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.

after the man teased me. In the end,

I grumbled to myself about Ashton. Just then,

the devil,

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

sleep well because the bed is too small. We’ll buy a larger bed so I can sleep with

daddy!” Audrey clapped her hands in

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.

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

know what this man is up to. He is getting a larger bed to satisfy his

thought of it made my face

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

smirked. Soon after, he

wearing. That was

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