I had thought that Ashton had already forgotten about the matter of having our own kid. But little did I expect, he would bring this up again when he was drunk. Obviously, a kid was something, or someone rather, that would be with you your entire life. Who wouldn’t want their own flesh and blood?
After a long silence in my own thoughts, I went and lay down beside Ashton. “Ashton, do we really need our own child?” I asked with a hoarse voice.
I couldn’t be sure whether he had heard me or not since all he gave in response was a subtle wiggling of his eyebrows amidst his slumber.
He really did have a lot to drink.
The next day, the morning light had already shined through the yellowing leaves onto the ground when Ashton woke me up.
I slowly opened my eyes and saw him laying next to me, with a smile on his face.
“You’re awake!” I hoarsely exclaimed after rubbing the sleep from my eyes.
“Yup!” he answered with a nod and a smile.
“Does your head still hurt?” I asked as I couldn’t get what happened last night out of my mind.
He reassured me with a slight shake of his head and scooted closer to me. “Did you help me undress?” he whispered.
“Yeah, what’s wrong?” I queried with some confusion.
I couldn’t help but follow his gaze onto his well-sculpted body. To my surprise, he was only dressed in his boxers and nothing else.
On top of the silence, my flushed cheeks didn’t do me any favors in hiding the awkwardness radiating from me. Trying to break the awkward atmosphere, I muttered, “Don’t get your hopes up. Nothing happened between us last night, and I didn’t do anything to you. You…”
“What about now?” he interrupted with a mischievous look on his face. Time felt like it stood still while he stared deeply at me with his jet-black eyes.
My heart skipped a beat, and without waiting for a response, he put his giant palm on my waist and got on top of me. I knew he would do this!
As for what happened next, let’s just say that Ashton’s vigor in the morning really was outside the realm of my expectations.
After I had woken up for the second time that day, I caught Ashton coming out of the bathroom in a superbly jovial mood. “So, will you come with me to the office later?” he said.
“I can’t. I promised my Mom that I would bring Summer to the hospital for a checkup as she has been getting recurrent fevers that won’t go away!” I said begrudgingly while still on the bed.
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