A Love Trap

Being held by Andrew was a different feeling for Ashley. She was enveloped in his warm breath and her heart was racing. Uneasy about these feelings arising within her, she struggled against him and tried to disentangle herself from his embrace. But she was too weak to push away this big, strong man.

Andrew, on the other hand, was lost in his thoughts. When she tried to break free from his strong grip, he tightened the hug instinctively. If it had been possible, he would have glued her to his body, as he was so desperate to be with her every second of the day.

When he came to his senses, he said in a hoarse voice, "Don't move. I want to hug you." She didn't know what happened to him but his voice told her that he was exhausted.

She felt sorry for him. 'If my hug helps you to relax, I don't mind you hugging me, ' thought a generous Ashley.

One minute passed, then another. After a long time, when she was almost sleepy, he finally loosened his grip and let her go.

As soon as the cool wind hit her, she snapped out of the daze.

Although he let her go, his hand remained on her shoulder. He was staring at her affectionately.

His unflinching gaze made her nervous and her heart raced uncontrollably. She looked away to avoid making eye contact with him.

"What … what's the matter?" she stuttered.

He shook his head in reply.

Looking at his hand on her shoulder, she said, "Could you take your hand off?"

She felt awkward talking to him while his hand was on her shoulder.

"Did you miss me?" He asked, choosing to answer her question with another question. His eyes told her that he was looking for a positive answer.

She didn't notice his expression but his ears were so red that they looked like they might bleed if you twisted them. His fists were clenched and he stared unblinkingly at her.

"Huh?" Ashley looked up at Andrew with a confused look.

'Miss him?

him? We are not even

by her expression, he knew what her answer was. His face darkened and there was sadness written in his eyes at this

mistakenly thought he was angry. 'What's wrong with him? He called me to come down and hugged me. Now he is angry because I didn't answer

again, she noticed the sadness in

could it

in astonishment. It was hard to believe that he would be so deeply affected by her response. After all, he was the

her eyes fell on the dark circles under his eyes, she was shocked. His face looked weary — but not enough to take away the charm of his handsome face. 'We just met a few days ago. Why does he look

she asked him directly, "What were you busy doing? You look

couldn't see him clearly in the dim streetlight. He had been standing in the dark, but when they separated, he happened to stand under the light. Her words made him realise that.

mirror, but he knew he must look terrible. He had been working for

him to retreat to the darkness. However, her worried face made him change his mind. "I was gone

you stepped off the plane?" she asked

it is not true, ' she

was in vain.

deep into

that sucked out

magnetic eyes that it took her a while to

stammered, "Oh, well, why are you … why are you here then? You'd

speaking, she thought, 'Why did I

There was no need to be shy. How

lowered her head to

pleased him. He knew

see her clearly in the streetlight. She had casually thrown a coat over her flowy, white nightgown,

he called. Her hair was messy. She didn't look energetic like she usually did in the day.

on her cheeks. Her lips seemed

idea how attractive she was and

I wanted to see you." These last few days his heart had felt empty but when he

of his sentence, she could feel his affection and knew what he