When There Is Nothing Left But Love

“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.

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

wake me up while I grumbled to myself about Ashton. Just then,

speak of the

her father. The moment she heard Ashton’s voice, she threw me at the back of her mind and hopped into the man’s arms. After giving Ashton a morning kiss,

up, “Mommy didn’t sleep well because the bed is too small. We’ll buy a larger bed so I

Audrey clapped her hands in

take me forever to wake up if

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

what this man is up to. He is getting

of it made my face flush. Instantly, I was

eyes, the man plastered a skin-deep smile on his face. “Do I look like

cast his eyes downward and smirked. Soon after, he carried Audrey out of

wearing. That was when I realized the man was looking downblouse at my

breath and pulled the blanket over my head, feeling embarrassed and angry