"Can I leave now?"
Amaia waved her hands and said, " Of course, you can. I don't want to delay you any further."
"Thank you," Ashley smiled at Amaia.
Ashley was a little later than usual while Andrew was punctual as always. When Ashley got into the car, Andrew glanced at her.
"What's wrong?" Ashley asked, touching her face. "Is there anything on my face?"
Andrew shook his head, "No. It's just you're five minutes later than usual."
Ashley was taken aback at Andrew's ability to recall tiny details like this.
She began to explain, "I just got held back by work."
"Okay." Andrew nodded.
Throughout these past few days, Ashley was able to find out what Andrew's grandfather liked.
Like most old people, his grandpa liked tea, chess, and fishing. They just wanted to relax and enjoy a carefree life.
Johnny had already helped prepare her present, a box of superior West Lake Longjing Tea.
Andrew had mentioned once that his grandpa liked that.
The following morning, Andrew got up early. He had already dressed up for the day before he woke Ashley up.
Ashley seemed to be still sleeping soundly as she was buried under the quilt.
Andrew didn't want to wake her up.
However, his father had moved to the suburbs after he'd turned over his shares and control of the company to Andrew.
The suburbs were quite far from the city proper.
Andrew gazed at Ashley's rosy skin and slightly open mouth as he sat by the bed.
"Ash, wake up." Andrew pinched Ashley's face. Her face was so soft.
"Stop!"
Ashley had slapped Andrew's hand away.
She mumbled something and rolled over to sleep again.
Andrew just smiled.
He didn't know that her lovely wife was a lazybones.
"Ash, you have to get up now. We are going to visit Grandpa today."
Upon hearing this, Ashley immediately sat up and cried, "I almost forgot! What time is it? Are we going now?"
"Not yet. We still have time. But you have to dress up now. If you still want to sleep, you can sleep in the car, okay?"
Ashley shook her head, "No."
She was already awake.
"Wait for me here. I'll go wash up."
It was already eight o'clock when Ashley finished dressing up and Josef was already waiting outside.
Before they went out, Andrew told Claire that they'd be gone the whole day.
Although Ashley said she was already awake, she was still sleepy when she got into the car.
Andrew was working on his laptop when he noticed Ashley leaning her head against the window and slowly nodding off.
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