In Love, Never Say Never

“Good night! Sweet dreams.”

With that, I turned and left the study before Ashton could even voice his objection.

…

The next morning, I was awakened by Audrey.

The little one shook me awake after finding out that her brother was gone when she woke up.

While yawning, I coaxed, “Audrey, go and play with your brother. Let me sleep for a while…” I trailed off and fell back asleep.

Still, Audrey was relentless. “Mommy, I want you to help me get changed. Aunt Emma told me you would teach me how to wear my clothes after you come back. Mommy…”

Yet, my mind was too groggy to even bother with the little girl’s request. Feeling sleepy, I pretended to have heard nothing.

should blame her father for my sleepiness. My mind ran wild the entire night after the man teased me. In the

I grumbled to myself about Ashton. Just then,

of the devil, here he

with her father. The moment she heard Ashton’s voice, she threw me at the back of her mind and hopped into the man’s

up, “Mommy didn’t sleep well because the bed is too small. We’ll buy a larger bed so I can sleep with you guys. That way, your mommy won’t oversleep

clapped her hands in

bed? It will take me forever to wake up if we get a larger bed. Hmph! This man is

off and sat bolt upright. My eyes widened as

this man is up to. He is getting a larger bed to satisfy

thought of it made my face

the man plastered a skin-deep smile on his face. “Do

Soon after,

was wearing. That was when I

over my head, feeling embarrassed and angry at