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.

father for my sleepiness. My mind ran wild the entire night after the man teased me. In the end, I only managed to fall asleep after much tossing and turning

still trying to wake me up while I grumbled to myself about Ashton. Just then, the man’s familiar voice

speak of the devil, here

mind and hopped into the man’s arms. After giving Ashton a morning kiss, she

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

clapped

will take me forever to wake up if

upright. My eyes widened as I looked at the man standing by the bed.

man is up to. He is getting

thought of it made my face flush.

plastered a skin-deep smile on his face. “Do I look like

eyes downward and smirked. Soon after,

they left, I looked down and saw the silk camisole that I was wearing. That was when I realized the

a deep breath and pulled the blanket over my head, feeling embarrassed and angry at the same time. Ugh! That outrageous