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.

Audrey 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

of the devil, here

at the back of her mind and hopped into the man’s arms.

spoke 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

clapped her hands

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

a thought suddenly hit me. I pulled the blanket off and sat bolt upright. My eyes widened as I looked at the man standing by the

is up to. He is getting a larger bed to satisfy his

my face

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

and smirked. Soon after, he carried Audrey out of

the silk camisole that I was wearing. That was when I realized the man was looking downblouse at

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