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?"

anything. She just silently moved aside and spread half of the

burst

in the quilt, Ashley felt frustrated

Andrew was still laughing.

how irritated Ashley was at that moment, Andrew refrained from

that Andrew had gone to the bathroom to wash

was very uncomfortable under

Andrew's words, and a spark of

intend to make

them in favor of

lost in thought that she did not

exposed head, Andrew released a

willing

mattress mildly rocked under a heavy weight. Ashley looked up to find her husband sitting

Her eyes widened.

voice, "Are you going to

glared at him and snapped, "No! Who said that I buried my head

"That's good."

lay down, closed her eyes, and tried

sleep on her back. Because of this, Ashley had been sleeping on her side ever since the bump got visibly bigger and

a little uncomfortable at first, but

"Let's sleep then,"

softly as he

lying down beside her, he pulled Ashley into

faint, familiar smell of tobacco wafting from Andrew, Ashley eventually

to stay

made Ashley swear on her life that she would

afraid that something untoward might happen

want to risk

her up and chatted non-stop while she herself was

to be left alone in

had returned from school that Ashley's day would

children. The three of them would lock themselves in their bedroom as soon as they arrived. Ashley would

so mystified by

felt like expiring from

a serious discussion. From time to time,

the misunderstandings, the three of them never quarreled. Instead, they brought their heads together and tried to decide on which option was

the cake?"

the bakers said that they would deliver

"That's good."

lit up, and asked Dany and Richard to come closer. No one knew what they were

were only for their

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

"Got it."

"Okay,"

in reply at the

lucky enough to have

them as lucky money by their relatives, Ashley, Andrew, and

Fabio and Richard had saved. Instead, she gave them

to save money well for their future, especially

so he kept asking

that could help Fabio look up the meaning of the word. At last, Fabio

be shocked to find out how much money

go to find

secret discussions after school involved planning a grand surprise for their mother. They were so engrossed in their brainstorming sessions that they had even ignored Ashley at

had finally decided on an idea, they went to find