Ashley and Andrew slept facing each other, which meant that he couldn't see what she was doing on her phone.
After a short pause, Ashley continued to look through her WeChat moments as if nothing had happened.
She didn't reply to Duncan's message.
This brief pause did not go unnoticed by Andrew who had been watching her carefully.
"What's wrong?" Andrew asked in a low voice.
"Oh, nothing. I just saw something interesting in my WeChat moments," Ashley said.
"Really?" Andrew fixed his eyes on her.
"Yes," Ashley murmured.
"Show me your phone." Andrew extended his hand to Ashley.
Normally, the two of them didn't mind whenever the other would check one's phone or laptop.
After all, neither of them kept any secrets from the other.
Ashley glanced at her phone—she was browsing her WeChat moments then. She figured it would be no big deal.
Without hesitation, she handed her phone to Andrew.
"You can check it yourself."
Andrew took her phone. Ashley had no idea what he was trying to do.
She could see him tapping his finger on her phone.
Not long after, he gave her the phone back.
When she checked, she found that it was still on the same page.
She closed her WeChat moments, not wanting to browse through it any longer.
She intended to reply to Duncan's message but she couldn't find his number on her contact list anymore.
On the surface, she kept her composure but on the inside, she couldn't help but chuckle.
She was well aware of how jealous Andrew could get. She just didn't expect for him to do something like this. She found it adorable.
Since Duncan wasn't that important to her, she didn't mind not having his contact information anymore.
She turned her phone off and put it aside. "It's late. Let's go to bed," she said to Andrew.
"Okay."
Ashley was lying on her back as Andrew snuggled up close to her.
"Are you still in touch with him?"
Andrew suddenly asked just as Ashley was about to fall asleep.
In her sleepiness, she almost said yes.
But when she remembered what had happened just earlier, she grew nervous all of a sudden.
If she didn't give him a good answer, Andrew might get jealous again.
She jolted awake.
She then asked,
"What? What did you say?" She figured it was better to act clueless.
Otherwise, Andrew might assume that she was still thinking of Duncan.
She was almost at her wits' end.
"Duncan," Andrew uttered the name sulkily.
He held Ashley tighter.
He wasn't planning on asking her since upon checking her phone, he found that she hadn't even talked to Duncan. She didn't even reply to his message.
Ashley knew that he had deleted Duncan's contact information on her phone but she didn't say anything.
It wasn't a big deal anyhow.
Yet for some reason, he still felt uncomfortable.
He tossed and turned before finally deciding to ask her.
"Honey, I don't even talk to Duncan. Why do you ask?" Ashley said as she wrapped her hands around Andrew's.
This eased up Andrew's mood but he still wanted to ask her more questions.
"He sent you a message just now."
"Yes, but I didn't reply. I don't even have his number anymore,"
Ashley said.
"Well, I was just about to bring it up. It's time we cleaned up your phone book."
Andrew fixated his eyes on Ashley, feeling his emotions go awry.
He wanted to control her and keep her away from all men.
He might as well just lock her up so no one could see her.
"Well, let's go to sleep."
She had no idea what was going on in Andrew's mind as she was too sleepy to even keep her eyes open.
Despite this, she still tried her best to keep the conversation going.
She gently rubbed his hand as a way to comfort him.
"Okay, let's go to sleep."
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