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 don't know how

as if he was displeased. "It's

gotten older, he only

tea

and playing go.

pressed her lips

had arrived with

brought a pot of boiling water.

with the boiling water and then looked at Ashley and said, "Watch

watched him closely, making sure she

that Chant had used was porcelain with blue and white patterns.

didn't know much about tea or tea sets but she could tell how expensive it

make the tea, she started to wonder what would happen if she broke the tea

quickly drawn from it because Chant started to speak as

set is very important in tea making.

lid; if you're making black tea, you should use a purple clay

didn't stop

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

you want the tea to taste good, you have

at her through the corners of his

him attentively all the while closely watching his hands. Sometimes, she would repeat Chant's words to herself silently.

attention from her

element is water temperature. It's critical that you're able to control the temperature of your water. If the 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

Chant continued.

listening

any of what Chant

and didn't seem to

was genuine in teaching her the art of tea making. She realized she didn't mind learning the skills of making