A Love Trap

Ashley thought she wouldn't be able to fall asleep because normally, she wouldn't be able to on a bed that she wasn't used to.

When she first moved into the Golden Palace, it also took her a while to get used to the bed there. However, here in Andrew's old room, she fell asleep right away as she snuggled in Andrew's arms.

When she woke up, she felt dizzy probably from sleeping too long.

Andrew was still sleeping so Ashley carefully slipped out of bed and went to the bathroom to wash her face with cold water to collect herself.

When she looked at the time, she found that it was already four in the afternoon. She had slept around 1 p.m. which meant she'd been asleep for hours.

She rubbed her cheeks to get some color in her face then headed downstairs so she could help Bertha prepare dinner.

When she got to the first floor, she found someone sitting on the couch.

Upon looking closer, she realized it was Chant.

When Chant saw her, he waved to her to come over and sit with him. Ashley hesitated for a moment before walking over to him.

Chant saw that she was alone so he asked, "Is he still sleeping?"

Ashley nodded and said, "Yes, Andy's still sleeping. He's probably tired because he's been working so hard lately."

Chant snorted, "You do care about him."

Ashley felt a little embarrassed.

Chant called out to Porter who appeared out of nowhere. "Yes, Master?"

"Please go to the study and bring the tea set here. The porcelain one. Please be careful when you bring it."

"All right," Porter responded.

Chant turned to look at Ashley who was seemingly puzzled. He said, "Didn't you bring me tea? Well, I want to taste it and I want you to make the tea for me."

I

he was displeased.

gotten older, he

tea

and playing go.

her lips together and said,

Porter had arrived with the porcelain

a pot of

and then looked at Ashley and said,

she didn't miss any particular hand

tea set that Chant had used was porcelain with blue and white patterns. It looked quite expensive.

know much about tea or tea sets but she

the tea, she started to wonder what would happen if she broke the tea set when it was her turn to

drawn from it because Chant started to

tea set is very important

and cups are most preferable. If you're making green tea, you should use cups with a lid; if you're making black tea, you should use a purple clay set and for flower tea, you should use a glass

he spoke, he didn't stop or

Ashley could see better as he knew that Ashley hadn't

Natural mineral water is a good choice. If you want the tea to taste good,

corners of his eyes

to him attentively all the while closely watching his hands. Sometimes, she would

he withdrew his attention from her and

temperature reaches over 80 degrees Celcius, the nutrition of the tea leaves will decrease. Moreover, the tannins and other toxic elements will be released into the water. So it's vital that the water temperature be controlled between 70 to 80 degrees Celcius,"

Chant continued.

if she was listening

sure she didn't miss any of what Chant did as well as remember what he

looked quite focused and didn't seem to show any impatience at

could tell that Chant was genuine in teaching her the art of tea making. She realized she didn't mind