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?"

just silently moved aside and spread half of the quilt for Andrew with a long-suffering

laugh burst out

the quilt, Ashley felt

Andrew was still laughing.

Andrew refrained from saying anything further to prevent the

that Andrew had gone to the bathroom to wash up. Slowly,

it was very uncomfortable

Andrew's words, and a spark of joy

to make her

there were a lot mothers whose husbands abandoned them in favor of their children, there were still

did not notice Andrew coming back from the

head, Andrew released a bark of

she was willing to show

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

Her eyes widened.

in a low voice, "Are you going to bury your head in the

snapped, "No! Who said that

"That's good."

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

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

at first, but she had gotten

"Let's sleep then,"

as he turned

beside her, he

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

really boring to stay

that

that something

did not want to

up and chatted

was painfully and extremely boring to be left alone in

from school that Ashley's day would begin to

of them would lock themselves in their bedroom as soon as they arrived. Ashley would knock

so mystified by their

expiring from the

children, Fabio, Richard and Dany gathered together in a

never quarreled. Instead, they brought their heads together

you ordered the

the bakers said that they would deliver

"That's good."

do this!" Fabio's eyes suddenly lit up, and asked Dany and Richard to come closer.

whispers were only

must keep it a secret. We will give Mommy a surprise then," Richard

"Got it."

"Okay,"

in

were lucky enough to have

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

idea how much money Fabio and Richard had saved. Instead,

them to save money

not know what marriage meant, so he

Fabio away and gave him books that he had found that could help Fabio look

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

let's go to find

a grand surprise for their mother. They were so engrossed in their brainstorming sessions that they had

them had finally decided