A Love Trap

She was afraid that Andrew would act exactly like those detestable men.

Even so, Ashley tried to keep those thoughts to herself.

She didn't expect to blurt out everything out of excitement.

Was this a side-effect of pregnancy?

Ashley rubbed her temples helplessly.

Andrew looked at Ashley, whose face showed a mixture of annoyance and embarrassment. Her round eyes adamantly avoided meeting his and were fixed on something else. She did not know it, but she looked awfully cute to Andrew.

"Is there anything else you want to say?" he asked in a gentle voice.

"No, I'm done. Well, it's late. I'm going to bed."

Ashley finally managed to pull herself away from Andrew's embrace.

As she walked away, she heard Andrew chuckling behind her.

She buried herself in the quilt.

It was so embarrassing.

Andrew pulled the quilt away from Ashley and said, "Don't cover yourself like that. It's not good for your health. Believe me."

His words were uttered in a soft voice, which made it sound like he was coaxing a child.

Ashley blushed.

She thought to herself,

'I am no longer a child. Why are you talking to me that way?'

Not wanting to give in, she also pulled on the quilt as if playing tug of war with Andrew.

"Ash, you'll suffocate."

Ashley threw away the covers and exposed her face, looking a little flushed.

Her lips had become rosy, probably because she had been biting them out of embarrassment.

With those lips looking sweet and plump like ripe cherries, it made Andrew want to kiss her.

Andrew's eyes darkened.

He murmured her name.

His face drew closer and closer to Ashley's.

Ashley covered her mouth with her hand. After being with Andrew for such a long time, she already knew what he wanted to do by just looking at him.

She had just poked her head out of the quilt, but suddenly went back into hiding.

A muffled voice came from the quilt. "Well, I'm going to sleep now. Don't disturb me."

Andrew couldn't help it. His lips curved into a smile.

How could his Ash be so cute?

"But Ash, you have wrapped yourself with the whole quilt. What should I use, then?"

didn't say anything. She just silently moved aside and spread half of

laugh burst

the quilt, Ashley felt frustrated and

Andrew was still laughing.

Ashley was at that moment, Andrew refrained from saying anything further to

Ashley heard a rustling sound and knew that Andrew had gone to the bathroom to wash up. Slowly,

it was very uncomfortable under the

mulled over Andrew's words, and a

intend to

a lot mothers whose husbands abandoned them in

did not notice Andrew coming back from

sight of her exposed head, Andrew released

willing to

a heavy weight. Ashley looked up

Her eyes widened.

voice, "Are you going to bury your

and snapped, "No! Who said that I buried

"That's good."

at being caught increased ten-fold. She lay down, closed her eyes, and tried to

size and weight of the baby bump, Ashley could not sleep on her back. Because of this,

first, but

"Let's sleep then,"

he

beside her, he pulled Ashley

familiar smell of tobacco wafting from Andrew, Ashley

really boring to stay at home

on her life that she would

that something

not want

her up

was painfully and extremely boring to be left alone in the

from school that Ashley's

however, there was something going on with her children. The three of them would lock themselves in their bedroom as soon as they arrived. Ashley would knock at their door sometimes, but they would just tell her that something important was

was so mystified by their odd

expiring from the

and Dany gathered together in a serious

quarreled. Instead, they brought their heads together and tried to decide on which option

you ordered the cake?" asked

that they would deliver it

"That's good."

asked Dany and Richard

only for

a secret. We will give Mommy a surprise then," Richard reminded the younger

"Got it."

"Okay,"

and Dany chirped in reply at

children were lucky enough to have

had been given to them as lucky money by their relatives, Ashley, Andrew, and Chant

had an idea how much money Fabio and Richard had saved. Instead, she gave them a

them to save money well for

did not know what marriage meant, so he kept asking his mother about

books that he had found that could help Fabio look up the meaning

would be shocked to find out how much money the three children had

let's go to

surprise for their mother. They were so engrossed in their brainstorming sessions that they had even ignored Ashley at

of them had finally decided on