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.

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

me up while I grumbled to myself

the devil, here he

threw me at the back of her mind and hopped into the man’s arms. After giving Ashton a morning kiss, she explained herself, “I’m not a sleepyhead. I have woken

while, Ashton remained silent before he spoke up, “Mommy didn’t sleep well because the bed is too small. We’ll buy a larger bed so I can sleep with

clapped her hands in

me, I was still mulling over Ashton’s words. A larger bed? It will take me forever to wake up if we get

My

know what this man is up to. He

thought of it made my face flush.

skin-deep smile on his face. “Do I

downward and smirked. Soon after, he carried Audrey out

down and saw the silk camisole that I was wearing.

the blanket over my head, feeling