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?

would I miss him? We are not even friends, ' she

what her answer was. His face darkened and

wrong with him? He called me to come down and hugged me. Now he is

she glanced at him again, she noticed the sadness in

it be

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

him directly, "What

standing in the dark, but when they separated, he happened to stand under the

didn't look at himself in the mirror, but he knew he must look terrible. He had been working for two days and two nights without getting any sleep.

face made him change his mind. "I

as soon as you stepped

it is not true, ' she prayed silently.

appeal was

and looked deep into her

at him. His eyes were like whirlpools that sucked out her soul and laid

his magnetic eyes that it took her a while to regain control of

well, why are you … why are you here

she thought, 'Why did

There was no need

to

He

the streetlight. She had casually thrown a coat over her flowy, white nightgown, which skimmed her knees and

look energetic like she usually did in

Her long, thick eyelashes fanned out on her cheeks. Her lips seemed

she was and he was on the edge of

his heart had felt empty but when he saw her, he felt a contentment like never

sentence, she could feel his affection and knew what he