faint recollection of the child echoed in my mind as I felt a slight stab of pain in my heart and body.
Gently, Ashton pulled me into his embrace. “Scarlett, we should take good care of each other,” he rasped.
I nodded in agreement as fatigue overcame my body. Right before I drifted into a deep slumber, I could feel Ashton wiping my body tenderly.
felt like a dream. When I was roused from my sleep,
sunlight shone through the bedroom windows and cast an
As I lay on the bed for a
covers aside. To my surprise, there was a
stunned as I quickly calculated my menstrual cycle. In the past four years, I’ve experienced inconsistencies with
couldn’t help but frown as I rose to my feet and changed into a fresh set of clothes. After changing, I gathered the bed sheet and
uneasy. Now that I wanted to have a child of my own, I would
Ashton in the living room. Flora had left after
to greet me.
nodded in reply. “Aren’t you going to visit the office today?” I asked gently as I sidled closer to rest my head against
be taking a break these two days,” Ashton nodded, “And I will be able to take my annual leave after
pressed a delicate kiss on
sandalwood box that we had brought home from Cameron. “Ashton, should we open
had been left unopened in the
lazing around the house. He nodded
it before?” I turned to ask him once I found
“I never planned on opening it. It seems like Cameron recognized
it involve
box was always by Granny’s side!”
fiddle with the box’s latch in an attempt to open it. “I figure that the
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