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 end, I only managed to fall asleep after much tossing

me up while I grumbled to myself about Ashton.

speak of the devil,

into the man’s arms. After giving Ashton a morning

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

Audrey clapped her hands

take me forever to wake up if we get a larger bed.

I pulled the blanket off and sat bolt upright. My eyes widened as I looked at the man standing by the bed.

up to. He is getting a larger bed to

face flush. Instantly, I was

his eyes, the man plastered a skin-deep smile

and smirked. Soon after, he

looked down and saw the silk camisole that I was wearing. That was when I realized the man was looking

head, feeling embarrassed and angry at the same time. Ugh! That