Chapter 17

With a sigh of relief, I lay down and got ready to sleep.

The next morning.

I woke up earlier than usual.

Ashton had not woken up yet and he was sleeping very soundly. Even then, his sleeping posture was very pleasant to the eyes. His neat and short black hair revealing his classic facial features which were well-defined.

It was the first time that I looked at his face so carefully.

His eyelashes were very long, his lips were tightly closed and the corners of his lips were turned down slightly!

This facial expression was an indication of constant alertness.

It had been said that people who slept with this posture were persistent and insistent on getting their way.

Indeed, Ashton fitted that description.

He had a broad chest, wide shoulders, and a narrow waist. Additionally, his legs were well-proportioned and slender!

His level of alertness was extremely high even when he was sound asleep.

He opened his pitch-black eyes suddenly with not the slightest bit of sleepiness and staring straight at me.

As our eyes met, I was taken aback for a moment but quickly returned to normalcy.

After a while, his tense body relaxed. His eyes narrowed and he stretched out his hand. “Come here?”

looked away, without the slightest embarrassment of being caught looking at him in his sleep. “You get

to the market. The box of fruits that John brought earlier was still in the yard and it was too big for

well just fill the fruits in a plate and brought some in. John was right. They were all fruits from R Province. The

green mangoes were great too. When I was a kid, I always liked to eat that with

for them, so I washed some and

I would send them to her

the stairs, I turned around to look and saw it was Ashton in grey pajamas. He was

 was still early and there was nothing

Ashton’s eyes seemed cold but there was a compelling air about him. Sure enough, he looked at me for

help but remain still. I put down my mobile phone and told him plainly, “Later, I shall

cranky when they are feeling unsettled. Humans are the same and we haven’t

was full of suppressed desire, “Shall we

I said nothing

be; he would become a

hands moved around my waist and

continued and if Mrs.

to the bathroom!” As he spoke, he had already picked me up and stepped into the bathroom. Then, he turned on the shower before putting me on the edge of the bath. He put his arms around my

was not

he caught my hands and our fingers

We did not speak.

for nearly an hour, I lay limp in his arms. He washed me and dressed me in some clothes

into the living room and placed me on

 the saying – A hungry wolf is an

few times. While Ashton was in the bathroom, I

Hearing the tone of his voice, I realized that he had woken

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