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."

was a little uneasy. "Grandpa, I don't know how to make

was displeased. "It's fine. I can

older,

tea

and playing go.

pressed her lips together and said,

with the porcelain tea

brought a pot of boiling water.

at Ashley and said, "Watch carefully first, then you

watched him closely, making sure she didn't miss any particular hand motions

porcelain with blue and white patterns. It

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

wonder what would happen if she broke the tea set when it was her

from it because Chant started to speak

the tea set is very important in tea making.

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

didn't stop or pause his

so Ashley could see better as he knew that Ashley hadn't done this before.

taste good, you have to have good water. The scent of tea

glanced at her through the corners of his eyes as

closely watching his hands. Sometimes, she would repeat

so he withdrew his attention from her and focused

nutrition of the tea leaves will decrease. Moreover, the tannins and other toxic

Chant continued.

was listening to a lecture in school.

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

and didn't seem to show any impatience

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